Comments on: Transformers sequel worst reviewed $400M movie? http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/29/transformers-sequel-worst-reviewed-400m-movie/ Log on. Live it up. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: cnich http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/29/transformers-sequel-worst-reviewed-400m-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-19303 cnich Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:44:01 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=20389#comment-19303 Its Transformers, its not saving private ryan- revenge of the soldiers, do the crtics really think there was going to be great acting in a big smash mouth summer blockbuster movie. the first movie had poor acting in it who cares it was about cars turning into robots and fighting. these types of movies are for people to go and sit for 2hrs 40mins and go WOW, AAAAh OOOOH that was cool. critics need to waks up and see what it is A special affects movie. I'm mean come on we gave Slumdog Millionair all kinds of awards and that movie was pathetic, please. Its Transformers, its not saving private ryan- revenge of the soldiers, do the crtics really think there was going to be great acting in a big smash mouth summer blockbuster movie.

the first movie had poor acting in it who cares it was about cars turning into robots and fighting. these types of movies are for people to go and sit for 2hrs 40mins and go WOW, AAAAh OOOOH that was cool.

critics need to waks up and see what it is A special affects movie.
I’m mean come on we gave Slumdog Millionair all kinds of awards and that movie was pathetic, please.

]]> By: Pjay http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/29/transformers-sequel-worst-reviewed-400m-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-19226 Pjay Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:40:28 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=20389#comment-19226 Critics “forget what the goal of the movie was. The goal of the movie is to entertain and have fun,” said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount, which is distributing Transformers for DreamWorks. “What the audience tells us is, ‘We couldn’t be more entertained and having more fun.’ They kind of roll their eyes at the critics and say, ‘You have no idea what you’re talking about.’ “ OK, well, the problem as I see it is that people are, at this point, so incredibly dumb that they are no longer capable of detecting that the things they like are poorly done. They are rather like a little kid who, at his young age, thinks that Barney the Dinosaur is a good actor. The kid gets old enough and he "outgrows" Barney, and stops being interested and liking Barney without really knowing why. Well, the real reason is that he matures and starts to understand, even on just a subconscious level, that Barney is a bad actor, and the plots are puerile and dumb, etc. What we're seeing with the people who defend movies because they're "entertaining" without being "GOOD" is a regression: people are being dumbed-down by the pablum that streams out of a Hollywood machine populated by hacks. As a result, they don't know truly good movies from bad, or bad ones from good, because they've never actually seen good ones, or been taught what should differentiate them from each other. Critics “forget what the goal of the movie was. The goal of the movie is to entertain and have fun,” said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount, which is distributing Transformers for DreamWorks. “What the audience tells us is, ‘We couldn’t be more entertained and having more fun.’ They kind of roll their eyes at the critics and say, ‘You have no idea what you’re talking about.’ “

OK, well, the problem as I see it is that people are, at this point, so incredibly dumb that they are no longer capable of detecting that the things they like are poorly done. They are rather like a little kid who, at his young age, thinks that Barney the Dinosaur is a good actor. The kid gets old enough and he “outgrows” Barney, and stops being interested and liking Barney without really knowing why.

Well, the real reason is that he matures and starts to understand, even on just a subconscious level, that Barney is a bad actor, and the plots are puerile and dumb, etc.

What we’re seeing with the people who defend movies because they’re “entertaining” without being “GOOD” is a regression: people are being dumbed-down by the pablum that streams out of a Hollywood machine populated by hacks. As a result, they don’t know truly good movies from bad, or bad ones from good, because they’ve never actually seen good ones, or been taught what should differentiate them from each other.

]]> By: Sandy http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/29/transformers-sequel-worst-reviewed-400m-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-19222 Sandy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:05:47 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=20389#comment-19222 Considering Star Trek & Up got great critic reviews & grossed around $250 Million each so far while Transformers 2 just came out with poor critic reviews yet has already made over $200 Million it's obvious that the critics & the people have different ideas of what makes a film good. We don't need to be a brilliant to enjoy a film, we just need to enjoy it. Is it fun? Do you walk out happier than when you went in? For a time, did you escape your reality to visit someplace else? A lot of times that's all we want. Meaning is good - but not at the expense of enjoyment. Tickets sold vs $$ made is a good point. The original Star Wars was a major grossing film when it first came out yet tickets ranged from around $3-$6, current films cost around $6-$10 with the films appearing on Imax around $14. That means the older films may have sold twice as many tickets to make half the money of todays films. Considering Star Trek & Up got great critic reviews & grossed around $250 Million each so far while Transformers 2 just came out with poor critic reviews yet has already made over $200 Million it’s obvious that the critics & the people have different ideas of what makes a film good. We don’t need to be a brilliant to enjoy a film, we just need to enjoy it. Is it fun? Do you walk out happier than when you went in? For a time, did you escape your reality to visit someplace else? A lot of times that’s all we want. Meaning is good – but not at the expense of enjoyment.
Tickets sold vs $$ made is a good point. The original Star Wars was a major grossing film when it first came out yet tickets ranged from around $3-$6, current films cost around $6-$10 with the films appearing on Imax around $14. That means the older films may have sold twice as many tickets to make half the money of todays films.

]]> By: Sane Citizen http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/29/transformers-sequel-worst-reviewed-400m-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-19207 Sane Citizen Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:37:42 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=20389#comment-19207 How about they count number of tickets sold rather than $$? As the price continuously goes up, the revenues will always increase. How about they count number of tickets sold rather than $$? As the price continuously goes up, the revenues will always increase.

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