The SINS of making a blockbuster film
“If I write a crappy comic book, it doesn’t cost the budget of an emergent Third World nation.
When you’ve got these kinds of sums involved in creating another two hours of entertainment for Western teenagers, I feel it crosses the line from being merely distasteful to being wrong.” - legendary comics writer Alan Moore once said, explaining why he does not get involved in movies.
Moore wasn’t talking specifically about Transformers and he said this sometime back.
But his statement rings true as Hollywood Blockbusters keep shattering BOX OFFICE records year after year. But of course, Transformers was a comic book before (way before) and now it’s a near billion-dollar franchise.
This week, TRANSFORMERS 2 earned $387 million worldwide over a 5-day weekend. Last year, The DARK KNIGHT did similar business.
The same REUTERS report later described TRANSFORMERS 2 as -
“The storylines were similar: robots rampage across the landscape, and things explode.”
It reportedly cost $200 million to make.
We may not need it but I am sure we are going to get Transformers 3,4, and 5.
Have a heart, people. Don’t just let the market decide everything.
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