Has anyone else noticed that pretty much every piece about Transformers 2 is basically about Megan Fox? The film premiered in various places around the world. People have seen it and only a token amount of reviews have just today popped up on Rotten Tomatoes. We've had on bit from Michael Bay himself discussing the IMAX version of the picture, as well as a feature interview of Shia Lebouf in Parade Magazine. Pretty much everything else is Megan Fox-related.
We get vague stories about the red-carpet events, which are all basically excuses to show a picture of whatever outfit Ms. Fox is wearing. We get stories about her bouts with depression over her looks, and we get articles that are both creepy and stupid concerning the hormonal urges of the actor playing her father in the second film (I'm pretty sure that's a normal reaction of many actors who play fathers to attractive young women). While she certainly is a worthwhile interview, as she's remarkably blunt about her career and the role of the actress in Hollywood, it's fascinating that the public relations push for a $200 million+ summer tentpole film is centered around the token love interest.
Could it be that the main variable of interest for the young-male demographic is not the whole 'giant robots beating each other up'? Could we have one of the, if not the, biggest movies of the summer where the main draw is the lure of oogling a particular actress for 140 minutes? I've always said that women will see a mainstream film just because a guy in it is cute, but that men rarely did the same for actresses. Ms. Fox, in the right project, could be the exception that proves the rule. And if indeed she ends up being one of the main draws for this second film, how much does she dare ask for to appear in the inevitable third picture?
For more writings of this nature, check out my work at Film Threat and Mendelson's Memos.
I mean really, what differentiates her from the 3 billion other kinda short dark haired girls in the world? That said she may not be a net positive for seeing the movie, but at least she's not something that turns me off from movies like shea lapoof. How did that guy get to be the next big thing anyway? I can't think of one particularly redeeming character, at least Seth Rogan is sorta charming and funny playing the lovable loser, Shea Lapoof plays the lovable loser without the lovable part. Imagine the horror of Indiana Jones 5 fronted by him, talk about the biggest step down from Harrison Ford in history.
Also, I love Megan Fox's hair SO much. She's bringing back the brunette-with-blue-eyes look in a big way, baby!
The GIANT robots are the draw for me.
Have you been in a movie theater when the trailer for "T2: ROTF" pops up? And there's that scene of Fox listening to her IPod, bending over that motorcycle with her Daisy Dukes?
I was in a theater with a bunch of school kids for the "Wolverine" film. And all these young boys in the theater were going crazy over that scene. They could've cared less about the robots.
I could do without Fox and LePoof!