I know exactly what you mean about how the characters we admire are the ones that stick with us. I have a general love of all heist/caper/spy stories, whether frothy fun like Ocean's 11 or the more realistic grit of series like MI-5. I fully acknowledge that if I were ever to be part of such a team, I would totally be the stay at the office researcher type rather than anyone in the field, but I love to THINK I could be a field agent. And be all badass. This is what's currently lurking in the back of my mind making me want to take, for example, fencing classes and martial arts, to see if I actually have the mettle for such skills in real life, but I'll never stop loving the thrill of living such characters and tales vicariously.
As a kid I read the Alanna books by Tamora Pierce, and I think from then on I totally rejected the idea of being any sort of princess (if in fact I had ever cast myself as that role) and settled firmly on wanting to be a knight. Forget all the frippery, and bring on the weapons! I swear, if gym had been all about fencing and hand to hand combat, I would have enjoyed it so much more.
Also, the knowledge that JGL actually physically DID all the stunts in those scenes makes me stupidly happy -- I much prefer (as clearly both Nolan and the actors do) to see real stunts, and these were some of the best. I was describing the scene to a colleague, and she immediately asked me if they were fighting in slow motion. I stopped, a bit puzzled as to why she would assume this, and said no, they were wonderfully real-time. And thus very quickly paced. Then I realized that it is entirely too common in films to extend the drama by having people fight (especially in they're fighting in zero gravity) in slow-mo, and how smart it was in Inception to avoid that visual cliche. It would have cheapened the actual speed and skill required.
Also, just to say, all your references to Brick made me go and watch it again last night, and...it's just so fun. The dialog is brilliant, and the style is so sincere. I'm very much looking forward to Looper. We'll have to see if there's actor chemistry anywhere within it to launch a new fandom. I'm still very amused that the entirety of A/E Inception fandom is built on one darling, snarky banter, and a few glances, so it's not like it takes much to launch a significant fandom. And, you know, suits. But it certainly looks promising.
That reminds me I wanted to go back and rewatch The Brothers Bloom.
And now I'm the one rambling on -- I do apologize!
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Date: 2010-12-31 06:01 pm (UTC)As a kid I read the Alanna books by Tamora Pierce, and I think from then on I totally rejected the idea of being any sort of princess (if in fact I had ever cast myself as that role) and settled firmly on wanting to be a knight. Forget all the frippery, and bring on the weapons! I swear, if gym had been all about fencing and hand to hand combat, I would have enjoyed it so much more.
Also, the knowledge that JGL actually physically DID all the stunts in those scenes makes me stupidly happy -- I much prefer (as clearly both Nolan and the actors do) to see real stunts, and these were some of the best. I was describing the scene to a colleague, and she immediately asked me if they were fighting in slow motion. I stopped, a bit puzzled as to why she would assume this, and said no, they were wonderfully real-time. And thus very quickly paced. Then I realized that it is entirely too common in films to extend the drama by having people fight (especially in they're fighting in zero gravity) in slow-mo, and how smart it was in Inception to avoid that visual cliche. It would have cheapened the actual speed and skill required.
Also, just to say, all your references to Brick made me go and watch it again last night, and...it's just so fun. The dialog is brilliant, and the style is so sincere. I'm very much looking forward to Looper. We'll have to see if there's actor chemistry anywhere within it to launch a new fandom. I'm still very amused that the entirety of A/E Inception fandom is built on one darling, snarky banter, and a few glances, so it's not like it takes much to launch a significant fandom. And, you know, suits. But it certainly looks promising.
That reminds me I wanted to go back and rewatch The Brothers Bloom.
And now I'm the one rambling on -- I do apologize!