Pushing Faders

I had an interesting evening, I went to see a movie by myself; this is something that I have never done before and I found to be somewhat rewarding, exceptions being that someone decided to sit next to me in the over-crowded cinema.  I have had multitudes of friends see ‘Inception’ over the last week and all their reviews have been positive, hence the need to see it.  I, however, felt that while the movie had certain elements of new (un-Hollywood) ideas it played on the more mathematical / philosophical of concept of Schrodinger’s cat (the basis of multiple dimensions and string theory). While this is a brilliant idea to base a movie off of, I can’t call it new.  Mainly, I felt that the movie failed to explain several key principles as to how this dream state worked and how the characters connected to each other in the dream world.  The character development was un-dimensional and predictible, and inter-personal relationships felt weak.  I never felt drawn-in and connected to the movie in a way that would make me question my own reality like so many of us did after seeing ‘The Matrix’.  Visually, it was stunning; several times during the film there was an audible gasp from the audience as to the CGed landscapes.  All this to say, brilliant movie with stunning effects but I think it could have been better.

I just got mistaken as a homeless person by a homeless person. I am conflicted as to how I should feel about this especially because I’m on my way to work on my new house. Does this constitute irony?

If you want to come out today and give me a hand tearing down my chimney, please feel free to stop by. The address is 1008 elmhurst in valpo.