Jon Favreau would create something along the lines of Iron Man: solid start, awesome second act, lackluster third act. Same thing happened in his latest film, Chef.

James Gunn. He certainly understands that a movie can ride on the shoulders of fully-CGI characters. Which is exactly what a Transformers film needs: focus dead-center on the giant robots having a giant robot war.

I never said it wasn't good; I wholly acknowledge that IM3 was, taken as a standalone movie that isn't trying to adapt any other source material, pretty ok.

Your opinion doesn't change the fact that a whole shit-ton of people hated the twist, and a huge Internet backdraft resulted. Just because you didn't think there was nothing to get angry about, doesn't mean people magically didn't get worked up about it.

They already had massive fan backlash from Iron Man 3, and that shit still went on to make a billion dollars. Suffice to say that it will take a string of really shitty movies for the brand to start wearing out its welcome.

It really annoys me when people like you automatically equate hating Bay with being arthouse hipsters. I hate arthouse movies. But I love action films. Good action films. You want examples of good action films? Watch Die Hard. Or Terminator. Predator. Aliens. Lethal Weapon. Robocop. And lest you think good action…

The problem here is one of semantics. This author's view of "critical thinking" seems to be the same kind of bullshit that you usually see in alternative sites like The Mind Unleashed, where they use the "critical thinking" mantra to assuage people into accepting their non-mainstream views.

That is not real critical…

Worry for Korra's cousins, as they are collectively the head of the Northern Water Tribe.

waittasec... 802.11n? It doesn't even use gigabit ethernet for wifi?

As Transformers: Age of Extinction has proven, the general audience is immune to overly-complicated plots, as long as you give them tits and explosions.

They can just make sure it doesn't get handed off to a director who doesn't give a shit.

Huh? Are you sure you're talking about Jason Momoa? Because I don't remember him being in any WWE-produced films. I do remember him from Stargate: Atlantis and Game of Thrones ,where his acting was passable and pretty ok, respectively. Even his at-bat as Conan the Barbarian wasn't terrible; if anything, his portrayal…

Er, I saw the movie twice. Hell, got it on HD. Lemme review it right now.

Wow, and grimdarkness hasn't gotten old for you? What, you haven't been exposed to Warhammer 40K? Or the entire 90's? Hell I'd understand if it was an out-and-out grimdarkness parody like Warhammer 40K and TMNT (the comic), or if you just have some weird ironic love for Rob Liefeld. But to truly think Man of Steel's…

They also did tests on "gluten intolerant" people by feeding them food that was advertised to have gluten, but did not in fact contain any. Test subjects still displayed symptoms of gluten intolerance.

So, to summarize this weekend:

I've learned to love every single incarnation of the Turtles, from the grimdark Frank Miller parodies in the original comics, to the 1980's goofballs, to their 1990's live-action versions, to the darker, more mature 2003 linebacker Turtles, to the 2007 CGI film, to the latest Nicktoons series.

To be fair, Liebesman's own resume is nothing to write home about.

You may have a point. Compare with James Gunn, who has been nothing but thankful to anyone who's ever seen his movie. Because he knows he made something good.

Hey, the recent GI Joe movie was fun, if a bit muddled. A leg up from the previous installment's "I wanna be like Iron Man" gimmicks, and a lot closer to the Sunbow cartoon.