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Title: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 26, 2011, 09:24:42 PM
Quote from: ComingSoon.net
Fans of the movies should appreciate how Matthew Vaughn has established characters they love in a unique setting with a strong cast and set pieces as big and impressive as the other movies.

Quote from: Digital Spy
An action blockbuster with rollercoaster thrills and laughs that has a fundamentally intelligent core.

Quote from: Boxoffice Magazine
First Class is ultimately a success, because not only does it reward fans, but it redeems a series that gave the superhero genre its start.

Quote from: Radio Times
This grandiose globetrotting fantasy boasts plentiful action spectacle and effective character-based drama set in an age of civil unrest and Cold War paranoia.

100% at RT, 11 positive reviews. Average score: 8/10.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/x_men_first_class/
 
:dizzy
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 26, 2011, 10:01:52 PM
Coulda fooled me. Everything they've released looked like dog shit.
Excluding January Jones  :heartbeat

too bad by all accounts she's a cunt
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: cool breeze on May 26, 2011, 10:27:25 PM
um, put that in a spoiler box.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 26, 2011, 10:32:23 PM
It would be Rose Byrne for me. I was going to see this just because I adore her and would become her sex slave at the drop of a hat.

I didn't even know she was in the movie. Or I just completely forgot.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 26, 2011, 10:36:03 PM
um, put that in a spoiler box.

Sorry, I suppose. Figured it was public knowledge that was in the film.

It would be Rose Byrne for me. I was going to see this just because I adore her and would become her sex slave at the drop of a hat.

I didn't even know she was in the movie. Or I just completely forgot.

Well now you know!


I didn't know about that thing now in the spoiler box, either.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 26, 2011, 10:40:29 PM
Is Samuel Jackson in this?
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 26, 2011, 10:40:39 PM
This, Super 8 and Harry Potter are the only summer blockbuster mega movies I have any interest in.

Is Samuel Jackson in this?

Nope, this is a Fox movie, not Marvel Studios.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: cool breeze on May 26, 2011, 10:48:46 PM
It would be Rose Byrne for me. I was going to see this just because I adore her and would become her sex slave at the drop of a hat.

I didn't even know she was in the movie. Or I just completely forgot.

to be fair, everyone forgot.  she's absent in all the marketing.

Matthew Vaughn has been pretty candid about the haphazard production.  Though, it sounds better off than Xmen 3, which he goes into as well (he was up to direct that at one point).

The impressions all sound good because of what they're saying.  It's less the hyperbole from people who said Thor was good.  Like, the concern I had watching the trailers has always been that while Charles and Erik stuff with McAvoy and Fassbender* would be great, it might not be the focus in favor of the other mutants.  Apparently that isn't the case.  And the scenes with the other mutants are supposed to be good too.  Plus, the trailers show some action, but there is supposed to be a lot they haven't shown yet in promotional material.



*
:bow(http://i.imgur.com/GiIdM.jpg) :bow2




Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Diunx on May 27, 2011, 01:17:11 AM
Can't wait :hyper
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: etiolate on May 27, 2011, 01:37:39 AM
azrael  :yuck
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on May 27, 2011, 01:51:38 AM
I'd given up on Fox making any good movies outside of Fox Searchlight, I'd be pleasantly surprised if this doesn't suck.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Mandark on May 27, 2011, 02:13:05 AM
I'm down for a popcorn flick that tries to borrow a wee bit of dramatic heft from a historical setting and the X-Men have been such an obvious allegory for so long that setting it in the 60's doesn't feel like a gimmick.

