So: I saw Inception.

Like two weeks ago, or whenever it opened. There’s been so much buzz that it feels like it’s been in wide release for longer than just a couple of weeks. But anyway: I saw it on opening weekend, and I’m still thinking about it two weeks later, so that’s something new. Haven’t had a movie kick my brain around this much in awhile.

I’m not even going to talk about it. Some of you haven’t seen it yet. But for those of you who have, wasn’t it nice to not have any of this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

Wasn’t it nice to watch a movie that was written by a grownup for other grownups? With judicious use of slow motion and practical employment of special effects? Without that tired scene of some superhuman character crashing to the ground in a clever pose, followed by that long slow smoldering look upward?

That is, this:

Wasn’t it?