HERE IT GOES AGAIN: ‘Transformers 2′ Already 21% Of Online Ticket Sales

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• @ ghostface:

  “The Dark Knight was hardly perfect.

  A shambling narrative wrapped around an iconic supporting performance.

  Transformers 2 will be a shambling narrative wrapped around stuff blowing up and robots.”

  I don’t know, but TDK hit that particular spot where a lot of people wanted to see it, loved it and saw it multiple times (and recommended it to their friends). I’m sure Ledger’s passing increased the awareness and free publicity, but it was a combination of stuff aside from his incredible performance. And a shambling narrative? You need to check the dictionary more carefully, the word you’re looking for is ‘complex’ — TF has a shambling non-narrative.

  TF-2 will not come close to the phenomena TDK was a year ago, maybe in terms of dollars ($400 million I can see, but it won’t hit the $500 million mark). Bay is a hack — Nolan introduced the idea of shooting select scenes in IMAX and Bay piggybacked off that idea.

  And for those who like TF and yell that everybody who doesn’t like the franchise is a “film snob,” we’re not. I love brainless action flicks as much as the next guy, but TF didn’t thrill me (and I had lowered expectations and even then TF didn’t surpass those). Bad dialogue, bad acting, badly-cut action sequences, and cartoonish CGI (never once did I believe the giant robots were real or close to it). At least guys like Gore Verbinski know how to make exciting but dumb movies — Bay is just an amateur.

  While TF-2 may be the highest grossing film of 2009, the films from that past decade people are gonna talk about ten years from now will be pics like TDK. Bay’s films are average at best and mind-numbingly awful at worst.

  Comment by Matt C — Thursday June 11, 2009 @ 7:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Even though Fandango says Transformers 2 accounts for 21% of their ticket sales today, what I would like to know is, how many tickets is that? Im sure its not $70 million worth.

  Comment by KC — Thursday June 11, 2009 @ 7:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Early feedback from the japanese premiere have been mixed. Great action, yet dumb lame and cheesy comedy and dialogue were taken up a notch

  Comment by Harvey — Thursday June 11, 2009 @ 8:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Don’t act like TDK was flawless. It wasn’t. It was good. But best ever? No. Ledger was excellent. Bale paled in comparison and his Batman voice was distracting. The movie didn’t have enough action. The sonar enhanced climax was out of context from the rest of the film. And finally while u leave the theater thinking it was a good movie, it kind of leaves you cold. Where was the fun? After all it’s Batman. But Its only because Nolan still cant direct action scenes.

  Transformers was candy. But the action and special effects were flawless. The robots looked real. So why hate? Transformers 2 is going to kill really big in 2 weeks.

  Also Iron Man isn’t perfect either. It dragged in the middle and coasted on Downey’s charisma. Also the final fight was merely a big budget remake of the fight from Robocop 2.

  Bottom line, no movie is perfect. But let’s not get carried away and overrate some in favor of trashing Bay. Bay may be the cool kid with the nice cars and hot girls, but the mutherfucker can direct an action movie. No substance? So what. Most people forget these movies are not for you anyway. They are for 13 year old kids who eat this shit up.

  Stop hating and enjoy…

  Comment by B- — Friday June 12, 2009 @ 3:43am PDT  Reply to this post

• I enjoy Bay’s movies for the most part, although “Pearl Harbor” and “Armaggedon” were both abortions (especially “Harbor”). When the robots were on screen, the first “Transformers” was good dumb fun. But damn, whenever they were off screen and actual people took over, the film sucked harder than Ginger Lynn in her heyday as a porn actress. I’m sure the sequel will be more of the same, albeit on a bigger budget.

  Comment by spf781 — Friday June 12, 2009 @ 3:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• u all are haten cuz tf2 will be the worlds beggest movie ever made ,hands down, so fuck off!!!! until 23 at midnight , autobots out!!!

  Comment by king swag — Tuesday June 16, 2009 @ 2:20pm PDT  Reply to this post