Inception

Okay so I went to go see Inception (Starring: Leonardo DeCaprio, Edward Norton, and Ellen Page)



This movie was fucking great, it had a great plot, well developed and plotted character and story, no joke this is 1 movie I didn't hate suprise suprise.

This movie is worth the money I mean it, it was awesome.

If you havent seen it it's about a man named Cobb(Leonardo) who can enter your dreams and steal your secrets he's paid for this talent, what he does is enter your dreams using a sedation machine that knocks you right the fuck out, as you enter your dream your world is built like a maze by the architect named Ariadane (Ellen Page) and only she is to know the design specs otherwise shit goes down, now some people have been trained to guard their minds secrets and this is represented by an armed force squad shooting you too lead swiss cheese.

Okay enough about the plot some key things that struck interest is that you can redesign your world how ever you or the architect want, the world becomes your playground, but in order to know the difference between reality and dreams is having a totem (an item only you or subconcious you knows all the specs about) this item some how creates comfort to know your world.

greatest qoute from the movie "What's the worst type of parasite? a virus, a bacterium, a toxin? No the worst type of of parasite is an idea. An idea can spread and become so infectious that it'll take over your life and world." (Cobb)

So im saying...no commanding YOU MUST GO SEE THIS MOVIE it'll screw with your reality!

this was soren and fuck you too.

Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Okay okay.

I've been a total failure when it comes to things. So! I'm surprising everyone and actually writing something. HUZZAH!






Okay. So I was totally looking forward to the Avatar movie, as I'm a huge fan of the cartoon. I hesitated to watch the cartoon at first, mainly because it was on Nick and they're pretty much assholes. But, after being convinced to watch it I was hooked. They did an amazing job with the show!

*sighs*

This is where the joy stops. Writer, Director and Producer M. Night Shyamalan isn't famous. To be honest he's really only had one or two good movies. So when I found out he was working on Avatar I was really pissed. Thinking (this was silly of me) that he would hire writers, or something, all would be okay. Months went by and all we got were little hints at how awesome it would be.

The first let down was when they announced the cast. Two things were wrong; the racial miscasting and the white washing. You were either white, or just looked wrong. It wasn't really all that surprising, it was just a little sad. Some members of the cast fit their characters perfectly; others did not. I let this go, mainly because it was from an American company, what else would you expect? Not to mention this was the least of their problems...

And then the trailer came out. I was SO pumped, as most people were. The acting looked strong, the CGI was breathtaking and the plot looked strong and well written. Boy was I surprised. We sat down in a nice quiet theater (Lots of couples shoving their tongues down each others throats) on a Friday night. Sure, I'd read reviews (Rottentomatoes.com gave it a 9%) and had told myself that while the reviews were bad, there was still a chance. So for a hundred and three minutes, I sat there with my jaw dropped and suppressing tears. It was awful. Just horrible!

The dialog was crap. It was unreal and stiff, it's like the writers had never talked to anyone else in their small pathetic lives! OH WAIT.

THERE WERE NO WRITERS.

Mr. Shyamalan wrote the entire thing himself, and instead of deflating his ego and hiring writers he just wrote the script himself. He edited it himself too, I'm thinking. I kept watching the credits, praying, that the man didn't write it himself. At least I could blame Nick for hiring shitty writers. BUT NO. It really shows that he didn't hire real writers. The plot was a bit of a disaster too, but I'm willing to over look that. The first book was really long.

The other main part that really bugged me was the spirit of the movie. It was just so different from the cartoon. Part of it was because they pronounced everything wrong, and part of it was because of the poor adaptation. Aang went from a light hearted kid to some war hardened monk, which was really disappointing. Sure, his situation stunk but jeeez. He's 10 years old! Katara was pretty much dead on, her dialog was horrible though. Sokka, the comic relief (Along with Momo and Appa) was a complete let down in the movie. Again, not the actor's fault. The dropped all of his jokes and he became this serious protector of his sister. Not that it's a bad thing or anything, he did step up as a leader when he needed to. He just...made mistakes and was always doing something funny. And Iroh. Oh Iroh. I can't even talk about him without making myself sad. Moving on!

The martial artists were fantastic, everyone was amazing and it was the highlight of the movie. They did hire real martial artists, so while the acting suffered a little bit they looked amazing (When it comes down to it that's really all that matters). The CGI was good, I had trouble focusing in spots, I'm not really sure what caused that- I didn't see it in 3-D, I heard that it wasn't worth the extra $5 and it wasn't well done. Mr. Shyamalan must have done that himself too- but it wasn't really enough to irritate me to the point of leaving. The locations were stunning, I would love to visit their filming sites!

So, honestly save your money and don't even bother with this one. It really is a shame, because it had so much potential and could have been an incredible movie. I joke about it a lot, but it's really just sad. At least I have hockey season to look forward to...hopefully.

Hope I didn't ramble too much!
--Kit