Hmm. The movie doesn't sound that interesting to me, but I *do* covet that parasol.

Is that from the same people who brought us that movie with the bleeding buildings? Was that RoboGeisha?

I rewatched Inception, and am now more confused. I was paying attention to the costuming, especially Arthur's, and when they go to Paris to recruit Ariadne, there's a shot of him walking in to the warehouse and pulling up a lawn chair, and he's wearing what he wore in the plane, but then when we find out that Dom and Ariadne have been dreaming and they wake up, he's in a three piece suit in the warehouse, they're on lawn chairs like the one he pulled up.

I don't get what happened there.

Other than that, I love it and want to pet it lots. It felt shorter this time through, even.

During my second viewing, I had a little bit of the Batman Begins experience where I became more aware that the first half of the movie is a little slow and exposition-heavy, but it's not as boring. There's already so much in play after the first fifteen minutes; I love how the spectre of Mal hangs over every frame, even when she's not there.

ita, I just figured that Arthur, being the point man, scouted and set up the warehouse. The shot where Cobb and Ariadne wake up in the warehouse is just later on . Or am I missing what confused you?

Smonster, I thought that Ariadne and Cobb had already started speaking before we saw Arthur go into the warehouse, hence my confusion.

I think they did, but I agree with smonster.

I finally watched Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. Man, I really wanted to like it, but it just does not work. Don't do Shakespeare again, Leo. Although, maybe you're better at it now.

How's the Ethan Hawke Hamlet in comparison?

Yeah, I think it was just a flashback.

I like some things about Luhrman's R&L. Gorgeous visuals, kickass soundtrack, Harold Perrinau in drag, the stylization. The acting didn't bother me so much back then, but it might if I watched it again. I like Luhrman's stuff, generally.

Me too, smonster. And I agree about the good things, but for some reason the whole thing didn't come together as a compelling whole. It was a little too IN YOUR FACE for me, I think. And I love Moulin Rouge. And I like Strictly Ballroom. (I remember very little about the movie, honestly, but it's one of my most memorable moviegoing experiences, so I have a fondness for it.)

I HATED R & J when I first saw it. It seemed like the production design went CRAZY! And Moulin Rouge is one of my favorite movies of all time. After awhile I began to think of R & J like a comedy, and I liked it better.