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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2459991" data-attributes="member: 4779"><p>Your arguement here is kinda weak. You have seen one Bay flick out of the bunch. He had nothing to do with Con Air and you haven't seen Armageddon (which was a very fun movie with no intellectual value whatsoever). I am, admittedly a fan of his films (san Pearl Harbor which was junk except for the actual attack). They are pure American popcorn summer films. To try and take them seriously is to totally miss the point. He has been associated for a long time with Jerry Bruckheimer so the Con Air association is forgivable. If Bay had directed it, I may have been actually entertained. Bay's movies are of the "shut your brain off and enjoy the kinetic action" variety.</p><p></p><p>Okay, I haven't seen The Island yet but I really want to. Bay plus implausible action equals fun for me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> That said, he was trying to make a popcorn movie with it so I'm not going in expecting a big dramatic epic with some serious story and big thoughts. I go basically for the explosions but it leads into...</p><p></p><p>I kinda agree with this but the decline of movie ticket sales right now owes more to what Ranger REG was talking about above: the rise of DVD and home theater. I rarely go to the movies to see something that doesn't have big action or the potential for it in the theater (I'm not counting random trips and dates) because I can see it for much less in the comfort of my home and much of America has been doing the same for years (I'm a bit behind the times it seems).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 2459991, member: 4779"] Your arguement here is kinda weak. You have seen one Bay flick out of the bunch. He had nothing to do with Con Air and you haven't seen Armageddon (which was a very fun movie with no intellectual value whatsoever). I am, admittedly a fan of his films (san Pearl Harbor which was junk except for the actual attack). They are pure American popcorn summer films. To try and take them seriously is to totally miss the point. He has been associated for a long time with Jerry Bruckheimer so the Con Air association is forgivable. If Bay had directed it, I may have been actually entertained. Bay's movies are of the "shut your brain off and enjoy the kinetic action" variety. Okay, I haven't seen The Island yet but I really want to. Bay plus implausible action equals fun for me. :) That said, he was trying to make a popcorn movie with it so I'm not going in expecting a big dramatic epic with some serious story and big thoughts. I go basically for the explosions but it leads into... I kinda agree with this but the decline of movie ticket sales right now owes more to what Ranger REG was talking about above: the rise of DVD and home theater. I rarely go to the movies to see something that doesn't have big action or the potential for it in the theater (I'm not counting random trips and dates) because I can see it for much less in the comfort of my home and much of America has been doing the same for years (I'm a bit behind the times it seems). [/QUOTE]
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