Ebert defends intelligence and critical-thinking while arguing that Transformers 2 is a BAD FILM. I had the same argument last week over an incredibly stupid blog post that argued that “critics” don’t enjoy entertaining films. Anybody who reads Ebert on a regular basis knows that he’s got a big soft spot for low-brow stuff. (After all, he was the writer for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls!) It’s not about being an action movie; it’s about being a really bad action movie.
Important Note
This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.