Blockbusted

Chances are when I get out of school, for the umteenth time, I won't be reviewing films or flims for the New Yorker, New York Times, LA Times or any other of the countless higher brow periodicals, But if only I were. As in music, there is not just one style of film, and these styles must be addressed by someone fluent in their presentation. I dont need the narrow minded view of a God fearing goofball from some christian science review telling me not to see I Love You Man because it is "offensive on all levels". In that same sense I don't need some quasi feminist from the New York Times telling me my summer blockbuster prefers "action over introspection"

Well I could have told you that! Its a summer blockbuster after all! Holy Hell. Its not No Country for Old Men , or Gran Tourino! Its Transformers 2! The way I figure it, the summer is really just starting, so as celebration you go and light some fireworks, but why spend $50 on 20 minutes of fireworks when you could spend $10 on 2.5 hours of em!? Just as chick flicks and buddy movies are not put through the same high brow filter that an "oscar hopeful" must meet, so too summer blockbusters dont deserve criticism from people who have obviously made up their minds before even stepping into the movie. Not every movie needs an Oscar to do what it set out to accomplish.

Jaws - Rubber shark plagues Amity Island for 2 hours (kicks ass)

Terminator 2 - GOOD terminator travels through time to protect JC from another BAD terminator, who's arms become hooks (kicks ass)

Jurassic Park - genetically engineered dinosaurs go nuts when the power goes out and eat people (super kick ass)

Transformers 2 is definately far from these films, hell I wasn't impressed with it for the most part, but I got what I paid for, giant ass robots kicking the bolts out of each other, Megan Fox and another explosion loaded FLIM. Cheers for the fireworks to kick off the summer!

2.5 stars