This weekend, Hollywood will ask moviegoers to spend their disposable income on the latest whiz-bang summer blockbuster, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It's a given that the movie will own the top spot at the box office (early tracking indicates huge fan interest), but does it have to be a record-breaking opening weekend? Ladies and gentlemen, I implore you: DO NOT GO SEE THIS MOVIE! It's not too late! You don't have to line up with the lemmings. If you want to see a movie, check out Away We Go, which gets its Bay area premiere this weekend.
But you're not going to heed my advice. Maybe you liked the first movie. Maybe you've got a thing for giant robots or Megan Fox. Or both. In that case, please read on:
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2009.