You know the one I am,
Screaming backwards in the sand.
It took me a couple months to get around to reading it, but this is a fascinating blog post. I especially agree with this passage:
I always attend films with one or more “mental dials” turned down. I do this in order to be able to enjoy modern movies without spoiling them by noticing every flaw. Indeed, with some flicks I can (and have to) crank my mental age and IQ down around five. THE FIFTH ELEMENT is an example of a movie that I quite enjoyed (!) but only after performing that intentional self-lobotomy and leaving all critical faculties (except love of color and music and fun) at home.
I did not have to do any of that with INCEPTION. For the first time since GATTACA, I went to see a film as an adult, and felt that adults had proudly written directed and made it… for me.
As with all of his posts, this one goes all over the universe — but the whole thing is worth reading!