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Anonymous
transformers - over 150 million in its first weekend
>> Anonymous
>>580193

Because the "weekend" was six and a half days.

It's three day gross from Friday through Sunday was around 50 million.
>> Anonymous
If I wanted to watch a 2 hour teen drama with commercials in it, I would've watched Laguna Beach.

More than meets the eye.
Bad movie in disguise.
>> Anonymous
>>580194
no matter how you count it up - it did better box office than spiderman 3 or 300
>> Anonymous
Are you retarded or what? Transformers opened up tuesday. July 3rd.

Spider-Man 3 Made more

300 comes in after Spider-Man 3 Then Transformers

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/
>> Anonymous
>>580200
all lies
>> Anonymous
Theres a TRANSFORMERS movie?
>> Anonymous
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BUMBLEBEE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>580200
yea, but Transformers didn't Suck
>> Anonymous
>>580221

Transformers sucked. If it hadn't been for the amazingly detailed special effects it would've been a piece of shit.
>> TheAdmiral
>>580227
Quoted for truth.

People go to watch animatronic apes fight and blow shit up. 300 was better. And the original Transformers movie was infinitely better. It had Leonard Nimoy and Orsen fucking Welles. LEONARD NIMOY, AND ORSEN WELLS AS A GIANT, PLANET-EATING ROBOT.

Who's even in the new transformers movie anyway?
>> Anonymous
>>580231

The nigger from Kangaroo Jack's in it to waste everyone's time/money.
>> TheAdmiral
>>580241
Oh yeah, that guy. So, no one famous or anything?
>> Anonymous
>>580244

Is John Voight famous?
>> TheAdmiral
>>580247
Name sounds kinda familiar but I can't think of who he is.
>> Anonymous
>>580231

Lol orsen wells didnt even remember about his character cause he didnt give two shits about the original move, course his fatass died after it. And the only name worth talking about is Eric Idle in it.
>> Anonymous
Transformers didn't suck. Even that asshole Ebert liked it and gave it 3 stars.
>> Anonymous
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD MOVIE TROLLS QUIT IT LOL. Any that went to see 300 just wanted to see a movie where anicent greek kickass (not expecting much of a story but it was a good story). Spiderman 3 everyone wanted to see Vemon not Toby himself. Live Free or Die Hard.... Bruce Willis period. So everyone saying the movie sucked must been expected something godly epic (shame you on 4chan you should know better. Alot of movies from books,comic, tv show, and games don't translate perfectly). The point people went to see Transformers just to see giant tranforming robot kic kass and cause destruction along the way. Another case explain to me why there so many damn monsters... just people want to see the monsters kill or destory humans not a story
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The new Transformers was ass. The highpoint of my theatre experience there was watching a preview for some retarded comedy with a fake gay marriage that had Jessica Biel in various states of undress.
>> TheAdmiral
>>580262
Actually, I believe he died before it was even released. That might explain why he didn't remember that character, what with being dead and all.
>> Fry
>>580266
First of all, I'm convinced it was mostly women wanting to see 300 to see all the half naked men groaning and sweating and stuff, and second of all "Venom" appeared all of 30 fucking minutes at the end of the movie. At least in Transformers the bots have this unique condition called 'screen time'.
While not as bad as I was hoping for the TF movie to be, I still feel violated for watchng it though.
>> Anonymous
I was really exicted for it, than i found out shia labuff is in it. and that some hot girl falls in love with him(which cannot happen because he and his voice are ugly as fuck and belong on childrens shows not movies). So, i haven't seen it yet. dont care about spoliers.
>> Anonymous
I loved the movie. As entertaining as Starship Troopers. My kind of movie.
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
>>580280
>>580269
>>580266

guys. I think you men black carnage.
>> Anonymous
You know these are all 12 yo's who never actually watched the original series.
>> Anonymous
Movie sucked ass, and I'm pissed they have my fucking money now.

It could have been saved if it was two straight hours of robot fighting. Or if they'd dumped Megatron for Galvatron or Unicron. Fuck Megatron.
>> Anonymous
lol @ fags who complain about product placement and the movie not staying true to the original when the original was just a long commercial designed by Mattel to sell Transformers toys to kids.
>> Anonymous
>>580360

And a fucking good commercial, too.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Movie's awesome, cartoon series sucked. Transfags can go eat it.
>> Anonymous
>>580360
hasbro stupid
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>>580411
Tomy smart.
>> Anonymous
Okay, 300 wasn't some amazing plot. Spartans killed Persians for 2 hours. Whoop de shit. Transformers wasn't some amazing plot eiether. But for fucks sake who goes to a movie loosely based on a cartoon from the 80's and expect some sort of clevert? I loved the original cartoon when I was a kid. When I went to see this movie, especially when I saw it was a Micheal Bay film, I thought it was going to be some horrible abortion of a movie. I was surprised. I liked it enough to go see it twice.
>> Anonymous
>>580442
er. Clevert = clever plot.
>> Anonymous
>>580244
Optimus Prime still has his original voice-actor from the 80's cartoon. Maybe not FAMOUS, but awesome nonetheless.

