Transformers sequel in China: huge box office, bad reviews

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Transformer: Dark of the Moon is certainly a blockbuster. It has a huge box office in Mainland China, already as much as 0.7 billion. The box office opening in Mainland China on August 4th also outnumbered Harry Porter. While its spectacular visual special effect is well received as usual, compared to its box office, the Dark of the Moon has been rated relatively low in many websites like Douban, a popular and growing social networking website in China. The product placement advertisements and the poor plot are the two main reasons to blame. I’ve translated part of the user reviews as below:

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Many audience complain the female lead (starring Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) has turned the movie into a Victoria’s Secret show

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Product placement advertisements is also a target for the negative reviews

吉山仟 2011-06-29
开始: 雪佛来,奔驰,爱马仕,耐克,联想,伊利,苹果,Double A,法拉利,道奇,悍马,迈巴赫,宾利。转折,狂派占领地球。轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰轰。离间,刀,剑,斧头,屎,屎,屎,人类胜利,Over。@吉山仟

In the beginning: Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz, Hermès, Nike, Lenovo, YiLi (a Chinese dairy brand), Apple, Double A, Ferrari, DODGE, Hummer, Maybach, Bingley. (long lasting rumble of fighting scene), conspiracy, knife, sword, axe, shit. shit shit, humans win. OVER.

Haitao 2011-06-29
中国企业的强大能在这部电影中体现!

This is totally the evidence of Chinese enterprises’ power.

sissi 2011-06-30
Once upon a time, we were a peaceful race…..轰轰轰,哒哒哒,Sam this is your new lucky bunny, 轰轰轰,哒哒哒,轰轰轰轰轰轰轰,(Chicago in rust…). Over.

Once upon a time, we were a peaceful race…..(boom…rumble of fighting scene)…"Sam this is your new lucky bunny"… (rumble of fighting scene)…(Chicago in rust…). Over.

25 有用猫伯爵 2011-07-08
擎天柱真是教导主任上身……

Optimus Prime feels like the dean of students…

刘小黛 2011-07-21
瞥完联想和伊利的强势植入,掠过名车名模的狂奔吟啸,前90min就是一场乱轰轰的作秀。往后剧情开始特效渐显,却越加验证中国元素已深入大美帝国。英雄已无用,星条旗飘扬,政府拯救地球

Seeing the Lenovo and Yili product placement advertisements, the luxuries cars and Victoria’ Secret model, I think the first 90 minutes is just a chaotic show. Then as it moves on, the plot become clear, but also shows how much the Chinese culture has influenced over the U.S.A. Hero is no longer needed, the Stars and Strips is blowing in the wind, the American government save the world.

王十一 2011-06-29
2更烂还是3更烂?

Which is worse, "Fallen" or "Dark of the Moon"

520 有用格格 2011-06-29
人类已经无法阻止中国企业称霸世界了!

No human being can stop China enterprises dominating the world… (joking)

icebloom 2011-06-30
我觉得这跟第二部同样无脑, 算上低级的笑料和夸张的植入广告可能还更糟糕些. 剧情混乱不堪, 逻辑感很差. 跳度太大的地方用短暂黑屏的方式剪辑带过, 给人一种连导演自己都说不下去了的感觉. SJ的配乐也不尽人意. 赞同媒体给出的恶评. 金酸梅在远方召唤你, 勇敢的贝叔快去创造奇迹!

I think this is as bad as the first sequel "Fallen". The humor is painful to watch, the countless product placement advertisements are outrageous. The whole movie is a chaos, no logic at all. Background music is also not good. I agree with many negative critics. razzie award is calling your name, Michael Bay.

冷海 2011-06-29
两颗星,送给那些辛苦做特效的人,真是一部没意思大片!

Two stars for the people who make all the special effects.. . this movies is so boring.

Fio大虾na 2011-07-14

"May I finish my Shuhua milk first!!!??" This is so stupid!!!!!! +_+

娅 2011-07-21
不稀饭这个女主。。。好累赘= =

I don’t like the female lead… She is so unnecessary

TORO VAN DARKO 2011-07-21
虽然没有2那么2,但还是很2,迈克尔贝为了酷炫,连最基本的叙事逻辑和物理常识等全部都不管了,150分钟的电影有90分钟在扯蛋,30分钟的马赛克混战,还有30分钟在卖肉,男主角父母更是没有存在必要。所以结果是视觉冲击力还是很赞的,IMAX 3D还是很赞的,没了。

It’s not as stupid as "Fallen" (the second sequel).. but it’s still dumb. Michael Bay chases after the cool special effects and ignores all the plot and commonsense. 90 minutes out of this 150 minutes movie is bullshit, 30 minutes of a chaotic fighting and 30 minutes for exhibiting the sexy female lead. The appearance of Sam’s parents is even more unnecessary. Anyway, it still has a good visual impact, IMAX 3D is magnificent. Over.

