Movie - Inception

STOP READING IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE MOVIE!

Levels of Dreamhttp://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/film/5-levels-inception-infographic.html
I personally don't think we have levels of dream. The levels of dream in the movie give me a sense of entering hell, especially when the ultimate level is called "limbo". We do have different phases of sleep. We also have levels of consciousness. The levels of dream in Inception are like call-forwarding. I wouldn't say it's getting deeper anywhere. It's just going from room one to room two until room five.

Dream Equals to Memory?I know Sir Edward Youde died in his sleep, but not because of a dream. I don't think anyone will die in real life because (s)he dies in a dream. All those subconscious characters attacking dreamers, dying in a dream can harm you physcially, dreaming your own dream in someone else dream, bringing totems into dreams (like charms) ... are like video games. It's there to make it an action film. The purpose of getting into someone's dream is to get into someone's mind. Hypnosis can do all that. Why all the hassles and stupid dream machine? You can hypnotise a person and get information or distort the person's memory. Where dream is often elusive. Can Fischer remember the dream? Would he take it seriously? Planting something in a dream is not the same thing as planting an idea in mind. I may dream of marrying someone I hate but that doesn't mean I will do so when I wake up. Dream is the mirror of the mind working. It's not a pathway to mind. Even the dreamer may not understand his/her own dream. The best thing we can do is messing up the dream. But messing up the dreamer's mind? Nuh.

You can find a lot of explanation about Inception here:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Inception-Explained-Unraveling-The-Dream-Within-The-Dream-19615.html
But I'm more like this guy:
http://frontalot.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2991&sid=4b0e0937a803df520a3b561192f77d8e
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So far, I had taken full control of a dream twice.
The first time, the dream is so scary I tried to figure out how I got myself into such situation. Things were so illogical I found out that I must be dreaming. I manipulated it for a while and I woke up. Guess designing your own dream is no fun.

The second time, I woke up from a bad dream. I wanted to alter it into a good ending. I planned the ending, went back to sleep, accomplished the mission. This happened only once because usually during a bad dream, your body will create adrenaline (putting you into a flight or fight condition) and you will sweat quite a lot. When you wake up, it's too excited to get back to sleep immediately.

逃避

聖誕後嗰個星期日去完西環間爛鬼 Panash 食晏 (唔關食物事，係服務實在低能。) 就逛逛粒豆咁細嘅三聯書店 (無文具...)。撞到老世 (agent) ，佢揾學/教英文啲書。我就搵 --

睇到一篇「死後才嗟怨」。話說 89 歲老伯伯 (曾是一名紀律部隊人員) 的子女探望他時都表現出一副不耐煩的樣子。老伯伯死後，子女收拾他的遺物時才後悔。作者認為應珍惜當下，過後才嗟怨是沒有用的。

人都很擅長逃避。Procrastination (延遲) 、吸煙、酗酒、吸毒、嗜賭、迷信...... 一律都是逃避的一種。可能「懶得面對」，事情複雜至「唔想理」，無法面對自已是一個很無聊的人亦可。面對死亡，甚麼怪反應也可能有。只是死亡不能再來一次。

Chinese Book Review: 我討厭的10種好人 (10 Good People I Hate)

只是書名已夠給引。作者是日本人！這就更給引了。哪十種？

1. 笑容不絕的人
2. 不忘心存感謝的人 3. 喜歡看大家喜悅表情的人
4. 總是以積極態度生活的人
5. 對自已的エ作「為榮」的人
6. 重視「黑白分明」的人
7. 一有爭執就想立刻阻止的人
8. 不清楚交代事物的人
9. 會說「因為我笨呀」的人
10. 認為「我的人生沒有遺憾」的人

總括就是虛偽得自欺欺人的人。很可惜沒有「家婆」呀，「外母」呀之類。作者中島義道該是個男的。

光看目錄已夠好笑便不用出書，出明信片就賺夠了。但我只看了最前一個及最後一個。把最「抵死」的 highlight 出來吧！


笑容不絕的人 － 說到女人喜歡怎麽笑的男人: ...女人拖著疲憊身軀回到家門口，看到了「笑容不絕的男人」在門口迎接，絕對不會感到慰藉，反而想把包包往他臉上砸上去吧。 香港人稱這種笑容為「熠熟狗頭」。

認為「我的人生沒有遺憾」的人 － 副題目： 趕快滿足後去死吧！

哈 哈 哈 哈 哈 ...

Just the title is already funny enough. The author is a Japanese. That makes it more interesting. Which 10?

1. people that always smile
2. people who never forget to appreciate
3. people who love to see other people happy faces
4. people always take a positive attitude towards life
5. people who are "proud" of their jobs
6. people who value "distincting right and wrong"
7. people who would stop any dispute immediately
8. people who like clear explanations of things
9. people who always say "because I'm dumb"
10. people who think that "their lives have no regrets"

Conclusion: people who are so hypocritical that they deceive themselves. It's a pity mum-in-laws not included. The author is probably a guy.

It's funny just with the content. If they're postcards, the author must have earned a lot. I've just finished the first and last chapters. Let me highlight the gags.

people that always smile － about what kind of men that always smile women like
...Woman, goes home exhausted and sees a smiling-face-man waiting at the door, will not be comforted. Instead, she would like to throw her handbag over to his face. Hong Kongers call this kind of facial expression "a well-boiled dog's head" (meaning idiotic smile)

people who think that "their lives have no regrets" －subtitle:
Get satisfied and go to die!

Hahahahaha...

Why Men Don't Have A Clue And Women Need More Shoes?

This is 2007. Women have a very different social status from our mothers'. I do not understand why Pease (the authors) keep advising the women what to be aware and do. Isn't misunderstanding a mutual thing? So shouldn't it take two to tango? There's advices for men, but it's like 20% (at most) for men and there's always advices for women. The question is: Is it worth comprimising (tolerating all the peeves) in order to stay with a man (or be loved if you're lucky enough) ? Look, we didn't make all these problems. ... Yes, there's some funny jokes and theories. I did finish the book except the last few pages about reitrement. If you're someone's wife, there's no retirement. Don't even think about it. Like the mum-in-law section: You think you don't give a damn to what others think about your relationship? Ha. Before you know, impact is already in effect. There's a lot of re-training to do. And even if you're convinced, the solutions are designed in a western-culture-mindset. If you've ever watched toddler's training in Discovery Channel, you'll understand it won't work on most asians. Each individual is different, anyway.

After all, it's a matter of "to be or not to be". I believe only in one thing -- respect. No matter what you do, do it with respect. If the other person doesn't, dump him. Fast! (If you think you can write 300 pages bull-shit around this topic, remember to write my name on it.)