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Early buzz on ‘Transformers’
I’ll get back to my reviews of Michael Bay’s movies this afternoon (Coming down: Bad Boys II) but for the moment, I thought I’d share some interesting comments I found on the Hot Blog this morning. Writer David Poland has seen the movie and says:
“Transformers is one of DreamWorks’ more expensive children’s animated films. But Badagascar did $193 million domestic and Cars did $244 million domestic, so Transformers can do $200 million too. The big advantage of those films is that they weren’t insufferably long with unnecessary exposition designed to seek the females and adult males who will never come… unless they have visitation next Saturday and need to score points with the kid.”
One of the movie’s producers, Don Murphy, responds by saying: “I am starting to get it now. If the theatre is clapping and cheering and the audience really enjoys it you have to say nasty things about it. Anyway, again, BIGGEST FILM OF THE SUMMER.”
This is where I point that audiences who get into movies for free will applaud just about anything. Heck, Mr. Deeds got applause. Poland also notes “Plenty of free booze too… the adults needed it.”
I’ll review it next Tuesday, still trying to keep an open mind. Meanwhile, make of this what you will …
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By SRCputt
June 28, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this
Forget having an open mind. Bay has burned me too many times for that.By Allie D.
June 28, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this
This sounds ominously bad, actually. But it’s not going to matter. People are going to pour out by the millions to see this drivel. And yes, I’m already calling it drivel. I can’t see how it could be anything more. It is simply a vehicle for marketing the new Chevy Camaro and other merch. It is possible it could pull a Van Helsing and be a massive commercial letdown, but I somehow doubt it.