Of course, if it's good then the pretension will create warring camps of hyperbolic, oversensitive fanboys and angry haters who are shocked, shocked to find out that it's a big-budget action movie.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Mupepe on May 27, 2011, 02:12:07 PM
Man, the trailers look like shit but it'd be awesome if it actually turned out to be good.  The trailers feel like a big budget CW show or something.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: cool breeze on May 27, 2011, 02:22:53 PM
[youtube=560,345]ZCaHk0OJsOg[/youtube] (there is a clip in the beginning)
 
it's safe to say a lot of things can't be worse than green lantern if that's indicative of its quality.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 27, 2011, 02:50:57 PM
:bow X-Men: Snake Eater :bow2

EDIT: Wow, what the fuck is wrong with the Green Lantern movie
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Dickie Dee on May 27, 2011, 03:15:10 PM
The Charles/Erik stuff looks quite great, they did seem to go out of their way to pick the shittiest supporting mutants as possible.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Trent Dole on May 27, 2011, 11:53:58 PM
After the Origins movie I am not seeing any new X-Men film in the theaters.  :yuck
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 28, 2011, 12:05:59 AM
I've boiled my interactions with the real world down to this: 1) Will it get me laid? 2) Will it make me money?

This movie fails on both accounts. I will be seeing a chick flick instead.

Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: cool breeze on May 28, 2011, 12:31:21 AM
Go see it and help get the sequel made.  Reading about the planned opening scene for the sequel is my reason to watch it the first weekend.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 28, 2011, 04:43:25 PM
Go see it and help get the sequel made.  Reading about the planned opening scene for the sequel is my reason to watch it the first weekend.

And what might that be for those not in the know?

Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: cool breeze on May 28, 2011, 04:53:28 PM
Go see it and help get the sequel made.  Reading about the planned opening scene for the sequel is my reason to watch it the first weekend.

And what might that be for those not in the know?



I didn't want to chance a spoiler since it technically spoils the end of First Class and the beginning of a movie years away, but if you insist:
spoiler for sequel:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Magneto kills Kennedy.
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Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: bork on May 28, 2011, 06:52:12 PM
Yes, imma totally go see one movie in the hopes that another will get made and might feature an opening scene that probably won't make it in regardless.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: cool breeze on May 31, 2011, 09:20:05 PM
so there was this rumor about how Matthew Vaughn got January Jones pregnant and

[youtube=560,345]tNObWbgBVZs[/youtube]

yeah
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 31, 2011, 09:38:54 PM
are you suggesting

she was not chosen

for her acting ability
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Mandark on June 01, 2011, 04:52:26 AM
It took me about three seasons of Mad Men to figure out whether January Jones was a bad actress, or just really good at playing an affected, emotionally repressed person.

My conclusion?  We'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Cravis on June 01, 2011, 10:47:15 AM
Alright so a certain someone's cameo sounds awesome and is also the first time an F bomb has been dropped in a PG-13 Marvel movie.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Xavier and Magneto globetrot to recruit mutants. They find Wolverine in a bar. Before either one can say a word Wolverine tells them to go fuck themselves.

That's just awesome.
[close]
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: The Sceneman on June 04, 2011, 02:28:12 AM
[youtube=560,345]__rCwt_NIDg[/youtube]

for Sho Nuff
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Himu on June 04, 2011, 12:48:32 PM
I dunno. I liked the part in Mad Men when Betty goes out with a shotgun and turns the neighbors whatever into mincemeat. I couldn't hate her after that.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: bork on June 04, 2011, 01:01:46 PM
I enjoyed First Class for what it was.  Magneto, Xavier, and Mystique WERE the movie; the other good-guy characters all just kinda felt like they were just there.

The White Queen was probably the worst character in the movie; sure she was hot (and the nerds next to us who wouldn't stop making stupid comments all went quiet the first January Jones and her jugs appeared on screen, lol) and looked the part, but they went with the wrong actor for this character.  She isn't really involved in most of the movie beyond standing around and the camera focusing on her ass when walking, so whatever.

There was a rumor of a Magneto Origins movie some years back, and after seeing how young Erik was portrayed in this film, I wish they would have went with that instead of First Class.  1960's Magneto going around hunting down nazis would have been awesome.

Alright so a certain someone's cameo sounds awesome and is also the first time an F bomb has been dropped in a PG-13 Marvel movie.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Xavier and Magneto globetrot to recruit mutants. They find Wolverine in a bar. Before either one can say a word Wolverine tells them to go fuck themselves.

