Inception review.. and some other stuffs..

Well I found this pic that's great to practice coloring. The pose is unique and the color is a bit simple. It actually more complex than I thought so I drew he.. him half body. Yes, that's a dude. I actually thought it's a she.. There's so many things I wanted to draw here. Middle finger for his left hand, a bunch of silly stuffs on his right hand, but I'd just make it harder for myself.

I bought a book "How to coloring with photoshop". It feels like it's meant for me. It helped a lot. Save more time, more flexible when I messed up and simply more efficient overall. I still can't figure out how to make the color more.. caramel or pastel.. And how to continue lines with lower opacity, like if I make 30% opacity and I want to make another line without making the previous one darker? Anyone?

Yup, that's Kon. Next one is pencil drawing, maybe Sando from SAO or Elika from PoP..

It's a pain to draw the yoyo and handcuff? by pencil.. I wanted to remove the yoyo, but decided not to..

So Inception.. It's basically a really reallly hard method to hypnotize a guy. The story is a group of people trying to plant an idea to a man's head through his dreams. In near future, an "Extractor" can literally messed-up your head by trespassing another man's dream and steal his private information. They can made a convincing world with a bank or a safe, then the person's subconscious will projected his secret onto the safe. The title suggests rather stealing an idea, the characters will attempt to plant an idea.

This is a very cerebral movie, alternate reality and heist movie combined into one. It works because superb director, Christoper Nolan and cast of global actors. Many have tried this type of intellect movie, but they are nowhere the level of detail and depth like Nolan created. It doesn't has the gritty feel like Dark Knight, I was afraid that Nolan would stuck at the dark vibe, but he managed to be creatively different while maintaining the fast pace.

Looks like Joker from Dark Knight poster no?

Leonardo DiCaprio once again stars in my favorite movie, I'm not his fans, but if I make my favorite movies list, he'll be in more half of them. Someone give this guy an Oscar already. He plays Dom Cobb, an extractor with tragic past and a broken man. He's great, able to show conviction on his "reality" but at times he struggles with his shadow of his wife. You can see his doubt, fear and determination to see his children.

Ken Watanabe plays Saito, a tycoon who Cobb previously tried to steal from but ultimately failed. He offers Cobb a chance for atonement by inception. He is charismatic and provides some mature vibe for the movie, but doesn't become too serious and quiet frankly has some better humor part on this movie. Ken Watanabe is a good support cast and it's good to see Asia talent in more prestigious movie and breaks free from the usual stereotype cast.

Dream within dream can be your reality

Ellen Page (Juno) becomes Cobb's nerdy tomboyish apprentice architect, Araidne. She is a young talent and on her way to become full fledged Hollywood royalty. She carries herself well despite playing against far more experienced actors and she feels natural, just like a normal girl. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobb's side kick Arthur, the researcher, is surprisingly good. He starts like any other side kick cliche but he becomes much more reliable and shows quiet determination when the movie progresses especially in the hotel part.

Cillian Murphy (Red Eye) as Robert Fischer is convincing as he suffers through his ordeal when people messed up his head and provides emotional scene as he finally deals with his father issue. You'll sympathies as he's actually a victim here. Tom Hardy as Eames pulls off suave operative agent and manipulative forger. He's more than capable of staring an spy film on his own.

The makers of Matrix cried when watching this..

Of course the highest credit goes to Christopher Nolan. He is superb director, inspiring even. There are very complex parts of this movie but he's very detailed and explained them in speedy fashion while maintaining the momentum so the movie doesn't feel stale and boring. In one part, there are multiple layers of dreams with different story lines and different time lines, but he didn't lose focus and managed to crafted a thrilling feel even just with dialogues.

The details are superb. The children faces never shows, you become curious whether they are real or not. The simple dialogues that don't mean much but you know the meaning later on. The fight at hotel when Arthur bounces form floors to walls to ceiling while fending off guard. The gravitational shift in hotel of dream 2 because the van flips in dream 1. Everything is thought off to simplest details.

There is heist vibe like Ocean's Eleven, the combat is fluid like a mix of Matrix and Children of The Man and funny reference to Lost with flight from Sydney to LA. The movie has some funny scenes which are perfectly timed, a brief break from the suspense but it doesn't ruin the mood. The depth of this movie is excellent, while not for everyone but it appeals to wide variety of crowd. Amazing story well told by a brilliant director and great cast. 9.5/10.

Ah the.. pendulum.. buttton.. thingie..