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Unless you have lived under a rock or somehow stayed away from the reach of the media in the past weeks, you know the Transformers franchise grew to three films recently. The third installment opened to incredible opening weekend numbers. To be more specific, the film actually opened on Wednesday, June 29th – Dark of the Moon has also grossed over $400 million dollars at the Worldwide Box Office since then. Simply, ridiculous. The film was not very good at all, aside from the 3D — see my full thoughts here.
Bay was even caught reusing shots from one of his previous films, The Island, and inserting the clip into Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Watch this video. Bay probably loved the shot from The Island so much and was pissed no one really got to enjoy it — The Island only grossed $36 million total at the U.S. Box Office, while Transformers rolled out $37 million its opening day. Why not do a little recycling? The shot was so good. People won’t notice. We did — and I’ve gotta say, I’m disappointed… but not surprised. I’ve always said Bay is usually just re-packaging his old movies to make new ones. To see the full Box Office top ten and to read a little more, hit the jump.
Matt’s Review: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ is Just Short of Awful
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GRADE: D+
First off, if you do see this film, do not see it in 3D. “Pirates” in the third dimension is another ploy to steal more money from you. The 3D added nothing to this film whatsoever. This project was surprisingly shot in 3D on RED cameras, but the final product resembled more of a hasty money gouging process than an immersive environment. The people look like polished cutouts — just a way to get you to spend an extra 3 bucks at the theater. The unmentionable 3D factors into my distaste for this film.
The critic in the film community who called this “pirates” the best yet, is the worst film critic in the world. Not one of the sequels in this series has held a candle to the original. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is better than the atrocious third chapter, but that isn’t saying much. This fourth film is more of the same from the three previous films, but is that really a good thing? I say no, but I will leave that for you to decide once you sit down and watch Sparrow on the high seas yet again.
With the summer about to hit, the movie season is about to work itself into full swing. But instead of talking about some of the highly anticipated movies coming up this summer (Inception, Toy Story 3, The Last Airbender), I want to discuss some upcoming projects for future summers.