That's just awesome.
[close]

That cameo was great...the theater started cheering at this part, but fortunately shut up before the line was said.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Shaka Khan on June 04, 2011, 01:40:41 PM
Can a mod please edit the thread title to reflect the current situation of the RT meter? It's misleading a lot of posters, especially those who don't read the OP.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Tieno on June 04, 2011, 02:08:39 PM
Can't wait for X-Men first class. Looks like it'll be the best movie ever.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Tieno on June 04, 2011, 02:09:13 PM
Can a mod please edit the thread title to reflect the current situation of the RT meter? It's misleading a lot of posters, especially those who don't read the OP.

WHAAAAAAAT???? NO!!! What a letdown :(
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 04, 2011, 03:01:09 PM
Can a mod please edit the thread title to reflect the current situation of the RT meter? It's misleading a lot of posters, especially those who don't read the OP.

:patel
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: bork on June 04, 2011, 03:40:15 PM
Can a mod please edit the thread title to reflect the current situation of the RT meter? It's misleading a lot of posters, especially those who don't read the OP.

ok mayne
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Shaka Khan on June 04, 2011, 03:43:00 PM
Sometimes I don't think anyone gets me :(
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 04, 2011, 03:50:10 PM
are you suggesting

she was not chosen

for her acting ability

You know what happens to a toad when it gets stuck by lightning?
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Rman on June 04, 2011, 07:30:00 PM
I agree with Lyte's sentiments.  Found the supporting cast to be pretty dull.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: TEEEPO on June 04, 2011, 08:35:40 PM
meh. fun for what it was but even thor was better.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Bebpo on June 05, 2011, 07:04:56 PM
Was pretty good.  I'd say 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.  Good actors, decent enough story, good pacing, solid action.  The only thing missing is I felt a handful of scenes that should have had more dramatic effect fell a bit flat instead and the movie wasn't as epic as it could have been.  McAvoy and Fassbender were really the reasons to see the film.  I wouldn't mind a First Class 2 as long as they got both of them back.

Also
spoiler (click to show/hide)
very surprised someone as talented as Mathew Vaughn had to use the "black guy dies first" cliche :\
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Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: Bebpo on June 05, 2011, 07:09:58 PM
There was a rumor of a Magneto Origins movie some years back, and after seeing how young Erik was portrayed in this film, I wish they would have went with that instead of First Class.  1960's Magneto going around hunting down nazis would have been awesome.

Eh, it'd be pg-13 and that really doesn't work for that.

Although man, First Class reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally pushes the edge of PG-13.  A decade ago this would have been R rated for sure.  There's so much graphic violence and some of it is pretty dark like Kick-Ass. 
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently the best movie ever
Post by: bork on June 05, 2011, 07:22:00 PM
There was a rumor of a Magneto Origins movie some years back, and after seeing how young Erik was portrayed in this film, I wish they would have went with that instead of First Class.  1960's Magneto going around hunting down nazis would have been awesome.

Eh, it'd be pg-13 and that really doesn't work for that.

Although man, First Class reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally pushes the edge of PG-13.  A decade ago this would have been R rated for sure.  There's so much graphic violence and some of it is pretty dark like Kick-Ass. 

You pretty much replied for me .   :lol
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: chronovore on June 06, 2011, 09:40:39 AM
Sometimes I don't think anyone gets me :(

I'm guessing the "change the topic title because no-one reads the OP" is sarcasm, which rarely works in text, and only works if it's subtle sarcasm in text if you're Stephen Fry.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 06, 2011, 03:22:56 PM
Wife has zero interest, so I'll wait until Summer break starts in two weeks and go see it during the day.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Diunx on June 10, 2011, 01:25:08 AM
There was a rumor of a Magneto Origins movie some years back, and after seeing how young Erik was portrayed in this film, I wish they would have went with that instead of First Class.  1960's Magneto going around hunting down nazis would have been awesome.

