pure summer blockbuster material

Rating: Null/10 (4 May 2001)

y'know, i see people commenting about how much of a ripoff this movie was, and how cliched the one-liners were, and how it had no plotline... well, guess what? i say there's not enough movies out there like it! while i'll be the first in line for a thought-provoking, abstract, philosophical-type film if it's done well, i enjoy my fair share of "stupid" movies... the ones that are all about pure fun... while i say i enjoy "intelligent" films, the flipside is that i feel too many filmmakers these days try too hard to get that feel... that, of course never works... it's just jumping on the bandwagon...
now, something like this movie is a breath of fresh air... it's not "best drama" material, but everyone involved knows that and play it up... the film doesn't take itself seriously, just like the first film didn't, and everyone's just having fun with it... which is how summer blockbusters should be... T2 wasn't exactly the dark sci-fi action/drama that it's prequel was, but it was made to be fun... people loved it... it was special-effects laden (c'mon, tell me someone who WASN'T gawking at the CG effects) and star-driven... one-liners abound (everyone knows those)...
TMR is really how summer blockbusters should be made: ENJOYABLE AND FUN! leave your brain at the door... ;)