Inception and The Last Station
July 19, 2010
Like coots Marcia and I went to the early afternoon movie on Saturday before doddering our way to the grocery. You have GOT to go see Inception. There’s not way to say this save plainly. It’s a special effects movie with a plot. A complex plot. I nearly had to take notes to keep all the threads going. Leonardo DiCaprio stars along with a bunch of familiar faces (my favs were Ken Watanabe from Last Samari and Joseph Gordon-Levitt from The Look out and “Third House from the Sun.” The story is centered on a technology that allows Leo and his group to enter the dreams of people and either steal or implant information. Everything is revealed in little bitty bits and much of it really is “the stuff of dreams.” There are wonderful insights into how people (may) think in the subconscious and, since it’s someone’s dreams, the realism and occasional oddness of the effects are just terrific. Now I have to rely on my brain instead of my eyes to catch the computer generated stuff, it’s that good. Very highly recommended.
My sister and I differ on The Last Station. It’s the story of the last days of Leo Tolstoy starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren. They are, of course, wonderful as Leo and his wife. I think it’s a bit tedious; my sister liked it a lot– personally I think she’s attracted to hugely long unintelligible names that end in “-ski” or “-skaya.” It’s certainly interesting and is a way to experience something of Russia before the commies turned it into a giant slum. Beautiful landscapes, Paul Giamatti plays himself, as do the trains and horsies. Really, if you are a Tolstoy fan, I think you will enjoy this. If you like a bit of action, may be not so much.
Spanky, Movie Dude
well, our son highly recommended Inception, but I worry that if I tell my husband that you highly recommend it too, it will have two checks against it — he still remembers Lars and his Girlfriend.
I however, have perfect faith in your recommendations, and understand that there is room for some variation in agreements.
Speaking of doddering, we have started going to the Saturday morning shows, slightly pathetic.
We went to see Cyrus, because I like Jonah Hill — he’s a dead ringer for our son, but it was NOT funny. He was really flat, and outmatched by the two grownups. Yeah for grownups, but still, a disappointment.