Although man, First Class reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally pushes the edge of PG-13.  A decade ago this would have been R rated for sure.  There's so much graphic violence and some of it is pretty dark like Kick-Ass. 

Yeah I was pleasantly surprise by that! movie was great and the chicks were hot, especially Mystique :drool :drool
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Bebpo on June 10, 2011, 03:28:35 AM
Yeah, the girl who plays Mystique is super cute.  I thought it was cool they got her for this, since she was awesome in Winter's Bone.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Nintendosbooger on June 11, 2011, 11:44:47 AM
The movie had some serious continuity issues:

1.) If Mystique's genes prohibit her from aging normally, then how is it that she seemingly matured at the same rate as a Charles Xavier, from a child to an adult.

2.) We learn that Xavier lost his ability to walk at this point of his life, but he was walking pretty damn well as an older Professor X, in a flashback scene played by Patrick Stewart.

3.) In that same scene, he was walking alongside Magneto, suggesting that they were not yet enemies until much later down the road, but this film is indicating that they first parted ways in the 60s while they were young men.

4.) Havok is supposed to be the brother of Cyclops - in the comics as well as in this movie considering his last name - but how is that possible if he'll be in his 60s by the time a Cyclops, in his 30s at the present time, enrolls in Xavier's school?

The supporting mutants were lousy, specifically Darwin, who was the first Mutant causality and, coincidentally, also the only Black member of the team. Refreshing to see racist overtones in 21st century film-making all but extinguished. That red Nightcrawler was a cop out to appease the Nightcrawler fans, obviously. The White Queen was dreadful. She looked like an old hag they plucked from one of Naughty America's "Best Friend's Mom" videos. She wasn't attractive in the slightest -- the actual Emma Frost had a body and was more striking.

Bunch of other shit, but all in all, a decent movie.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: drew on June 11, 2011, 01:07:25 PM
The supporting mutants were lousy, specifically Darwin, who was the first Mutant causality and, coincidentally, also the only Black member of the team. Refreshing to see racist overtones in 21st century film-making all but extinguished.

there was a black guy behind me that audibly sucked his teeth when he died, which was a nice change from him A SEE SEE SEE SEE SEEEEE laughing at every other scene in the film
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Nintendosbooger on June 11, 2011, 06:00:40 PM
He didn't even die with dignity - Sebastian made him swallow!
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 12, 2011, 04:09:31 AM
Sweet, I like movies.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently an 87% fresh movie.
Post by: Purple Filth on June 12, 2011, 10:59:21 AM
The movie had some serious continuity issues:

That red Nightcrawler was a cop out to appease the Nightcrawler fans, obviously.


It's his father anyways so two birds with one stone.  :lol
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: rodi on June 12, 2011, 11:13:30 AM
I'm a sucker for X-Men movies (even the first one with the corny ass lines and shit) so I'll probably end up watching this. It's a shame January Jones is such a bad actor though. She's a pretty lady.

And I can't stop staring at TEEEPO's avatar.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Rman on June 12, 2011, 12:23:48 PM
The Red dude was not Nightcrawler, though.  Azazel is actual Hellfire Club member in the comics.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 12, 2011, 12:32:19 PM
Not doing too hot at the box office. $100 million in 10 days, which puts it at about the same as the first movie [that ended up at $157 million]. The real problem is that First Class cost more than twice as much as the first movie. It's also lagging behind Thor.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Bebpo on June 12, 2011, 03:01:30 PM
Not doing too hot at the box office. $100 million in 10 days, which puts it at about the same as the first movie [that ended up at $157 million]. The real problem is that First Class cost more than twice as much as the first movie. It's also lagging behind Thor.

I don't think you can revive tanking franchises so quickly. 

