the resilient parasite

"What's the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules. Which is why I have to steal it"

- Cobb, Inception -

from geek to point man, still a geek

I do not own the images in this post

I'm sure almost, if not everyone agree that Inception is awesome, brilliant, and has probably one of the most genius storyline ever made in history. You gotta be insane enough to come up with such plot. I'm not gonna go blabbing about the story or behind-the-scene stuff because this movie is so huge that there's too much you can talk about and it won't fit in one post. So I'm gonna talk from my own perspective about one of many things that attracted me in this movie: Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

You don't hear me? Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Arthur. The Point Man. What about him? Well, it all started when I watched (500) Days of Summer for the first time, a couple days before I watched Inception. I loved it, it's a great, realistic love story, but I dislike the male protagonist, Tom Hansen, which is too stupid, spoiled, too skinny and geeky, which is portrayed by JGL. His portrayal was so great that he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for it, so great that when I remember him, I remember Tom Hansen, whom i despise for his stupidity in (500) Days of Summer. So when I read the A-list cast list of Inception, there I saw the name Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and I thought, "Oh, Tom Hansen, the skinny spoiled geek is there".

looks a bit like Heath Ledger, eh?

Then I saw Inception, and there's Arthur the point man. Well, at least he's a portrayal of a better side of Tom Hansen, the one that's pursuing his career as an architect and already moved on from Summer. Still too skinny, though. And he seemed to be bullied all the time by the gorgeous forger, Eames (portrayed by Tom Hardy). The scene flowed, and there it is. The hotel corridor fighting scene in Arthur's dream, the one with the zero gravity. In case you forget, Arthur is the host of the dream so he's in charge to prevent Fischer's subconscious army from interfering the team's job. So he finds himself fighting those subconscious protectors. In a zero gravity corridor. With some spiderman-crawling-jumping scene. Which is fascinating! I watched that fighting sequence in awe and there I fell in love instantly with Arthur. This is the point where Tom Hansen is all gone. You won't believe this is the man in (500) Days of Summer anymore. Still a geek, but the spiderman scene is  just wow! I guess I will have to thank Tom Hansen, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't notice Arthur and his spiderman-jumping scene :p

I find plenty of Tom Hansen's pictures but it's bloody hard to find Arthur's and I'm still working on it. I'll add more pictures soon as I find a good one. And you can find many resemblance of him and Heath Ledger. Reckon he can be the next Batman villain? The Riddler, perhaps? We'll see, with so many proof of being a great actor he sure will find a way.
 

Tom Hansen, the skinny geek

with Zooey Deschanel as Summer

I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker

Sandi Thom is officially my favorite female singer! In case you didn't know her, here's a brief  introduction: She's a Scottish singer-songwriter with huge folk influence. She already had 3 albums, Smile... It Confuses People (2006), The Pink & The Lily (2008), and Merchant and Thieves which has been released in May 2010. Beside her beautiful voice, vocal technique, and music arrangements, for me the most lovable thing about her is her cute, smart song lyrics. Perhaps I'm saying this because I'm such a word-lover. Nevertheless, I'm quite sure if you take time to listen carefully to the lyrics you'll agree with me, despite the fact that her songs didn't really hit the chart. For example, her first single, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker has the best lyrics, I think. It's not deeply moving or sad or heartthrob-ing, none of that. But I find the lyrics are cute, smart, honest, with attractive sentences. The song speaks about the longing for originality, the era where technology was not the boss. Well, let's not be hypocrite, we all love and can't live without technology but above all I'm sure we do miss the things such as genuineness, privacy, the time when information cannot just be determined by some status updates. You don't? Be my guess. I still recommend Sandi Thom to you anyway. Take a look at her lovely lyrics here. 

