The new Michael Bay boomfest pulled in just over $60 million yesterday, the biggest single day box office debut ever for a film that opened in the middle of a week.TJ, Dupa, and I were among that $60 million, catching a midnight showing a couple of nights ago. Personally, I'm just over the line of fanboy-dom when it comes to Transformers, so I was almost certain to love the film. If you're an action junkie, it doesn't disappoint. The fight scenes are intricate and brutal, and the CGI looks great. Storywise, however, the film is severely hindered by a sketchy script that could've used a lot of refinement. I had read up quite a bit on the movie beforehand, and therefore was ready for some of the plot's thinner areas; TJ and Dupa, who didn't do their homework, were thrown by the artistic liberties taken by Bay & Co.
As TJ said the next day, "...[see] 'Transformers' for the action, not for the absolutely incomprehensible storyline."
