It is a generally reliable fact that movies based on video games are going to be garbage. Movies based on comic books have about a .500 batting average (for every Spiderman 2 or Dark Knight there lurks a Batman and Robin or Punisher). Movies based on amusement park rides fare no better than that and probably worse (Pirates of the Caribbean part 1 was pretty good...parts 2 and 3, much less so...and I won't even mention The Haunted Mansion...except I just did). Which brings us to today's topic...movies based on toys.The first Transformers movie was, to me, hi-tech, mechanized action that was hard to keep up with (regarding who is fighting who because they all look alike) with very little in the way of plot that I gave a rip about. In other words, watchable (barely) but ultimately forgettable. Apparently the second installment makes the first one look almost Oscar-worthy:
CNN's Review
Why do people bother? Because there's money to be made, of course! There are some people...there are some adults!...who will pay good money for this crap. And don't even get me started on what they've done with G.I. Joe. Apparently in the upcoming film version, Joe is not a "real American hero" team anymore, but a U.N.-based team. I guess that means they'll try to keep the peace with Cobra until Cobra Commander pulls out a nuke, then Joe will run the other way. Ridiculous.
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