Lakita.E 2011-07-06
打个没完睡一觉醒来还在打 女主角永远穿着高跟蹦来蹦去各种尖叫

I took a nap and when I woke up, they are still fighting and the female lead is still screaming and hopping everywhere in her high heel…

阿稚 2011-07-15
【剧透】山姆跟腊肠嘴女友调情打打打山姆跟女友吵架打打打山姆去救女友打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打打擎天柱PK掉俩BOSS山姆跟女友KISS全剧终!

【Spoiler】Sam makes out with his sexy girlfriend…they have a love spat….Sam goes to save his girl……fight…….Optimus Prime killed the bad guys…Sam and his girl kiss…..

The end.

品 2011-07-24
我不要在一部名叫《变形金刚》的电影里光听人类叨B叨!

I don’t want to listen to humans talking crap in an autobot movies titled Transformer.

butterswong 2011-06-30
大战的时候睡着了~醒来时已经kiss上了~

During the war, I fell asleep….and when I woke up, Sam and his angel are kissing already….

宁静 2011-06-29
美国垃圾工业代表作

Signature work of the rubbish industry in America

ellehcim 2011-07-06
少了megan对我来说就是少了最大亮点 看来看去都像是victoria’s secret的走秀 还有lenovo很亮 总之一句 喜欢看机器人打斗的先睡一个小时再看并且要看3D 纯粹消遣看的就买枪版吧

Without Megan, it’s much less interesting for me…The whole movie is totally a Victoria’s Secret show…. Lenovo stands out…in one word, if you love the Autobots fighting scene, you can take an hour nap first…If you just want to kill some time, buy the DVD.

There are also users that defend the latest sequel, saying that the Transformer movies has and should focus on its visuals not the plot, therefore as long as the special effect is good, it can be rated as a great movie.

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48 comments
  1. Many audience complain the female lead (starring Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) has turned the movie into a Victoria’s Secret show

    Hard to believe someone would complain about it.

    1. korean_guy:

      “Its no surpriserre Chinese eat every kinds of creatures.”

      I just hate that in China, they, especially those southern Chinese, really do eat anything and everything that can walk, swim or fly. Some Chinese even eat soup that made of human placenta because they think it has medicinal value. I heard about it from Chinese, and believe it or not if you google, there are Chinese talking about this so called medicinal value of human placenta. They are just barbaric. BTW, speaking about barbarians, the Southern Chinese are called “southern barbarians, 南蛮子” in China.

  2. Is there a way to filter out all the Korean Guy comments? It’s just obnoxious now…he’s like a cockroach or a mosquitoe…

    1. It’s OK, let him be.

      The blacks in the west took it for a long time and look at where they are now, they own all of the west, from the UK to Germany to France to Norway to Sweden to Italy to Canada and to the USA.

      Not to mention all the Caribbean Islands, South Asia, South China and South Amerika.

      One day the Chinese will move on up and I have a dream.

    2. It’s good that Korean Guy helps the Chinese to stay mad and keeps them pissed off all the time.

      The US got big and strong by years of beating up on little countries they see as unfriendly.

      China needs to take a page from the USA.

  3. Asian-Guy

    “the living standard of local Inner Mongolians is much lower than that of the Chinese, yet they are honest people.”

    It’s because Mongolians are moral superior to the Chinese. Lower living conditions doesn’t’ automatically make you an immoral dishonest person. This is why Chinese’ lack of morals is so disturbing, even as China becomes wealthy their lack of morals and ethics grow just as fast as their GDP numbers. If you look deep into the Mongols I suspect they have a transcended view of their existence and an accountability of their actions to a higher being. China’s religion (and it is a religion) is the Chinese Communist Party. If religion is taken out the vacuum is filled with humanistic (not same as humanity or humaneness) standard. Man becomes the measure of all, and for China it was Mao “the Dung” who was the measure of all.

    “Why don’t the Han Chinese learn from their fellow Mongolian people?”

    Because Chinese are the most racist and arrogant race. Mongolians are not even considered human to their level. It’s disgusting behavior. If you thought the Japs during WWII were bad you haven’t seen China-style racism yet. It’s a coming. There is no such thing as “peaceful rise of China”

    TAP SUM BONG!

  4. Asian-Guy

    “the living standard of local Inner Mongolians is much lower than that of the Chinese, yet they are honest people.”

    It’s because Mongolians are moral superior to the Chinese. Lower living conditions doesn’t’ automatically make you an immoral dishonest person. This is why Chinese’ lack of morals is so disturbing, even as China becomes wealthy their lack of morals and ethics grow just as fast as their GDP numbers. If you look deep into the Mongols I suspect they have a transcended view of their existence and an accountability of their actions to a higher being. China’s religion (and it is a religion) is the Chinese Communist Party. If religion is taken out the vacuum is filled with humanistic (not same as humanity or humaneness) standard. Man becomes the measure of all, and for China it was Mao “the Dung” who was the measure of all.
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    “Why don’t the Han Chinese learn from their fellow Mongolian people?”

