So Inception. (appropriate icon is appropriate)

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I have more thoughts about it, but my non-spoilery thoughts are that I liked it, even though I definitely need to see it again. Someone told me that I should watch the movie and enjoy it the first time and not try to figure out if there's a twist or not. I agree, because I think that if you enter the movie thinking that there's a twist, one of the most obvious possibilities is that the entire thing is a dream and that extraction is not possible and that no one in the entire movie is real. And if you never fully accept the basic premise of the movie and believe the science fiction of the world, you don't enjoy it as much because it's impossible to connect with the characters. Your mind will keep asking you why bother if the entire 2.5 hours is just one big dream? If you do accept the world and allow yourself to get fully immersed in it though, then it opens up the ending to a lot more interpretations than just it was a dream or it wasn't.

I'm really glad that movies cost $3 here, though, so I can rewatch to my heart's content. I splurged and spent all of $7.50 (P350) for the new IMAX in SM. Totally worth it.

In other linkspam news:

+ Westboro Church tries to take on Comic-con, fails miserably. Comic-con protesters amuse me so much.

+ Man decorates basement with $10 worth of sharpies. This is nothing short of amazing. (And kind of reminds me of that scene in the most recent episode White Collar between Diana and Neal in that hotel room. I'm so glad Diana's back.)

+ Tina Fey and Meryl Streep to do a movie together. Universe unable to contain its joy.

+ Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon creators talk about new mini-series due out in 2011. Fair warning, the interview does give away a couple things, and I won't include the synopsis for the truly spoilerphobic, but dude: "This new avatar is not only a girl, but also hot-headed, independent and ready to take on the world." I already love her. The concept art looks really good and I'm so, so, so excited for this. Mostly because it's exactly what the fandom needs, given the epic fail that was the M. Night version. Oh! And what they have to say about said travesty is pretty awesome too:

What did you guys think of the live-action version of “The Last Airbender”?

Konietzko: We’re just really focused on this new show right now, and kind of taking this off in its own direction and not concerning ourselves with that right now.

So you didn’t follow the casting controversy about the movie version of “The Last Airbender”?

Konietzko: We didn’t head up that film. We’re just happy to be back generating the original content in this mythology, which is what we do.

Translation: We're really glad we have nothing to do with that *thing* that bears virtually no resemblance to our baby, so we're just going to ignore it and try to forget that it even exists. Also, we may mock it in our cartoon the way we did in Ember Island Players episode.

And in conclusion, Tim DeKay and Matt Bomer are dancing to Tik Tok. Your argument is invalid:

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