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First of all, I must say that I am in no way a culture snob.
I would probably be bored to tears if I had to watch for example Soviet cinema or pretentious French erotic films.
However the huge financial success of certain movies such as Transformers or GI JOE still continues to baffle me.
We are not talking about respected and complex art forms such as Anime or Graphic Novels.
What we have here are bland works initially conceived as entertainment for small children.
Not young adults, not teenagers, but children.
The character development is virtually nonexistent (me good, you bad) and the plot is sub-par even for pornographic standards.
Most of the time on screen we are shown several stereotypical situations that lead to a series of random explosions….and that’s basically it.
I’m pretty sure that it all makes sense when you’re 8 years old, but why would mature audiences be interested is a bit of a mystery to me.
I would probably be bored to tears if I had to watch for example Soviet cinema or pretentious French erotic films.
However the huge financial success of certain movies such as Transformers or GI JOE still continues to baffle me.
We are not talking about respected and complex art forms such as Anime or Graphic Novels.
What we have here are bland works initially conceived as entertainment for small children.
Not young adults, not teenagers, but children.
The character development is virtually nonexistent (me good, you bad) and the plot is sub-par even for pornographic standards.
Most of the time on screen we are shown several stereotypical situations that lead to a series of random explosions….and that’s basically it.
I’m pretty sure that it all makes sense when you’re 8 years old, but why would mature audiences be interested is a bit of a mystery to me.