    Because Chinese are the most racist and arrogant race. Mongolians are not even considered human to their level. It’s disgusting behavior. If you thought the Japs during WWII were bad you haven’t seen China-style racism yet. It’s a coming. There is no such thing as “peaceful rise of China”

    TAP SUM BONG!

  5. Asian-Guy

    “the living standard of local Inner Mongolians is much lower than that of the Chinese, yet they are honest people.”

    It’s because Mongolians are moral superior to the Chinese. Lower living conditions doesn’t’ automatically make you an immoral dishonest person. This is why Chinese’ lack of morals is so disturbing, even as China becomes wealthy their lack of morals and ethics grow just as fast as their GDP numbers. If you look deep into the Mongols I suspect they have a transcended view of their existence and an accountability of their actions to a higher being. China’s religion (and it is a religion) is the Chinese Communist Party. If religion is taken out the vacuum is filled with humanistic (not same as humanity or humaneness) standard. Man becomes the measure of all, and for China it was Mao “the Dung” who was the measure of all.

    “Why don’t the Han Chinese learn from their fellow Mongolian people???

    Because Chinese are the most racist and arrogant race. Mongolians are not even considered human to their level. It’s disgusting behavior. If you thought the Japs during WWII were bad you haven’t seen China-style racism yet. It’s a coming. There is no such thing as “peaceful rise of China”

    TAP SUM BONG!

  6. Asian-Guy

    “the living standard of local Inner Mongolians is much lower than that of the Chinese, yet they are honest people.”

    It’s because Mongolians are moral superior to the Chinese. Lower living conditions doesn’t’ automatically make you an immoral dishonest person. This is why Chinese’ lack of morals is so disturbing, even as China becomes wealthy their lack of morals and ethics grow just as fast as their GDP numbers. If you look deep into the Mongols I suspect they have a transcended view of their existence and an accountability of their actions to a higher being. China’s religion (and it is a religion) is the Chinese Communist Party. If religion is taken out the vacuum is filled with humanistic (not same as humanity or humaneness) standard. Man becomes the measure of all, and for China it was Mao “the Dung” who was the measure of all.
    d
    “Why don’t the Han Chinese learn from their fellow Mongolian people?”

    Because Chinese are the most racist and arrogant race. Mongolians are not even considered human to their level. It’s disgusting behavior. If you thought the Japs during WWII were bad you haven’t seen China-style racism yet. It’s a coming. There is no such thing as “peaceful rise of China”

    TAP SUM BONG!

  7. Asian-Guy

    “the living standard of local Inner Mongolians is much lower than that of the Chinese, yet they are honest people.”

    It’s because Mongolians are moral superior to the Chinese. Lower living conditions doesn’t’ automatically make you an immoral dishonest person. This is why Chinese’ lack of morals is so disturbing, even as China becomes wealthy their lack of morals and ethics grow just as fast as their GDP numbers. If you look deep into the Mongols I suspect they have a transcended view of their existence and an accountability of their actions to a higher being. China’s religion (and it is a religion) is the Chinese Communist Party. If religion is taken out the vacuum is filled with humanistic (not same as humanity or humaneness) standard. Man becomes the measure of all, and for China it was Mao “the Dung” who was the measure of all.

    “Why don’t the Han Chinese learn from their fellow Mongolian people?”

    Because Chinese are the most racist and arrogant race. Mongolians are not even considered human to their level. It’s disgusting behavior. Ifc you thought the Japs during WWII were bad you haven’t seen China-style racism yet. It’s a coming. There is no such thing as “peaceful rise of China”

    TAP SUM BONG!

  8. Asian-Guy

    “the living standard of local Inner Mongolians is much lower than that of the Chinese, yet they are honest people.”

    It’s because Mongolians are moral superior to the Chinese. Lower living conditions doesn’t’ automatically make you an immoral dishonest person. This is why Chinese’ lack of morals is so disturbing, even as China becomes wealthy their lack of morals and ethics grow just as fast as their GDP numbers. If you look deep into the Mongols I suspect they have a transcended view of their existence and an accountability of their actions to a higher being. China’s religion (and it is a religion) is the Chinese Communist Party. If religion is taken out the vacuum is filled with humanistic (not same as humanity or humaneness) standard. Man becomes the measure of all, and for China it was Mao “the Dung” who was the measure of all.

    “Why don’t the Han Chinesejrom their fellow Mongolian people?”

    Because Chinese are the most racist and arrogant race. Mongolians are not even considered human to their level. It’s disgusting behavior. If you thought the Japs during WWII were bad you haven’t seen China-style racism yet. It’s a coming. There is no such thing as “peaceful rise of China”

    TAP SUM BONG!

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