First of all, don’t give me that “Dude, it’s a summer movie. You just need to turn off your brain so you can enjoy it.” That’s bullshit. A movie, no matter how far removed from reality its premise is, should always work within the confines of its internal logic.
Second of all, don’t give me that “If you wanted to see a masterpiece, go watch Godfather or something.” Again, I call bullshit. Regardless of the genre of anything, it can and should be done well.
Take Crank, Crank 2: High Voltage, Iron Man, and The Dark Knight for example. All were summer movies designed to cater to the lowest common denominator. You weren’t expected to struggle to keep up with whatever’s going on screen. However, all of these movies turned out to be well thought of and came complete with such things as plot, characterizations, and motivations. So there’s really no excuse to just make a movie just for the sake of creating a spectacle.
Unfortunately, Michael Bay, what with the amount of money he makes with his movies, cannot be bothered with caring about what his audience things.
Below you’ll find a list of just some of the things I hated that summer robot movie (I could post a spoiler warning, but since the movie threw away any semblance of a plot 5 minutes into the film, I don’t think I’ll be spoiling anything) :
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