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[Gattsu25]

I'm watching it tomorrow

so there's $5.50 you can add to that figure :b

 

[Warm Machine]

Bay isn't a shitty director by any stretch. His movies are visually beautiful, have well constructed action sequences, good performances, and decent stories for the genres. His problem is in his lack of taste, poor editing, and pandering towards a percieved audience.

Lack of taste is in things like having logos emblazoned on everything in The Island to cadavers rolling around on the streets of Miami for humor value. Editing in terms of running his movies too long especially in the case of Pearl Harbour where 50% of the movie could have been excised only to make a stronger overall film. Pandering towards the audience for throwing every race he could in Armageddon and generally trying to make his more overblown films appeal to everybody.

Thankfully The Island suffers very very slightly from his 3 main problems. Bad Boys and The Rock didn't have these issues on any kind of scale that Armageddon, Pearl Harour, and Bad Boys 2 did. Those 3 movies remained gorgeous pieces of visual candy and on that level are some of the most beautiful collections of post card photography in film but at their core they are completely shallow.

If Bay loses some of his hollywood stock it might actually be better for him as if he can get his budgets slashed he'll learn to make movies leaner, meaner, and riskier. I'd rather his stock be cut by a crappy movie than a good one like The Island.

For the people bitching about Bay's lack of titties in this movie I bet none of you knew that he used to direct videos for Playboy.

 

[ManaByte]

we are not carrying the island in my theatre and at least 90% of all Regal Entertainment Group (which is the largest theatre chain in the nation)won't carry it either cuz of some pussy feud with Dreamworks i believe. I don't know the exact details because the general manager has gone on vacation before i got a chance to ask him about the island....

Well, then the San Deigo area Regal theaters must be the 10% because they are all carrying The Island.

 

[JPRaup]

Bay isn't a shitty director by any stretch. His movies are visually beautiful, have well constructed action sequences, good performances, and decent stories for the genres. His problem is in his lack of taste, poor editing, and pandering towards a percieved audience.

AMEN

 

[Son of Godzilla]

It's a pretty good movie. Really long, and meanders alot, but very enjoyable. Scarlett and Ewan are pretty damn good.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

This movie deserves to bomb after the lack of voluntary Scarlett nudity. I really like Bay movies, but seriously, you do NOT let an opportunity like that pass by. Watch, the next Johannsen movie will make $100 million. AND IT WON'T BE BECAUSE OF A PG-13 RATING ,MR.BAY.

THAT'S RIGHT WOODY ALLEN, IT'S YOUR TIME.

 

[kIdMuScLe]

Well, then the San Deigo area Regal theaters must be the 10% because they are all carrying The Island.

damn really??? man im goin to wait and buy it on dvd cuz michael bay is my favorite director. also i don't think Ewan McGregor is a big box office draw cuz the only movie big money movie i've seen him is in star wars....He might be pretty recognizable but he is best stuff is always the small films.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

You know, I thought this movie had been out for at least several weeks already. Then the ad said today, confusing the hell out of me.

But yeah, count me among those who just have zero interest.

Same thing happen to me, really weird. I swore it came out like two weeks ago. Then on Wednesday I come to find out it doesn't come out for another two days...

 

[Zeo]

This movie deserves to bomb after the lack of voluntary Scarlett nudity. I really like Bay movies, but seriously, you do NOT let an opportunity like that pass by. Watch, the next Johannsen movie will make $100 million. AND IT WON'T BE BECAUSE OF A PG-13 RATING ,MR.BAY.

THAT'S RIGHT WOODY ALLEN, IT'S YOUR TIME.

Jesus Christ.

THE STUDIO WANTS A PG-13 MOVIE, NOT R. And if it was R, it would have done worse this weekend.

What is so hard to understand about that?

 

[Dan]

Jesus Christ.

THE STUDIO WANTS A PG-13 MOVIE, NOT R. And if it was R, it would have done worse this weekend.

What is so hard to understand about that?

But, but, everything is Michael Bay's fault! It just has to be!

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Jeez, I was just kidding :lol . I'll see this movie eventually, probably on HBO or when I have some cash for DVDs.

 

[3kuSaS]

Hustle and Flow was a great flick, me and my gf really enjoyed it and we hate rap for the most part. I hope it does well! Dj Qualls needs the money.

 

[Prince of Space]

Anyone who's seen both Parts and Island -- do the movies end the same way?

 

[Xenon]

Why would anyone see this movie? They ruined most of the plot in the first trailer. How the fuck can they give up the fact that there is no "island" for a movie called "The Island." =\

 

[Cheesemeister]

Anyone who's seen both Parts and Island -- do the movies end the same way?

I've seen Parts many times on MST, but after hearing such bad feedback about The Island, I hesitate to go and spend cash money on seeing it. I'll probably wind up going to see it at a matinee anyway, though. Ask me again tomorrow.

 

[Shinobi]

Batman Begins makes another $1.1 million on Friday

Domestic: $187,483,000 56.8%
+ Overseas: $142,868,000 43.2%
= Worldwide: $330,351,000

P.S. Fuck Batman.

"Give me a reason..."

.. And you're just retarded.

That he is, but in this case he's on point...Scarlet's got a wierd looking face.

Apparently, it's an unauthorized one.

Originally Posted by Seattle Times:
Reached at his home in Ashburn, Va., "Clonus" director Robert S. Fiveson said Wednesday that he'd sneaked into a preview screening of "The Island" the previous night. "I went in hoping and praying that it was enough different than 'Clonus' so that I could just put my mind at rest and move on, but I can't. Because astonishingly enough, it not only seems to rest on the very skeleton of the film, ... there were enough (similarities) in the movie in the first third that I thought this cannot be happenstance or casual."

Fiveson said he'd known about the numerous Web sites and message boards that have been pointing out the similarities — even of some specific shots: "Subplots, characterizations, even down to the butterfly getting through the filter! And the chase scenes were almost in the same order and same locale."

:lol :lol :lol And all I kept hearing the last couple weeks was how "original" this movie was...what a laugh. Just for propagating such deceit, it deserves to bomb.

 

[Barrage]

:lol :lol :lol And all I kept hearing the last couple weeks was how "original" this movie was...what a laugh. Just for propagating such deceit, it deserves to bomb.

Indeed. And did you notice the other movie bragging baout it's originality was also a REMAKE?(Dark Water).

P.S.: Please don't call me retarded. Retarded would be funding another Batman movie after this one sucked so much dick. GOOCHED.

 

[Shinobi]

Retarded is the most polite word you could be called for your blatant disregard of the greatness that is Batman Begins. If it makes you feel better, I won't hold it against you!

 

[Warm Machine]

Michael Bay's Playboy classic

and a collection of his commercials...

http://www.michaelbay.com/commercials.htm

The best ones are his Victoria Secret spots