chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm sorry, but in no world is killing Frasier to save Marky Mark ok.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! TOO. FUNNY!!! HAHAHAHA!!!
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm sorry, but in no world is killing Frasier to save Marky Mark ok.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm sorry, but in no world is killing Frasier to save Marky Mark ok.
Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction, starring Mark Wahlberg, opened on Thursday night to the tune of $8.8 million in previews and it's now being reported that it has grossed an estimated $41.6 million its opening Friday (including those previews).
UPDATE: "Age of Extinction" grossed $52 million internationally in 36 markets on Friday, bringing its international total to $80 million after three days. China brought in a record-breaking $30 million in a single day in its regular and IMAX theaters, the latter 148 screens making up 24% of the total IMAX screens globally.
This is the biggest opening day for any movie this year, giving it the best chance at being the first movie of the year to gross over $100 million its opening weekend, although there are other factors to consider before jumping to that conclusion.
Read more: Transformers: Age of Extinction Takes $41.6 Million Opening Day - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienew ... #/slide/55#ixzz360kJ92oy
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MegaDump wrote:This pains me greatly. It all but guarantees a continuation of the Bayverse crap-fest into perpetuity.
Shuttershock wrote: And what truly baffles me is that the Transformers franchise has to put up with this treatment. Consider this: if a superhero movie took drastic amounts of time away from the titular character to focus on uninteresting rehashed side characters, you'd hate that movie as a poor adaptation. But we have to put up with what I call the "Godzilla Syndrome" because our superheroes, now with 30 years of history and lineage to their names, just happen to be originally be based on a toyline? Is it because they don't think they can write alien robots as convincing characters, or that they don't want to try?
Either way, why do we have to grit our teeth and bear the fact that the most public branch of one of our favorite franchises, the one that likely dictates said brand's future, is at best just "okay" and at worst a tedious, unpleasant, poorly-written slog that shows no interest in changing or adapting? I'm not saying that we DESERVE more, but shouldn't we WANT more?
Burn wrote:Why do people waste time with reviews? Why not just go and see the movie and form your own decision instead of relying on the opinions of others to decide what you may or may not like?
Skywarp64 wrote:Anyone else REALLY pissed off at how Galvatron was handled in this movie?
Rodimus Prime wrote:This was Lockdown's 15 minutes
Rodimus Prime wrote:and given his new awesome truck mode, I really hope in the next film they give him a trailer with which he can combine. THAT would be a badass Galvatron.
Skywarp64 wrote:Anyone else REALLY pissed off at how Galvatron was handled in this movie?
SlyTF1 wrote:But Galvatron, I wasn't expecting him to do much of anything.
Skywarp64 wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:But Galvatron, I wasn't expecting him to do much of anything.
And he didn't. He had 2 or 3 lines, he complained about how the Autobots were ruining everything, then just gave up, saying "Eh, I'll get you later".
Shuttershock wrote:Much like a new coat of paint only hides the structural flaws of a poorly built building, AoE is for the most part just a facelift. We've got a slightly better pedigree in terms of cast, but they're still forced to act like blithering incompetents when the slag hits the fan. The terrible script is still there, the terrible editing is still there, and the terrible plot holes are still there.
What little structure/plot the last films had to push them to their conclusions doesn't exist here. We have no feel for the stakes or any sense of urgency, so the movie feels nightmarishly long and I found myself being bored and just wanting it to end. And by that point, every tedious moment of forced comedy and bad editing did nothing but generate ill will for the movie as a whole, even the parts that I had been okay with previously.
I'll be honest, I was liking the first third of the movie, which was paced soberly, took time to set things up and, frankly, tricked you into thinking themes and attitudes had been overhauled. The worst I thought we'd have to weather was T.J. Miller being a douchebag and Mark Wahlberg being a tired stereotype of a "protective dad". I am now firmly convinced that this segment was directed by a second unit, because by the second act, we loose all focus, all subtlety, and crank the stereotype generator on full blast.
More than anything else, the writers, producers and directors STILL haven't learned that we'd much rather see a story with the Transformers as the stars, and adding big names like Wahlberg, Tucci and Grammer aren't helping that matter. Wahlberg is a good action star, but this is not HIS action movie. And what truly baffles me is that the Transformers franchise has to put up with this treatment. Consider this: if a superhero movie took drastic amounts of time away from the titular character to focus on uninteresting rehashed side characters, you'd hate that movie as a poor adaptation. But we have to put up with what I call the "Godzilla Syndrome" because our superheroes, now with 30 years of history and lineage to their names, just happen to be originally be based on a toyline? Is it because they don't think they can write alien robots as convincing characters, or that they don't want to try?
Either way, why do we have to grit our teeth and bear the fact that the most public branch of one of our favorite franchises, the one that likely dictates said brand's future, is at best just "okay" and at worst a tedious, unpleasant, poorly-written slog that shows no interest in changing or adapting? I'm not saying that we DESERVE more, but shouldn't we WANT more?
SlyTF1 wrote:Skywarp64 wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:But Galvatron, I wasn't expecting him to do much of anything.
And he didn't. He had 2 or 3 lines, he complained about how the Autobots were ruining everything, then just gave up, saying "Eh, I'll get you later".
He started the entire uprising and gave a speech.
I feel your pain, bro. Like I said beofre, it is strange that he dosen't do anything personaly to stop Autobots, witch is odd. Beign one of the most powerfull Decepticon Warriors, tha already proved that is a challenge for entire Autobot Team at once, whe should try to stop them by ripping dinobots appart. Especially now, when his power make him virtually invincible.Skywarp64 wrote:I mean, it just felt like such a missed opportunity to me. You had Frank Welker and Peter Cullen in the same recording studio once more and they barely get to have any banter. They only meet face to face once and Galvy only gets to say one line during that one, brief meeting.
That is just a plot exucse to introduce Witwicky's family and expailning why human weapons is so effective. It' dosen't even metter in long term for Megatron's fate.Skywarp64 wrote:First he was a terrible pilot who crashed in the arctic where he was stuck for literally thousands of years, including most of the first movie until the last 25 minutes or so.
So sad that he didn't do anything amazing later.SlyTF1 wrote:He started the entire uprising and gave a speech.
I'm not sure is he should be consider stronger than his First Version movie.SlyTF1 wrote:I thought he was the most badass character in the movie, besides Optimus
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