Transformers 2: Really?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

its tough because a lot of people, esp right now, need escapism. and they'll watch anything that remotely promises escapism, even so far as going into it with cash in hand already knowing they'll feel dirty about themselves afterwords.

Shut up Stranglet.

[mmm skyscraper]

People like robots. People like Megan Fox.

There's a story?

[viddy]

Sean, I'd like to comment that Sony Pictures comes out with maybe one or two decent movies a year, that I'd want to see, yet they are still making BANK. They seem to make films that are very "safe", and not too risky. Warner Brothers on the other hand seems to consistently put out films that seem less "safe" but still make bank.

For example, Ive been working on Art of War 3, which is a complete crap film. They're spending quite a bit of dough to release it on DVD in many different languages, all over the world. They wouldn't knowingly do this if they thought they wouldn't make money on it. Out there, somewhere in the world, people are just eating this stuff up.

I know people who like very simple movies, and they just don't really read that much into the films. They just kind of go along with them. The best word I can use is, they are simple people.

I guess this means I totally agree with you.

[Dirty0900]

Sean, what part of the industry do you work in?

I hardly watch any films these days. If it ain't a sequel to something that made a tiny profit, it'll be a modern day adaptation of something or an American version of a decent foreign film.

I never saw the first film and don't intend to see the second one.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Dirty0900

Sean, what part of the industry do you work in?

Animated films. Specifically, I'm heading up the story department on a film at Sony Pictures called "Hotel Transylvania", so the director and I spend a lot of time debating story decisions with executives. It's by far the worst part of my job, and the success of crap films like Transformers 2 make it even harder to convince them that we'll be better off with a great story than we'd be with cliches and formulaic story devices. Frankly, it's starting to get to the point where I don't know how much longer executives will feel artistic input is even necessary as a driving force behind creating films any more.

Originally Posted by Dirty0900

I never saw the first film and don't intend to see the second one.

Bless you, Dirty0900.....bless you.

Originally Posted by viddy

Sean, I'd like to comment that Sony Pictures comes out with maybe one or two decent movies a year, that I'd want to see, yet they are still making BANK.

Absolutely. I love Steve Martin, but Pink Panther AND Pink Panther 2? I mean holy crap.....

[IsiliRunite]

Wow... I thought the movie was poorly directed and unnecessarily confusing. I'm glad I saw it on my 13 inch macbook... It would have been intolerable in theaters.

[kagenaki koe]

i must be one of the few who enjoyed the movie for what it is. i was hoping T4 would have been THE blockbuster film this year, but that's a movie that failed on the weight of it trying so hard to be serious.

i think if TF2 had some Stan Bush music playing in some of the fight scenes, my inner 10 year old self would have jizzed pants.

[Future Proof]

Yea, I saw this movie tonight and it was absolutely terrible. Every single detail from mom eating pot brownies despite the label on the bag being very clear, to how the fight in Freedom City from TF1 could even be spun into a cover-up... yea, this was an all-time low for the kind of money it's making. Sam went to robot heaven when he died for chrissakes!

The problem with the movie Idiocracy is that it becomes a bit more true with each passing month.