Who's going? Who's seen it? Who's already disappointed?

My brother went to see it. He said it was a poor man's Cloverfield.

Just saw it. It's a popcorn movie, take a date and enjoy it.

Cloverfield? No way. The only movie that came to mind when I saw the credits roll was "that was a bizarre interpretation of E.T.".

EDIT: Hey waitaminute...nvmd, fixed.

I saw it. It was awesome. It's JJ Abram's love letter to classic Spielberg movies from the 70s-80s, but it manages to be its own thing at the same time. Also, Elle Fanning is absolutely brilliant. One of the best child actors I've seen in a long time.

The one thing that really annoyed me is the chubby kid of the group (because a Spielberg movie always needs the chubby kid to serve as the main comic relief). His gimmick is that he says "Mint" all the time. "That was so mint!" "You were mint!" "MINT MINT MINT!"

I can see that. I was aggravated by the second time he said "mint".

The Romero references were a bit odd, but cute. Another love letter. Enjoyed the finished movie at the end.

This show is Mint!
Just kidding, had to say it...never saw it though...
I'll just wait for Super 9: Super Duper to come out. ;p

I saw it yesterday, and I thought it was a wonderful throwback to the magic of the 80s sci-fi film. It definitely has it flaws, some of them being the lack of deeper plot development.

However, there were some parts of the movie that just felt so real, as if it was coming from that time period. I thought all the kids did a great job acting, no over-the-top, extremely eloquent speeches, but they just talked like kids.

The final scene, which disappointed some, really clenched the film for me as a great one. Giacchino's musical score, which was for the most part fairly bland for most of the movie, really rose to the occasion. It truly captured the wonder of the finale.

I highly recommend it, flaws and all.

I haven't seen it but wish I had over seeing the new XMen last night. FWIW I didn't dislike the new one, it was the best XMen movie so far, I just wasn't up for all the camp they threw in.

The trailer for it reminds me of an old comic series that got dropped before they wrote an ending, called Area 52. I'm kind of excited to see it.

Hmm, it sounds vaguely interesting. Being born in 1988, I saw plenty of '80s sci-fi movies on TV while growing up so I have an affection for them.