I loved this movie. The special effects, I'm not even going to talk much about. We all know they're kickass.
There was a surprising amount of comedy in the movie. I laughed several times, mostly at Bumblebee and his antics.
Anyone thinking that this is a chick flick that focuses on the humans, GTFO. You obviously haven't even seen the movie yet. Yes, the entire first half of the movie has the humans in it, but they also show enough Decepticon activity to keep you on your toes (like that little guy who I don't believe was ever named in the movie). Any part that did focus on any of the humans either had some kind of comedy in it, or drama. None of it was dull.
The one thing I was disappointed about was the amount of screen-time and lines that Starscream had. Needz moar Starscream. Oh well, that one extra scene during the credits is keeping my hopes up. I also hope that Soundwave is in the next one...

I would GLADLY watch this movie again, and again, and again.
>> Anonymous
meh, where to begin... I was always more a fan of the original comic series, though I watched the cartoon as well. The comic was more adult in nature compared to the cartoon. No crying about continuity here, as any TF fan knows that the storyline has been changed and re-told so many times over the years, that there is no real continuity with the TF.

Anyway, the mushy nerdy-boy-wins-affection-of-hot-girl thing was shitty, but yet expected since they had to make this go over well for the mainstream. Moar Starscream would have been cool, and even though the original Starscream/Cobra Commander voice actor is dead, they could have at least still gave him a screechy schemey voice of some sort.

The tributes to the original series were cool, such as the Bumblebee VW at the car lot, "one shall stand and one shall fall", "freedom is the right of all sentient beings", shit I'm probably forgetting several others.

Devastator being a tank = FAIL! Also, they could have put in more well-known Decepticons.

I'd say we'll definitely see a sequel, the Decepticons ended up in the ocean in the old series as well, and came back. Sadly, the plot of the sequel will probably be predictable, with some bad-guy human reviving them, attempting to control them, but ultimately finds out that Megatron takes orders from no one, etc.
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the prob with this movie is the same one that alien versus predator had. KEEP THE FUCKING HUMANS OUT OF IT!!!!! i don't know why studios are afraid to give us an all out action flick with out human characters being the focus when we're only there for the ROBOTS!
>> Anonymous
>>580459
The little guy who was never named was Frenzy.
>>580478
Hasbro changed the tank to Brawl, but there wasn't enough time between the change and the movie release to update it.
>> Anonymous
>>580481

because, fucktard, the movie was made not only to please fans but to invite new fans, ergo, moar money.

besides which no humans in a movie would be so probably so fucking boring even die-hard fans would yawn their ass off it.
>> Anonymous
>>580512
Bullshit!

The little guy was a fucked up version of Soundwave. At least he was the biggest threat for the most part.
>> Anonymous
nothing but virgins in this thread
>> Anonymous
>>580522

it was Frenzy, cunt.

in Gen1 Transformers he was a tape.
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>>580478
I pretty much agree, but I'm glad they made Devastator one gigantic tank, otherwise you would have had five more deceptacons and the extra characters would have just ruined the movie (X-MEN 3 is a prime example of this). They kept it as simple as they could so it would work with the mainstream.

Also, I totally missed the fact that Bumblebee dissed his traditional form, the classic VW bug. Thanks for pointing that out. There are a few other subtle, inside jokes from the old movie and series to keep the original fans interested.
>> Anonymous
>>580522
It was Frenzy, it said it's name when all the Decepticons were checking in or whatever.

>>580544
I'm glad Bumblebee wasn't a VW Beetle, because it's a very pussy car, and Cameroes kick ass.
>> Anonymous
Transformers was like, soooo shallow.
I mean. Like. Only a few lines in it were subtitled.
And like, the whole thing was in COLOR.
Talk about kindergarten reading level.
I mean, it didn't even have a single reference or parallel to some obscure 19th century literary work.

I could go on, but instead I'm gonna go to the coffee shop and free-form some spoken word about how crappy Transformers was.
>> Anonymous
>>580563
Almost funny, except the people you're trying to make fun of, don't talk like valley girls.
>> Anonymous
>>580531

You must be new to the internet
>> Anonymous
>>580519
no humans would be boring? so the subplots about teenage romance are why we go to see transformers then.
>> Anonymous
starscream kicks ass. period

bring it on, transformers 2!! coming 2009
>> Anonymous
>>580544

I'm not implying that they should have had Constructicons/Devastator in his original form in this particular movie, I just think it would have been best to give the tank a totally different name, so that they could bring in the Constructicons/Devastator in a later movie. I mean, we already know the continuity is fucked, but might as well try and salvage bits and pieces here and there if possible, especially significant ones. I read elsewhere ITT that they meant to change it to "Brawl", but the change didn't make the movie in time. (wasn't Brawl the tank in the Combaticon group? Bruticus FTW!)

>>580559

I totally missed the mentioning of Frenzy. You didn't see him very often in the original series, let's hope they save his twin Rumble for a sequel, and that he has the pile drivers!
>> Anonymous
>>580231
it pretty much had everything but soundwave, who was pretty badass, and hotrod, who was my favorite of all time.
>> Anonymous
Sucks ass for lack of Barrel Roll. They screwed the internet community and gave us a fucking toy called the "Barrel Roll Blaster" as an apology.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE MOVIE!
>> Anonymous
>>580196
>>580227
>>580231
>>580241
>>580244
>>580247
>>580253
>>580268
>>580348
Same person.

Transformers was made of god and win.