Worst of the summer movie blockbusters

By Mike Devlin, Canwest News ServiceJuly 3, 2009 Photograph by: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , Paramount In the film world, box office gross and critical applause are often at odds with each other. Rare exceptions include The Dark Knight (which grossed over $1 billion worldwide) and The Lord of the Rings trilogy ($3 billion). Audiences and critics loved them equally and they made beaucoup bank. You'll notice neither was directed by Michael Bay, the acknowledged master of disaster. Bay, who eviscerated audience IQ points with Pearl Harbor, is responsible for some of the most lambasted summer films in history. His latest summer hit, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, has a shot at being "the worst movie of the decade," according to Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, despite reports that it had the second-best five-day... [read full story]                    

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