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Didn't Variety give Transformers 2 a Fresh rating, too?
Aug 6 - 11:47 AM
Scott Chaput
Why are people so happy and cheering for the movie to suck?
I don't know how it will be until I see it but there are a TON of people here who haven't seen it and are passing judgment and even hoping that it will be bad.
It looks like a decent, mindless action movie... Nothing more... Why is that bad?
Aug 6 - 12:55 PM
Rhys Paine
I agree, I hate how people are almost wanting it to suck...people like BCENS read every review and say stupid **** like "Didn't variety give Transformers 2 a fresh rating" as if to say they're not credible for liking a movie that most other critics didn't...Give G.I. Joe a chance, it's got enough bad buzz as it is, and if it turns out to be good, all of you bashers are gonna look like idiots.
Aug 6 - 01:10 PM
B Cens
Sounds like I hit a nerve, JT.....
Aug 7 - 11:23 AM
Daniel Lopez
Yeah, they also gave dragonball evolution a good review.
I'm starting to question Variety's credibility
Aug 6 - 01:16 PM
Chris B.
Variety may have rated Transformers 2 Fresh, but I am not sure if it was Richard Kuipers who did the review or not, I think it may have been Jordan Mintnzer or something like that who did the review.
I totally understand why people are comparing this to Transformers. After that movie many of us began to wonder if Hollywood was going to go for a formula for movies: Big budget, lots of CGI and explosions but little in the way of acting, plot and script.
It is the movie equivalent of owning a Ferrari without an engine. Sure it can look pretty, you can sit in it and pretend to drive, but without the engine there is nothing there. These movies can bring in hundreds of millions because for a lot of people, explosions and action is enough. But for some people they need more substance.
It seems that these "popcorn" flicks are all butter and salt without any actual popcorn...and that is just sickening.
Hopefully GI Joe will rise above this and not subject us to two hours of empty explosions and lame dialogue.
Aug 6 - 01:45 PM
Matt Atchity
We just spoke to Richard, and he asked us to mark it Rotten himself.
Aug 6 - 02:55 PM
Vanessa Mae Tumang
I so agree with you
Aug 6 - 11:28 PM
William Henderson
I wouldn't even compare this to a Ferrari without an engine. That implies the package itself looks great from the outside and this movie is anything but. Good action films don't necessarily need ingenious plots or mind blowing performances. However they need memorable characters. This is what made the Die Hard franchise a classic. It's clear from the onset no one cares about any of the characters here and they freely admit it so.
Aug 7 - 07:56 AM