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1 year ago
Inception vs Dark Knight Part.3
Both movies Inception and Dark Knight have emotional aspect integrated in them and the main characters in both movies, Bruce Wayne and Dom Cobb are conflicted and complex individuals that struggle with their inner lying thoughts and emotions on everyday basis. I find Inception more of an emotional roller-coaster than Dark Knight, where every move made by the main Character Cobb is based on his feelings for his lost wife Mal.
Beau DeMayo in this article argues how he prefers Inception over Dark Knight. “While “The Dark Knight” is a wonderful deconstruction of a well-known pop culture icon, “Inception” is a deconstruction of our very minds, our inabilities to move on, and the power of our subconscious to invade and poison our daily lives. Inception dreams bigger and with more emotionality than “The Dark Knight.””
I have to admit that I agree with him and generally I prefer Inception for a number of reasons. I enjoy the expressive aspect that inception has in showing one man emotions and how that affects others around him even in abstract and non-real settings such as a dream world. Conceptually I like Inception’s mind invasion ideology better which I think would make up for the short thrift on character developments. I also enjoy how Inception is quite open-ended and I think Nolan establishes his skills in storytelling.
“AWWW…”, “Chris Nolan, you have done it again.””
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1 year ago
Inception vs Dark Knight Part.2
I enjoyed Inception progression quite a lot and I found the idea of invading dreams more fascinating than a dark crusader flying around, fighting crime around Gotham City, however when it comes to the individual characters in the movie I found Inception lacking.
Except for the Cobb character portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, none of the characters and their true backgrounds and incentives are genuinely explained in Inception. The team of Extractors (consisting of by Arthur, Eames, Ariadne, Yusuf and Saito) is fully formed, somehow just to keep Cobb above sanity and Ellen Page’s character, the architect of the dream world, joins in the “mission” to be more of Cobb’s personal therapist throughout the movie.
Dark Knight takes advantage of being a sequel to Batman Begins, Nolan’s first film in the new Batman franchise, with a lot of the character philosophies already built up before the beginning of the movie. Dark Knight does a better job than Inception in expanding and describing the different characters. The Joker is well designated as a social maniac, who enjoys chaos, “madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push.” Heath Ledger portrayed this eccentric comparably to the predecessor’s version, Jack Nicholson’s. The characters of Bruce Wayne and Rachel are also more matured, and Batman has exemplified his “Dark Knight” identity. Aaron Eckhart‘s Harvey Dent character also effortlessly and gradually moved on to becoming Two Face throughout the movie, which is quite interesting.
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1 year ago
Inception vs Dark Knight Part.1
Two of the great movies made by one of the unique directors of all times Christopher Nolan. I have seen Inception and Dark Knight countless times and have enjoyed both movies equally in different extends.
Both movies take advantage of their unique well-thought plots. The stories lines are completely different and belong to their own separate genres but yet, both are similar in forcing and challenging the audience in paying attention and keeping up with the entire movie.
The scores for both movies are done by the German musician Hans Zimmer. They are quite similar and yet fascinating. I have listened to all songs from both soundtracks and similarities could be heard in many of the songs due to Zimmer’s similar style.
Nolan uses his signature drop in Inception but not in Dark Knight. He shows Inception to the audience out of the linear timeline order. Different pieces are given at different times and the end scene is given at the beginning. The audience is essentially interactive with the movie on close basis and feels that he or she is part of this big mind puzzle game. Somehow feels confident and good in solving it. Nolan has used this Method in his other movies such as Memento, Prestige and his very first movie The Following.
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1 year ago
House Vs. Lightman
Dr. Gregory House and Dr. Cal Lightman are both two of my favorite characters of TV show dramas House and Lie To Me respectively on FOX network. According to Entertainment Weekly, last week these two shows combined were responsible for FOX’s most-watched Monday of the TV season with entertainment programming (9 million)
I have very high respect for creators David Shore (House) and Samuel Baum (Lie To Me) in constructing such complex characters. I have spent a lot time thinking and comparing these two individuals and the reasoning behind my incentive in watching these two shows. From the first scan after watching a couple of episodes of each show, both characters seem very similar in personality and temperament. They are both great at what they do, have very low respect for their colleagues and coworkers and both have concrete principles that they stand by even at complicated situations. They also share the belief that “Everybody Lies!”. Which is quite interesting and somehow true.(or a Lie since everybody lies!)
The question that arises after watching Lie To Me is, whether FOX is feeding the House fans a new House-Like character under a different name, possessing more narcissist features? And is it true that all House fans would really be appreciative and interested in Lightman character the same as House? In my view, Cal Lightman is another psychologically damaged character that, like House, draws an intricate type of viewer. A viewer that has interest in characters with bloated feelings of self-worth, this viewer might have now found the same doctor routineboring after seven seasons of House. Is FOX network fulfilling that interest by creating Lie To Me and more precisely the character Cal Lightman,as an alternative to House with an enhancement of self-esteem and self-centered objectives coupled with low feelings of empathy for others. Considering the fact that House premiered close to 5 years before Lie To Me it almost seems like Dr. Lightman is just another Dr. House with British accent.
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1 year ago
Cartoon Wars!
Ever since my second year of High School, I have been hooked on watching animated cartoon series such as Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park. Over the past few years in college, I have mainly focused my time on watching South Park and Family Guy and spend a quite amount of time comparing these two TV shows. I have developed a strange but yet familiar interest in watching their episodes and analyzing their hidden messages. Both shows have been around for a quite a while now and have their own significant approaches in delivering mostly the same message.
There are quite a few articles (example) on the web, comparing these two cartoon shows, pointing out their similarities and differences.
This post is mainly my personal thought on either show’s influence on me as a critical audience.
For me Family Guy represents the past time TV Program that brings up social issues in a comic way and usually uses a Colbert (Colbert Report) like sarcasm approach in analyzing them. Peter Griffin signifies as the extremist whom reminds the audience of the true nature of the foolishness of the close minded party in a public matter such as abortion and immigration. Although humorous, it resembles a very one sided style of debating an issue. All the other characters such as Stewie and Brian are there to mainly help McFarlane in bringing issues a bit smoother into the overall plot. One thing that puts Family Guy in a passive Tv show is its randomness. It moves in between topics at arbitrary times and bluntly reminds you how much it does not care about the audiences thought.
South Park practices an altered approach which is quite diverting and amusing at the same time. While debating social issues similar to Family Guy, the creators of South Park usually use each character to signify a group party in the real world. There is usually a trend on what character picks which side of the argument. Cartmen, similar to Peter, symbolizes the extremist and Stan and sometime Kyle pick up the logical and liberal sides respectively. One noteworthy difference and somehow advantage that South Park possess is, it’s conclusion in an episode. Issues usually end with a solution that the Stan character purposes and it usually is analogous to what the creator, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, believe
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