It's official, folks. According to the superhero movies website, superherohype.com, "Transformers" has now grossed over $100 million dollars in just 7 days top (UPDATE: As of 7/8/07 the movie has now made $152.6 million dollars) - and there are no signs of slowing down yet. This may very well be THE biggest summer HIT movie of the year satisfying audiences from around the world and of course, here in the United States - only trailing to that of "Spider-Man 3," which is by far the top grossing flick of the year yet it was less-respected by moviegoers. Michael Bay's new flick (in which the title to the movie was derived from the Hasbro toyline) seemed to have worked out with almost everybody in the general public, as well as cooling some heads out there from cyberspace that may have been doubtful and against his concepts in the first place. At first, I was feeling some resentment about how a concept that was once a toy would translate to big screen CGI magic. But now, I'm accepting what the movie had to offer in it's formulaic elements - and putting back my trust in director Michael Bay since his last movie "The Island" (a good, decent Sci-fi movie in my DVD collection) starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johannsen was a disappointment at the box office 2 years ago ... If I had to put this against "Spider-Man 3's" story, I would've picked "Transformers" hands down because it has everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) to be that of a 'feel-good movie.' However, "Spider-Man 3" would win because the entire franchise spans from the 1960s generation to now - and that he is more synonymous into the American culture. It just lacked the wonderful ingredients that "Spider-Man" and "Spider-Man 2" had that made the series so successful. Let's just hope the next "Transformers" movie carries on well like it's successful predecessor with the new sequel coming in around 2 years time ... "Transformers" is expected to rake in millions of more dollars before bowing out of the theaters and making it's way to DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD format sometime in November or December of this year ... When it comes to THE biggest summer HIT movie of the year, it's really TRANSFORMERS. It won with the audience's satisfaction and that it's making megabucks. That's what "Spider-Man 3" failed on because it only had one of those that made it successful. You guessed it right: making megabucks - and people thought they were going to see something great with SM3, but it didn't fit most of their expectations well.
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