Also saw Inception this afternoon, and will definitely need to see this one again. I do agree it doesn't matter in the end if it's the "real" world or not. To quote Giles in Restless (probably imperfectly): "Oh, I get it now. It's all about the journey!"
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Which one was Eames? What did he do in the story? I know it was the guy played by Tom Hardy, but for some reason, I'm having a hard time conjuring his character and his character's place in the story.
The forger. British guy.
OH! Right.
Well, that helps explain why I was having a hard time placing him. Half the time his character is on screen, he's played by someone else. Usually Tom Berringer.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt blew me away. Tom Hardy was great too, and stole many of his scenes, but I came away wanting JGL in every movie ever. The scenes where he was basically on his own were some of the most compelling in the movie, even moreso considering the silence. Great physicality.
Yeah, I've been a JGL fan since he was a wee thing. I'm so glad to see him turn into such an amazing talent as an adult.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is pretty awesome. It's crazy fun and manages to bring a lot of the book directly to the screen. The secondary characters do get short-shrift because of the compressed timeline, but the actors do a lot with very little so they're all still memorable. The fight scenes are off-the-wall, and I have a feeling the movie will get panned by critics who have never played video games and don't know what to make of it.
I have mild nitpicks here and there, but fuck it, it was a good time.
We saw Inception today. Yeah, my brain still joyfully boggles.
I was watching Tom Hardy for five whole minutes, niggled by where the hell had I seen him before, until it dawned on me that he was the lead in Bronson. That's a testament to the man's ability to act because those two characters couldn't be further apart.
Bronson is on Netflix streaming. I hadn't really glanced at it, but now that you say that I'll have to watch it.