$700 Million and counting for Revenge of the Fallen

Oooooooh yeah.

you got that right.i heard they beat the new ice age movie and made more than the first transformers.transformers 3 is gonna be even better!!!

I almost feel sorry for that Potter kid having to follow this movie.
Actually, no I don't. The others can grovel at RotF's feet but none are worthy to follow...

It fell to number 3 this past weekend in the U.S. so it may not have the same steam to keep going as far as TDK, but it'll give it a run for its money.

Unrelated point to the odd prospect of a bad film making enough money to guarantee an even worse third act, here is a link on the "its / it's" debate from the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada).

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsIts.html

"Probably the most common of all usage errors.

Its is the possessive form of "it": "Pick the skunk up by its tail." Like other possessives ("his," "hers") it has no apostrophe.

It's is short for "It is": "It's the end of the world as we know it." The apostrophe is present because it's a contraction. Only use It's where you can substitute it is, and the whole issue becomes amazingly simple.

The construction "its' " exists only in students' imaginations."

And knowing is half the battle.

I never realized Dark Knight was out for 9 months...TF2 has made half that movie in 1/9th of the time?!?!? Holy crap...

5150 Cruiser wrote:

mr.terrific wrote:Unrelated point to the odd prospect of a bad film making enough money to guarantee an even worse third act, here is a link on the "its / it's" debate from the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada).

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsIts.html

"Probably the most common of all usage errors.

Its is the possessive form of "it": "Pick the skunk up by its tail." Like other possessives ("his," "hers") it has no apostrophe.

It's is short for "It is": "It's the end of the world as we know it." The apostrophe is present because it's a contraction. Only use It's where you can substitute it is, and the whole issue becomes amazingly simple.

The construction "its' " exists only in students' imaginations."

And knowing is half the battle.

....The point of this was what?

...yeah...I was wondering that myself. Are we having an ADD moment?

I was finally able to help the numbers increase this afternoon. Given the price of the popcorn and coke, I could have watched the movie two other times!

Anyway, I thought this was a dang good movie--a little rushed in parts, but for the life of me I could not understand what the critics were talking about except that they just don't know Transformers. I thought it was a much better movie than the first, and I can't wait to see them improve on this with TF3! The plot was better, the action was better, the acting was better, the humor was great--"Location under giant enemy scrotum!" That was a hoot! It did leave us guessing as to why there were so many constructicons running around, especially after Big D was formed. When the DVD comes out, I'm gonna be watching that Devastator combination sequence over and over.

And some of the "inconsistencies" in the movie are not so much--like when Mixmaster knocked down the American flag, and then it was shown to be up in a later scene--that was a completely different day. Granted, it was kinda fast that the flag was put back up (given the fact that things usually take an unbearably long time to get fixed in the real world). But all in all, it was a really fun movie and worthy of the $700+ million it has earned.

And I can't close this post without noting the hotness that is Megan Fox. Isabel Lucas was purdy nice to look at as well.

Robinson wrote:

hellkitty wrote:What's the point, gentlemen? The *point* is that by contrast, y'all shall now appreciate *my* grammar corrections more.

I can't take someone posting about grammar seriously when they say "y'all"

I think some levity was intended plus it was still gramatically correct at least as far as American English is concerned.
As I happen to be part 'Appalachian American' (i.e. Redneck) I think she used it perfectly.

Yeah I know but trying to explain the difference to most folks is 'bout as frustrating as being a one-legged man in an a$$-kickin' contest.

DAAAAAAAAAYUUUUUMMMMM!!!! If it means good funding/preparation for TF3 -then it's all to the good. I won't be mad if HP beats ROTF b/c it should teach the studio to put more time & care into projects & not rush them out just to make $. Think if they waited another year --better movie --please critics, fans, and make boatloads of $ ala The Dark Knight -- win/win/win. Instead they just went for criteria #3. BS imho.