Aaaand we're back.

So it's been 21 months. So sue me.

(Please don't sue me.)

Without further ado, let's hop right on in.

Today, I finally saw Inception. I know, it's about time, right? Pretty sure I'm the last person in the whole entire universe to see this movie. So all of you who have fallen victim to my endlessly annoying shrieks of "Don't talk about that! Don't say anything! I haven't seen it yet!!!" can rest easy. You can talk about it now. You can say things. I've seen it.

However, I blame you all for my general underwhelmed-ness. This is not to say I didn't like it (all of you who think I didn't like The Sixth Sense because I figured it out right away, I'm looking at you). I did like it. But it was over-hyped for me. The way you all talk about it, it's like this movie is completely revolutionary. It will do for entertainment what sliced bread did for sandwiches, what microwaves did for popcorn, what an inflatable David Hasselhoff did for my video collection (don't ask). And yeah, it was pretty good. But it wasn't that good.

It's not like the ideas being explored here are new. Anyone seen What Dreams May Come or The Cell? Both creepy. Both not about what Inception is about. But both exploring similar themes and ideas. This isn't new territory for Hollywood.

Inception is well made, and for the first time in, well, ever, I can say that I didn't hate Leonardo DiCaprio. (See that? I even wrote his name correctly! For those of you who know me well, that alone is proof!) And it is interesting, and it does raise some interesting questions. But it didn't blow my mind. I don't feel the need to see it again and again for endless analysis. Frankly, I don't think there's that much to analyze. It was a fun popcorn movie for an afternoon. And anyone who's seen my video collection knows that I love my popcorn movies. I'm just sayin', y'all oversold it. So knock it off, in case there's someone else out there who still hasn't seen it. They'll like it more without knowing what you think.