g.i. joe the rise of cobra

I’m debating whether or not I want to see this movie.

So, I’m gonna do something that I can’t recall ever doing with this blog before. If you’ve seen G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, feel free to post a comment with your thoughts about it and whether you recommend seeing it now or waiting to watch it when it comes out on DVD (or even never at all).

If there’s enough good word about it, I’ll try to catch it this weekend....

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Today is the Super Bowl, which means that big entertainment studios (among many other companies) will be dropping unconscionable amounts of coin on measly 30-second spots to shill for movies, some of which won’t even be coming out ’til August. And thanks to the glorious wonder of the Internet, we can take a gander at them several hours before they air.

This first spot is for Disney and Pixar’s Up. I know some folks who have seen advance footage of this one, and they cannot stop raving about how good it’s already looking. Go to Disney’s website to see the commercial in much higher resolution. This will definitely be on my “must see” list this summer…

The next one is for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, due out in May. Another one that I’m eagerly anticipating, for one reason because this looks totally unlike anything that has been ...

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