Transformers! (Merged)

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Well, all of ten minutes before we walked into Transformers, we walked out of Evan Almighty-- a movie which we'd heard was dreadful (and which we rather expected to be dreadful.) We laughed a great deal and walked out smiling. Then we walked into a movie that was based on a toy from my childhood and we'd been told by several people was a brilliant and fun summer movie. I don't think preconceived notions (other than a standing doubt of Michael Bay) had anything to do with it.

(I replied before I saw your reply, btw. You're right-- industry people are much more critical. It's just the reality, really.)

It's less notions about the movie itself than people's own biases they take into anything.

My brother- a huge Transformers fan, said it was everything he hoped for. I gave the guys in my family grief for their geeking out before the movie- but I was as bad as they were!