Ahahaha, oh obsession.
Dec. 9th, 2010 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaSo I did indeed get my Inception blu-ray/dvd combo thing in the mail on Monday but oddly enough have been content enough not to watch it. Even the extras! I've been more interested in reading than bothering to put on the DVD. (Though if the extras are only on the BR version then I'll have to wait til my PS3 is fixed before I can watch them anyway.)
But then last night Judy was sewing in the living room and wanted to put it on and I was content enough to stay in my room and read but then I heard one of Arthur's lines and it was like reeling in a fucking fish, I just couldn't help myself and somehow ended up in the living room, watching. About 1/3 of the way through I tried to leave but ended up coming back and watching (and trying to leave) for another 30 minutes.
It was so funny watching it for the first time in a few months (the last time was the last weekend in August, while I was sewing my bridesmaid dress the day before Maryann's wedding, hahaha) -- my reactions at certain scenes (squeeing quietly into the throw pillow; thanking the universe for Christopher Nolan and his canon!genderswap) were cause for Judy to look at me as if I were insane (even though she started reading Inception fic too, because I *flailed* at her about![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gyzym's domestic!verse saga). Which, really, she knows by now that I am, but she forgets sometimes that I can act insane as well.
...as for watching the movie itself-- ARTHUR IS SUCH A GOON. I mean, an intelligent goon who knows how to research? But a goon nonetheless (mostly because of the way he talks; his accent is actually kind of thuggish). It's always been quite clear to me exactly how much Eames contributes to the actual Inception Plan (that is, all of it), but I dunno, it never quite registered that Arthur has very little to do with all the in-dream dreamshare stuff. He acts in the dream exactly as he acts "IRL" (going with the interpretation that it isn't all a dream because in that case it becomes a lot harder to analyze the characters I'm interested in as, you know, real people).
That realization kind of makes me sad. That he's not more involved in the dream aspects. But I guess I think it's pretty cool that he's -- like a concierge? -- a jack-of-all-trades kind of guy? Someone who knows how to acquire things in the real world. ...I guess I can follow how the metamorphosis of Arthur's characterisation from movie to fanon happens. ^^;
I also remembered how BAMF Cobb is -- fanon!Cobb (or at least in the Arthur/Eames camp) tends to make him out to be a slightly-incompetent asshole with a good dose of hilariously crazy on the side. And not that that interpretation doesn't make me LOL for real, but oh yeah, he's evading tails, shooting back, and all that stuff too! Aww Cobb, I do like you... I just don't care about you much outside of the movie.
I think this was actually the first time I was able to ignore the main story and Cobb's personal issues and get over my strong-yet-mixed reaction to Ariadne and actually really focus on Arthur and Eames's roles. HOW WEIRD IS THAT? DOES THIS MEAN I'LL BE EVEN MORE OBSESSED? IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
ALSO I AM SAD THAT THERE IS NOT MORE ARTHUR-EAMES INTERACTION. THEY ARE SO FUCKING SNARKY, I LOVE IT!
/incoherent thoughts
*goes back to immersing myself in fic*
But then last night Judy was sewing in the living room and wanted to put it on and I was content enough to stay in my room and read but then I heard one of Arthur's lines and it was like reeling in a fucking fish, I just couldn't help myself and somehow ended up in the living room, watching. About 1/3 of the way through I tried to leave but ended up coming back and watching (and trying to leave) for another 30 minutes.
It was so funny watching it for the first time in a few months (the last time was the last weekend in August, while I was sewing my bridesmaid dress the day before Maryann's wedding, hahaha) -- my reactions at certain scenes (squeeing quietly into the throw pillow; thanking the universe for Christopher Nolan and his canon!genderswap) were cause for Judy to look at me as if I were insane (even though she started reading Inception fic too, because I *flailed* at her about
gyzym's domestic!verse saga). Which, really, she knows by now that I am, but she forgets sometimes that I can act insane as well....as for watching the movie itself-- ARTHUR IS SUCH A GOON. I mean, an intelligent goon who knows how to research? But a goon nonetheless (mostly because of the way he talks; his accent is actually kind of thuggish). It's always been quite clear to me exactly how much Eames contributes to the actual Inception Plan (that is, all of it), but I dunno, it never quite registered that Arthur has very little to do with all the in-dream dreamshare stuff. He acts in the dream exactly as he acts "IRL" (going with the interpretation that it isn't all a dream because in that case it becomes a lot harder to analyze the characters I'm interested in as, you know, real people).
That realization kind of makes me sad. That he's not more involved in the dream aspects. But I guess I think it's pretty cool that he's -- like a concierge? -- a jack-of-all-trades kind of guy? Someone who knows how to acquire things in the real world. ...I guess I can follow how the metamorphosis of Arthur's characterisation from movie to fanon happens. ^^;
I also remembered how BAMF Cobb is -- fanon!Cobb (or at least in the Arthur/Eames camp) tends to make him out to be a slightly-incompetent asshole with a good dose of hilariously crazy on the side. And not that that interpretation doesn't make me LOL for real, but oh yeah, he's evading tails, shooting back, and all that stuff too! Aww Cobb, I do like you... I just don't care about you much outside of the movie.
I think this was actually the first time I was able to ignore the main story and Cobb's personal issues and get over my strong-yet-mixed reaction to Ariadne and actually really focus on Arthur and Eames's roles. HOW WEIRD IS THAT? DOES THIS MEAN I'LL BE EVEN MORE OBSESSED? IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
ALSO I AM SAD THAT THERE IS NOT MORE ARTHUR-EAMES INTERACTION. THEY ARE SO FUCKING SNARKY, I LOVE IT!
/incoherent thoughts
*goes back to immersing myself in fic*
