by amtm » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:47 pm
- Motto: "I'd've written a shorter post, but I didn't have the time."
- Weapon: Sonic Boomer Laser
I'm not sure why people equate paying money with liking something. I paid $6 or $8 (in gift card money) to see ROTF, and I hated it. I paid because I love Transformers and sorely hoped that it might be better than the first Bay movie, which was disappointing. ROTF was actually far worse, which was surprising since my expectations were already low. Then I paid another $10 or $15 (still on the gift card) to see the IMAX version to see if that was at least more visually appealing and if maybe I'd like the movie better the second time. I didn't. I then rented it a third time for $1 to show my brother, and I still didn't like it (and neither did he).
So in all I paid maybe $20 to $25 for something I didn't like no matter how many second chances I gave it. As opposed to paying little to nothing to see many movies I loved--$5 buying a random movie at Blockbuster, $1 at Redbox, nothing at the library. (And yes, I borrowed ROTF from the library recently to see if there were at least some special features I could enjoy. There weren't. I guess they didn't have the special edition disc.)
Bottom line, people can't pay BECAUSE they like a movie if they've never actually seen it. The decision about whether they liked it or not happens after they pay. And undoubtedly there are some other people like me who tried really, really hard to give it a chance it never deserved, and paid multiple times because they like TRANSFORMERS, not because they thought ROTF was a good movie.
P.S.--I also paid to see Kickass because some friends of mine wanted to go out and that's what they wanted to see. Guess what? I hated that movie, too.
For sale: My entire Transformers and third-party collection. Includes Masterpiece, Generations, Universe, Movie, Prime, Armada/Energon/Cybertron, G1, G2, a few Japanese imports, etc. Many never opened, the rest displayed in enclosed display cases to keep the dust off. A few ads on Craigslist/OfferUp for DC/MD/VA locals, will post on boards or ebay when I have time.