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This movie was trash. I wanted to walk out midway it was so boring. Loved the original one but this one didn't even come close to capturing the same type of magic. I'm done with Disney unless they produce something original. I thought Tim Burton could hit this one out of the park but maybe he's lost his touch. Disney needs to stick on animated motion pictures b/c that is where they excel, not live action.

Is Rotten Tomatoes being paid off? I used to be able to trust their ratings a little bit more but it seems like they just give 93% to any movie that makes you cry. I admit, there are some tear jerkers in here but this movie overall sucks. Several times Bumblebee dies and miraculously comes back to life. How convenient. We never really understand the main plot line. It's thrown together. Like, why was Earth so important to the Autobots? According to the movie, they had several possible bases and the Decepticons really had no interest in earth, besides finding Optimus...so what was so important about our planet. At the end, they conveniently make this place a rendez-vous location to set up a doomsday scenario at the end. The only saving grace was the main actress, Hailee Steinfeld. I did like her punk rock, hard on the outside, soft on the inside character. They could have developed her character a little more beside just basing it off her dad dying. Given a better scrip, this whole movie could have been better, but it felt rushed and cheap.

The 64% on Rottan Tomatoes is misleading. This movie is terrible besides the cool certain scenes with nice special effects. The story-line and origin story is haphazardly thrown together. Within the framework of the story, major things don't make sense. Like how the Aquaman's mom survive again? How convenient she's alive at the end when both Authur and Mera barely survive that horde of creatures. I know this is fiction but you've got to follow the rules within the boundaries you set. Otherwise, nothing is believable. Aquaman takes liberties with it's own rules all the time. It actually becomes very cliche: man is of royal blood, evil step-brother wants to control the world, man must find trident, major heroine falls for him and he defeats his step-brother. Even the orgin story of Black Manta isn't believable. With the exception of the Batman series, DC movies have always sucked at storytelling and this is just another example. They did the same with Superman. Wait for this to come out on Netflix if you want to see it at all. I couldn't wait for the movie to be over.

I loved this movie. In fact, I want to see it two more times before it leaves the theater. Haven't liked a movie this much, this year, since I saw Black Panther. Home run and I'm a movie buff that's very hard to please. First off, I'm a loyal Marvel fan. I watched all the cartoons, read the comics when I was a kid and got all the figurines. Oh, and I spent my whole allowance on the cards. So, I like many hardcore Marvel fans, I'm hard to please when it comes to movies because I go into the movie with heavy expectations. Studios have tough job with these types of movies: they have to please their core audience (me) and new fans who know nothing about the franchise in general. You can bomb if you allienate either one. I came into this movie with very low expectations. Frankly, I thought Sony was pandering to minorities. In my mind it was like "let's make Spiderman black so it will generate the buzz that Black Panther got. That movie made 1 billion dollars so let's try it again." Hollywood is a copycat industry. Risks are expensive so when they see something works - they ride it butcher it to death. Personally, I like characters to more or less stick to who they were in the original comics. If you want to make a diverse movie, then create new characters. Don't make Wolverine Asian, Magneto Native American, or Beast a women just to fit some perceived quota. It gets the movie buzz, but cheapens the movie. I think that is a lesson the producers of Ghostbusters learned the hard way (which a good movie). They turned the movie into a cause, made their point and the movie flopped... However, the way they made this movie was perfect. They stayed true to the old Spiderman while creating a new Spiderman (Miles) in a way that was nothing less than brilliant. Everyone got what they wanted. If you love the old Spiderman, then you will still like this movie, because the old Spiderman is in it. If you think the Spiderman franchise was ready for a modern reboot, then you got that too. I feel like Sony got it right and everyone left happy. Now, as far as the movie goes, the story was great. The action was great, cinematography was excellent, and acting was spectacular. Loved the way some scenes look like you're looking at an actual comic book scene. Additnally, the different Spidermans from the other dimenstions added a great comedic twist to the entire storyline. At the end of the movie I left entertained and feeling good about the whole thing. I was prepared for a letdown as I feared our ultra PC world had finally crept into Marvel. I feared that they were turning a beloved Marvel franchise into a cause at the expense of its original cannon. But, I left wanting to see the movie a 2nd, 3rd, and maybe 4th time.