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So we saw five minutes of this movie together last night because I had missed the beginning

of the previous screening.

So I just sat through the very beginning with you and then dashed out.

So I have no idea how you took it overall.

Good, bad?

I loved it.

I will probably go see it again.

I thought it was probably the best blockbuster I've seen since like Inception or Avatar, you know, largely because most,

we've talked about a bunch of different blockbusters and it's always like Ironman

3, the Avengers, Star Trek, and the Dark, you know, it's a lot of sequels and movies based

on other properties.

So far this summer, right?

I mean, of the big tent poles, has there been another that's not based on anything?

I'm pretty sure that that's right.

I mean, the last one I can even think of is Super 8, but that is another sort of, even Super 8 is like, it's sort of like this and that it's a sort of homage to other monster movies that the director loved growing up.

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