We've been using VIA here for awhile. Wolf takes it to work to escape the shitty office coffee maker. I haven't had it iced yet, but yes, it's a damned fine cup of coffee for instant grounds.
I've been on a real tea kick this summer. I've made a point to work down my stash. I have a whole drawer of teas that was bursting at the seams. Good thing I really like tea.
I liked the story, but as I tweeted, I'm sensing a theme between this one and Shutter Island.
The pacing sucked ass in places and I was hoping for more subtle twists.
I loved Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard. But I'm really getting sick of women whose sole purpose in the story line is for men to work out their issues. I'm henceforth calling this 'the subtle fridge.'
I LOVED IT SO MUCH I CAN'T UNCAPSLOCK. OKAY NO I'LL TRY
I didn't see Shutter Island, so I can't comment there. It did feel very similar in some ways to Nolan's pre-Batman films, like Memento and Insomnia, both of which I loved, and I've been waiting for him to get back to that kind of movie (though I did love both his Batman films too).
I was very much caught up in things the whole time, so the pacing didn't bother me. I imagine on a rewatch there might be parts at the weirdass arctic hospital army base that drag a little. Same with the twists—Nolan's films aren't like Shyamalan's, they're not ruined if you know the twist, because they're more about how you get there.
Haha I think Mols (Mal?) was in a pretty unsubtle fridge… just a twisty one. While Ariadne's pushing of Cobb's issues did rather annoyingly set her up as "the girl and therefore the one who understands feeeeelings", I am fond of the fact that she was ultimately doing so for selfish reasons—saving her own ass—and not because she was looking to ~*~cure him with her loove~*~ or anything. I think a lot of the film was her hero's journey, which puts Cobb/Mal in the role of the villain; Ariadne ultimately saves them all by killing Mal and dragging Cillian Murphy's (I forget his character's name) ass out of limbo. So. I may be an Ariadne apologist.
Also anytime Arthur was on the screen I was lost in his eyyyees. ♥
So yeah I liked it.
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Heee, Arthur. Man, he's come a long way since Third Rock From The Sun.
I liked Ariadne. I wanted more from that character. I also wanted more from Saito, and not just because Ken Watanabe is so very awesome. The opening sequence set him up as a key player, the following scenes backed all that up, but that whole thread kinda got dropped, which left me feeling vaguely unsatisfied.
Hell, I even liked Cillian Murphy in it, and he annoys the ever living fuck out of me.
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Okay wait, so when you said "Hell, I even liked Cillian Murphy in it, and he annoys the ever living fuck out of me." were you talking about Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) or Fisher, the mark (actually Cillian Murphy)?
Also I used to watch Third Rock all the time and now I kind of want to look it up again.
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.... I was up a little late last night and the brain is running slow. Mein apologies.
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I've been on a real tea kick this summer. I've made a point to work down my stash. I have a whole drawer of teas that was bursting at the seams. Good thing I really like tea.
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I would like my notifications back. Please. I only just found out about this tag NOW, wtf.
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DISCUSS!!
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I liked the story, but as I tweeted, I'm sensing a theme between this one and Shutter Island.
The pacing sucked ass in places and I was hoping for more subtle twists.
I loved Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard. But I'm really getting sick of women whose sole purpose in the story line is for men to work out their issues. I'm henceforth calling this 'the subtle fridge.'
What did you think?
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I didn't see Shutter Island, so I can't comment there. It did feel very similar in some ways to Nolan's pre-Batman films, like Memento and Insomnia, both of which I loved, and I've been waiting for him to get back to that kind of movie (though I did love both his Batman films too).
I was very much caught up in things the whole time, so the pacing didn't bother me. I imagine on a rewatch there might be parts at the weirdass arctic hospital army base that drag a little. Same with the twists—Nolan's films aren't like Shyamalan's, they're not ruined if you know the twist, because they're more about how you get there.
Haha I think Mols (Mal?) was in a pretty unsubtle fridge… just a twisty one. While Ariadne's pushing of Cobb's issues did rather annoyingly set her up as "the girl and therefore the one who understands feeeeelings", I am fond of the fact that she was ultimately doing so for selfish reasons—saving her own ass—and not because she was looking to ~*~cure him with her loove~*~ or anything. I think a lot of the film was her hero's journey, which puts Cobb/Mal in the role of the villain; Ariadne ultimately saves them all by killing Mal and dragging Cillian Murphy's (I forget his character's name) ass out of limbo. So. I may be an Ariadne apologist.
Also anytime Arthur was on the screen I was lost in his eyyyees. ♥
So yeah I liked it.
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I liked Ariadne. I wanted more from that character. I also wanted more from Saito, and not just because Ken Watanabe is so very awesome. The opening sequence set him up as a key player, the following scenes backed all that up, but that whole thread kinda got dropped, which left me feeling vaguely unsatisfied.
Hell, I even liked Cillian Murphy in it, and he annoys the ever living fuck out of me.
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Because then we probably can't be friends.
;D
/eyelashbat
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I am annoyed by uncannily attractive people that I can remember from their sitcom roles as gangly teenagers.
Someday you will see Haley Joel Osment or someone similar in a role where they're ALL GROWN UP and you will feel my pain.
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Cillian Murphy is just -- creepy.
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Also I used to watch Third Rock all the time and now I kind of want to look it up again.
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Cillian Murphy, aka Fisher aka Scarecrow, annoys me because he's creepy. And also, uncannily attractive.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, aka Arthur, is also uncannily attractive, and I remember when he was a gangly teenager in a sitcom.
:D?
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