An entertaining movie, what it was meant to be...

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2004)

Of course i've heard all the input as far as this movie goes. Oh it was so bad, it was unrealistic, no real plot, too over the top. Well so what! Bruckheimer and Bay set out to do exactly what they meant to do. That was to make an entertaining, explosive, summer adventure. That's right a popcorn movie. That's exactly what I expect from this duo, and nothing less than that. Not unless it was meant to on their part, other than that I look forward to these kind of pictures (The Rock, Con Air, Pearl Harbor). This is just meant to take us out of our own reality for a moment(2+ hours), and let us enjoy an entertaining piece of work. So what, it's not going to win best picture at The Academy Awards. Do you really think Bay didn't know that when he set out on this project. Of course he did, but the thing I like about his filmmaking is that you can tell that he has a lot of fun doing what he loves doing. And I say keep on trucking. Not a summer goes by that i'm not looking forward to some Bruckheimer, or Michael Bay production. Bring on the explosions...