I really enjoyed the new X-Men movie, so it saddens (though doesn't surprise), me that it only did fair business in it's opening weekend.

Still, I hope it's quality and approach to this type of material is noticed and appreciated.  My friend Michael said it much more eloquently in this excerpt of his review of the film (scroll down for the review):

"By making a character-driven film Matthew Vaughn has created a new high-water mark for non-gritty superhero storytelling. Instead of focusing on the effects and the action, the people become real and we can engage at a deeper and more interesting level than before. That’s not to say that the effects and action aren’t themselves fantastic, but the spectacle was always in service of the story and the story in service of the characters. I hope to see more spectacle films, especially ensemble superhero films (*cough*AVENGERS*cough*) follow his lead."