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air

I was born too late into a world that doesn't care

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When the head of state didn't play guitar

Not everybody drove a car

When music really mattered and when radio was king

When accountants didn't have control

And the media couldn't buy your soul

And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air

I was born too late into a world that doesn't care

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When pop stars still remained a myth
And ignorance could still be bliss
And when god saved the queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
My mom and dad were in their teens
And anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air

I was born too late into a world that doesn't care

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When record shops were still on top
And vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand me downs
And playing games meant kick around

And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

There's still plenty of lovable song of hers. Check out Beatbox, What If I'm Right, Sunset Borderline, and Success's Ladder. You'll love the cute folk tunes. Enjoy!

the red ambience: España Campeónes del Mundo!

For some people, probably the world cup atmosphere has started to diminish. Or it's not even there anymore. Hell yeah, it's been a week but me myself just can't get enough of shouting it, SPAIN IS THE WORLD CUP 2010 CHAMPION, PEOPLE! This world cup is almost perfecto. From the host, venue, closing ceremony, music, and of course, they had the best champion! :') I smiled to myself for days since La Roja lifted the prestigious cup. I've been in love with them for like 6 years and now they've won 2 consecutive prestigious cups: 2008 Euro and 2010 World Cup, and they got the Fair Play Award. and captain Iker Casillas won the Golden Glove! What more can you ask for? :) They are so worth it. They got skills, teamwork, determination, (off the record: looks ;p) and most important: they never leave their own style. The tiqui taca, they played both beautiful and effective style of football. This is something you know you'll definitely appreciate, especially if you're a real football junkie.

Well, I'm happy for the boys out there and feel sad at the same time because it means the world cup ends and I have to wait 2 years to see them all-together on pitch again. And it's not gonna be the same, obviously some of them will retire from national team 2 years from now. Nevertheless, I will always have faith on them, there's always gonna be new kids on the block ready to make a breakthrough. So, can't wait for your next beautiful surprises, spain! Once again: Enhorabuena, Campeónes del Mundo. ¡Viva la España! :D

By the way, if you are loving La Furia Roja so much or you don't really love them but wanna get to know them or you don't have any interest in Spain or football but just wanna feast your eyes with some great-looking Spaniard boys, i really recommend this blog to you. Well-written, well-updated. Trust me, it's the best football blog I've ever seen. There's also this great video made by Cuatro (Spanish TV channel) about the sweet unforgettable moments in Soccer City.

I'm totally out of words. July 12th 2010 is all about happy tears for me :') (and Casillas, obviously)

P.S.: I do not own these images

Andres Iniesta, the man that ended our 116 minutes of suffering

you deserve it, Rojas!

Another history's written. La Furia Roja for their first world cup final, people! They beat the German panzer by one goal, it's always ONE goal needed to beat the Germans (remember the euro 2008 final?). Thanks to Carles Puyol's one sudden beautiful headshot, and he's a defender not to mention, the goal belongs to a defender! We love you Puyii! :* Oh I'm so proud of Spain they played just wonderful. In fact, both teams played wonderful, solid Germans and beautiful Spanish. And no cards! This is the most clean, pure technique, high-class football match in the WC 2010, I think. I've been in love with Spain national team since I was in junior high and I'm just soo happy for them :) :) :)

Here's some celebration pics. I do not own these pics btw ;)

Enhorabuena, chicos, you guys deserve it! :D

Inglourious Basterds' ladies

I'm not feeling like making a review. All I can say that this is one of the most comical and quirkiest (hell yeah, this is Tarantino's) war movie, nazi movie to be exact, I've ever seen. It's brutal, weird, witty, irrelevant with history, but this is the first nazi movie where I actually enjoyed and laugh at some scene. What I love the most about this movie is the strong women characters. And they have a good fashion sense! Bravo for the costume department. First place is Shoshanna Dreyfus, the young Jewish survivor portrayed by Mélanie Laurent, a French actress. Second is Bridget von Hammersmark, the German actress/double-agent. Frau von Hammersmark is portrayed by Diane Kruger, whom we know as Helen of Troy (Troy, 2004). I think Laurent and Kruger did a great job at portraying these characters.

Here is Shoshanna Dreyfus. The beret always looks good on her. And the sexy red dress is sooo memorable!

And here's Bridget von Hammersmark. It's Helen of Troy, people, nuff said.

P.S.: I do not own these images ;)