A Dream within a Dream within a Dream...

inception\in-ˈsep-shən\ n.
The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement.

Q: What is inception?

A: Inception is the act of invading someone's dreams for the sole purpose of planting an idea. It is the opposite of extraction, which is the process by which one gathers important information from the subject’s subconcious. Inception is thought by some to be impossible because the inceptee's mind has an uncanny ability to trace the planted idea back to the person who planted it. For example, if someone tells you “Don’t think about elephants,” you may think of elephants, but this fails as inception because the originator—the person who ordered you not to think about elephants—can be traced as the source too easily.

Last Thursday, after one month of hitting the silver screen, I got a chance to watch Inception in Shangri-La. Yehey! Hehe. What makes me interested in this movie is the concept of having the ability to penetrate into other people's dream. And if you think that is not so mind-blowing, in this movie, Leo DiCaprio did actually penetrate into Cillian Murphy's dream within a dream whithin a dream. How genius is that?!

The movie is a little complicated but understandable. It has been delivered in a motion picture that is easy to follow. It was great! Really. What I love most in this movie is, you really have to think. At ang nakaka-aliw pa eh sabay kayong nag-iisip nung mga characters to solve the puzzle and to unveil what is ahead. Sabay kayong magugulat at maiinis sa mga revelations. It has a lot of twist from the beginning til the end, mapapa-isip ka talaga.

It was very new and unusual story for me, that you can actually change people's mindset and/or perception by planting an idea into his mind, by penetrating into his dream and do your mess into it. And what's interesting is, they can draw a world that breaks the law of gravity and physics. Cool!

 

It's my first time to watch in Shang Cineplex, dahil akala ko eh sobrang mahal ng sinehan sa kanila. Syempre naman kung higit na mas mura sa SM eh di dun ka na! di ba! But last thursday, hindi nakisama si SM. Only one of their 12 cinemas ang alloted for Inception. *sigh* Ok sige! Hindi na ko magrereklamo! Alam ko namang 1 month ng pinapalabas ang Inception kaya ganon. Sori naman! Hehe. Ang kaso, 9:30PM pa yung susunod na screening! eh mag aalas-syete palang! My gulay! Anong gagawin ko sa mall for 2 hours eh wala naman akong interes nung gabing yon kundi manood! (Arte lang, hehe)

So ayun, since inimbayt daw si Aldino nung friend nya sa Shang para manood ng awarding ng Ateneo Art Gallery for Contemporary Arts (wushuuu, parang tunay!), dun muna kami tumuloy. At sa di inaasahang pagkakataon eh tinanong na din namin si ate na hindi ko alam kung bantay ba talaga sya sa customer service o isa syang agent ng colcenter dahil hindi matigil sa kachi-chismis sa telepono habang kami ay nakatunga-nga sa harap nya at naghihintay, kung magkano yung ticket nila at anong oras yung susunod na screening. Sa sobrang importante nung chinichismis nya sa kaibigan nya eh hindi na nya nakuhang ibaba yung phone at basta sinenyas nalang nya na P185 yung ticket. Wow! akala ko mga P350 ang mga tickets nila! Hehe. At ayun, since mas maaga ng 30mins ang showing sa kanila kesa sa megamol, dun nalang kami nanood. Atleast yung 2hrs na bakante namin (7PM palang non) eh ipapanood nalang namin ng awarding nga nung fren ni Aldino.

Ateneo Art Gallery: Ang yayaman ng tao. Bagay na bagay kaming 2 ni Aldino sa lugar. Haha. Bakit kaya kapag mayaman, makikita mo agad sa balat nila na mayaman sila. Tapos kakaiba yung mga damit.Pati iba yung aura.
Shang Premiere Theatre: Sobrang naaliw ako dito. Sa Premiere theatre ng Shangri-La yung Inception, at nung pumasok kami ni Aldino, ang nasabi ko nalang ay, "wow pang-mayaman!" hehe. 88 seats lang meron ang Premiere theatre, at nung nanood pa kami eh halos 1/4 lang yata yung occupied. It would really make you feel na ikaw lang at yung screen sa harap mo yung nasa room. And not to mention, the image quality and the sounds! Superb!