Transformers 4

In the past couple days, I was contemplating on spending $10 on the new transformers movie.  With Hongkong as a major battleground, there has been numerous facebook check-ins from my associates in Hongkong during its production.  I was excited not only because Nicola Peltz is kind of hot, but I like to support the creative industry of Hongkong.  It is an opportunity for Hongkong to reclaim her #2 seat in the global movie production market, only after Hollywood.



However, those who went in early has spoiled the movie for me.  I have heard that the movie is filled with advertisements of Chinese products.  Apparently, the producer was under pressure to showcase the Chinese industries and their brands.   True, all movies and TV shows advertise to some extent.  Yet, Transformers 4 takes the supposing embedded images to the forefront, making it a Movi-mercial.

More or less, it reflects the mentality of the flashy Chinese.  Unlike their counterparts elsewhere, rich Chinese love nothing more than to rub those new monies on other's faces.  IPhone 5 sale is horrible in China because it looks very much the same as its predecessors.  It lacks the label that says "new and trendy phone".

Making oneself horrible is one thing, almost wasting my $10 on the ticket is another.  Thanks to all your warning/spoiling, otherwise I will waste my popcorn throwing it at the screen when they say "We gotta ask for help from the Chinese army".