io9.com - 6/25/2009
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Cinema has strained towards an unholy surrealism since Buñuel and Cocteau. But it took Michael Bay , a squillion dollars, and a hundred supercomputers' worth of CG to bring us the ultimate in loud, gorgeous unreality, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen . Oh, and I would warn you that ...
variety.com - 6/25/2009
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variety.com —
Sequel breaks Wednesday opening record Grossing north of
$55 million, Paramount's sequel "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
easily scored the best opening day ever for a Wednesday release at the domestic box office. Previous record-holder was ...
'Transformers' has $55 million day - Entertainment News, ...
hollywoodreporter.com - 6/24/2009
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hollywoodreporter.com —
'Transformers' scribes talk crafting a hit Review: Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
stormed about 3,000 locations Tuesday night, and the first midnight screenings of Michael Bay's action sequel captured a ...
'Transformers' rakes in $16 million
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More than meets the eye?
Mostly Movies —
A review of Transformers that, while not making me want to see the film, gives me hope for the future of online film criticism. (io9) ...
New Media Reviews of ROTF
Transformers Live Action Movie Blog —
... proves oddly mixed. On the one hand the Transformers facial expressions have much more range and appearance now, on the other the integration with the real world is noticeably less smooth and more cartoonish than the first one. The first film also really lent a sense of physics and gravity to these creations, here giant robots get tossed about with no real weight or inertia. Jablonsky's score leaves little impression, mostly drowned out by forgettable metal thrash music.io9.com Transformers: ROTF has mostly gotten pretty hideous reviews, but that's ...
Bookmarks for June 24th through June 25th
Row Three —
... Ray Young of Flickhead has begun a ten-day blogathon in tribute to New Wave director Claude Chabrol. The first few days are already linked up, and he'll continue to add links to this post as he and other film bloggers add to it. The Definitive BayFormers 2 Review William Gibson says Transformers 2 is a surreal mind fuck in the same spirit of Le Chien Andalou, just with a "squillion" more dollars. "Transformers: ROTF is so long, you'll need to wear adult diapers to it. But the movie's pure celebration of the primal urge, and unfiltered living, will make you rejoice in your adult ...
Can it Sing a Melody?
Latest entries from heartonastick.blog-city.com —
... "Transformers: ROTF is so long you'll need to wear adult diapers to it. But the movie's pure celebration of the primal urge, and unfiltered living, will make you rejoice in your adult diapers. You'll relieve yourself in your seat with a savage joy, your barbaric yawp blending in with the crowd's screams of excitement... You have a movie that tries to reassure men that they can actually be masters of their reality - but then turns around and says that actually, reality is not real. There's no such thing as the "real world," and the only thing that's left ...
Michael Bay is a Drug - And It's Time to Quit
FirstShowing.net —
... We had to see it. We just had to. Everyone was doing it. And so we did. We all saw it. But I'm not here to write a review. To be honest, I wouldn't even know where to begin. (Charlie Jane Anders' satirical masterpiece probably comes closest to my experience.) Which is why I am here; I'm here to try and reconcile just what happened to me in those wee hours of Sunday morning. I'm here to do my best to explain just how Michael Bay does it. How he gets me every time. ...
How Many Mean Parents Made Their Kids Go See Ice Age This Weekend?
Gawker: defamer —
... Bay's mediation on the illusory nature of plot still continues to resonate with movie goers. In the cacophony of noise and the visual abyss nestled between ...
How Many Mean Parents Made Their Kids Go See Ice Age This Weekend? [Box Office Report]
Gawker —
... Bay's mediation on the illusory nature of plot still continues to resonate with movie goers. In the cacophony of noise and the visual abyss nestled between ...
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getthebigpicture.net 6/24/2009 —
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Fallen
Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, and a bunch of
effects
Directed by Michael Bay
Rated PG-13
Sitting through Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is
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getthebigpicture.net 6/26/2009 —
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen
Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, and a bunch of
effects
Directed by Michael Bay
Rated PG-13
Sitting through Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is
singularly depressing. Only a few films have ever cost as much money to ...
Film news No Transformers 3 for Michael Bay
totalfilm.com 6/18/2009 — “I've had enough”, says director. BY Chris Hicks Jun 18th 2009 1:01AM FILED UNDER: Movie news User Comments (9) Hollywood directors, start writing your CVs now. Michael Bay has said that he will not be returning for Transformers 3, should Paramount ...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Science Fiction Film Review
cinefantastiqueonline.com 6/26/2009 —
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN is Michael Bay’s latest excursion into abstract cinema
No other critic is going to admit it, so it falls to me to declare that director Michael Bay is an abstract artist whose work is continuously ...
Can Michael Bay Be Convinced To Fast Track a Transformers 3?
slashfilm.com 6/29/2009 —
After Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ’s monstrous 5-day domestic box office take of $201.2 million, Dreamworks/Paramount is going to want to fast track a third film into production and strike while the iron is hot. But will Bay hold ...
Michael Bay is a Drug - And It's Time to Quit
firstshowing.net 7/2/2009 —
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has raked in over $400 million worldwide. Double its budget. Almost $50 million more than Star Trek and loads more than Pixar's Up , the previous top two. It's a smash. A commercial juggernaut. And its been ...
Who Will Succeed Michael Bay To Direct ‘Transformers 3′?
moviesblog.mtv.com 6/18/2009 — Michael Bay may be going a step further than merely taking “ a year off ” between directing “ Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ” and “ Transformers 3 .” The Hollywood action and explosion guru told MTV News ...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ... On a Scale of 1-10
cinematical.com 6/25/2009 —
Another week, another ginormous summer movie, and another chance for you Cinematical readers to tell us what you think in the safe, anonymous comfort of our 1-10 poll. Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has smashed its way into ...
TRANSFORMERS HAS ACTUAL ROBOT TESTICLES
filmdrunk.uproxx.com 6/15/2009 — (This is what Transformers whack off to)
As you can tell by Megan Fox’s nipples , Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premiered in the UK, and the first reviews are beginning to hit the web. I point this out not because giant robots ...
'Transformers' gets super-sized premiere —
Variety.com 6/25/2009
Gotham: Film unravels as part of L.A. Film Festival -- The first full-tilt, over-the-top premiere of 2009 finally arrived Monday when Par pulled out all the stops for the launch of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at the Village and Bruin ...
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