Spiderman 4 will be the next victim of this.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: lordoftherink on June 12, 2011, 04:51:35 PM
Well, X-Men was never that big of a franchise to begin with. None of the previous movies in the series made it past $250 million domestic, and this one didn't have, at least in its advertisements, its biggest hero. Spider-man, on the other hand, has had all its installments exceed $300 million, has had a much longer time since the previous movie, will be able to focus on its main hero instead of parcelling out fragments to every single little side character (something that has hurt all of the X-men movies,) is clearly a reboot (whereas this was the prequel to a prequel that may or may not be a reboot, at least that's how it likely appeared to a lot of people,) has a good cast and likely won't be plagued with the tight schedule, multitude of inconsistent CG effects, and bad promotion of First Class. "The Amazing Spider-man" will likely continue that series' box office success (and while there isn't a trailer to judge yet, I think it looks leagues better than any of this year's superhero movies, based on the people involved.)
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Nintendosbooger on June 12, 2011, 05:09:27 PM
The Red dude was not Nightcrawler, though.  Azazel is actual Hellfire Club member in the comics.

Ah. I thought he was a generic character created by the movie developers. I've been out of the comic book loop for a while.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2011, 05:55:06 PM
Plus this X-Men doesn't have any "big" names attached, nor the more popular characters from the first films.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: bork on June 12, 2011, 07:14:32 PM
The Red dude was not Nightcrawler, though.  Azazel is actual Hellfire Club member in the comics.

He must be a recently-created character, 'cuz I sure as hell didn't recognize him.  The "Hellfire Club" was barely recognizable in this movie anyway, though.  Too bad we couldn't get the original Inner Circle.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 19, 2011, 01:05:22 PM
Gonna go see it sometime during the week.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Positive Touch on June 19, 2011, 02:35:38 PM
man what a bad-ass way to kill the last boss
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 27, 2011, 06:30:07 PM
I really enjoyed it, even though January Jones was totally lifeless and a disgrace to Emma Frost.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Lerkaboi on June 27, 2011, 09:19:34 PM
I really enjoyed it, even though January Jones was totally lifeless and a disgrace to Emma Frost.
yeah but did you see her tits
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 27, 2011, 09:31:31 PM
I really enjoyed it, even though January Jones was totally lifeless and a disgrace to Emma Frost.
yeah but did you see her tits

Nope.

January Jones isn't really an actor, she's just a model they let play dress up and read lines.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Purple Filth on June 28, 2011, 12:05:49 AM
The Red dude was not Nightcrawler, though.  Azazel is actual Hellfire Club member in the comics.

He must be a recently-created character, 'cuz I sure as hell didn't recognize him.  The "Hellfire Club" was barely recognizable in this movie anyway, though.  Too bad we couldn't get the original Inner Circle.

From 2003 apparently and he's actually Nightcrawler's dad

Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Stoney Mason on July 10, 2011, 02:19:29 PM
I saw this yesterday at a dollar theater. Full disclosure, I'm not much of a fan of comic book movies.

That being said I thought this was the best of these X-men movies I've seen. Not the best special effects or fights scenes but the best as an actual movie with properly explained motivations and characters actually properly characterized instead of relying on nerd comic book knowledge. I never really understood the high praise thrown at those singer movies. I thought they were average. I legit thought this was a better movie. And probably the only one I could actually rewatch.
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Purple Filth on July 10, 2011, 07:24:06 PM
I watched it and it was alright.

DANG @ shaw's fate in the movie.  :o
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: cool breeze on October 12, 2011, 02:32:47 AM
I watched this again on blu-ray, and maybe it's because I get really nerdy when I'm in the privacy of my room, but the CG is really bad.  Like, January Jones bad.

Movie is still awesome
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 12, 2011, 02:35:06 AM
I'm watching it right now. It's kinda badass on accounts that I love historical fiction and I love X-Men so there ya go

Also, whenever there's an action scene I start playing this on my laptop

[youtube=560,345]__rCwt_NIDg[/youtube]
Title: Re: X-Men: First Class is apparently a movie.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 12, 2011, 02:35:56 AM
My mom had been telling me to watch this for months. I tend to avoid action flicks she likes considering she likes just about anything with either monsters, aliens, or super heroes (including Van Helsing). But I gotta say, this movie was pretty damn good. I expected some dumb summer flick but it was actually not nearly as ridiculous as the trailers suggested.