Yeah, just looking back at his movies, I think many more men are killed than women, numerically speaking, though we don't necessarily see them.

But it's not just a body count thing. It's the deaths of women as plot motivators.

In "Inception", I think some of the others are a bit more well-rounded in comparison to the one character. That character exists almost totally as the viewer's surrogate. Which is fine and all, but I wouldn't call any of the others quite that.

That character exists almost totally as the viewer's surrogate.

I think she functions more as a prod to the protagonist, honestly. I didn't feel she lasted very long as the person asking my questions, because she leapt very quickly to the one with the insights. And although I came out of it with a major crush on Arthur, I don't think I know anything more about him than I do about her. In fact, even if she is just a surrogate, that's more than Saito or Eames or Yusuf are. They're just job descriptions.

From le nubian's article:

He is a filmmaker for people who love plots.

Maybe that's why I love him so much!

A pretty interesting article. Worth a read if you've seen all his movies (as it spoils every single one of them).

right, P-C?

I love good plotting. I can forgive a whole lot if a movie gives me that.

The Descent has a male character killed early on just to give a female character angst & it passes the Bechdel test.

without looking at rotten tomatoes, which do you think has the lowest score of the three movies opening this weekend:

a) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

b) The Expendables

c) eat, pray, love

answer: "c"

That's certainly what I hoped was the answer.

I have discovered that The Expendables was at least partially filmed in New Orleans, so go The Expendables.

I liked the Flick Filosopher's question of the day for yesterday: Who would you cast in an all-female ‘Expendables’/‘A-Team’/‘Losers’ action film?

I love good plotting. I can forgive a whole lot if a movie gives me that.

Yeah, his movies are so well constructed. I can kind of see what he means with regards to the plot not servicing character (his criticism of The Prestige is interesting, for instance, and his proposed version would be cool, but, personally, I love that the movie is constructed as a goddamn magic trick). It reminds me of something someone said about Whedon vs. Abrams, which was that Whedon will sacrifice plot for character and Abrams will sacrifice character for plot. And it's true that with Abrams, I am generally in it for the plot. I like plot. I like stories. I like things to happen. And explode.