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Are the Transformers movies going to stand toe-to-toe with the Godfather Saga, Gone with the Wind, Titanic, Schinder's List, etc. No. But I don't think it ever wanted to.
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One thing you need to know about Ebert: he's
not a movie snob who only likes serious arthouse films. The point of the article is that he was examining how Transformers 2 compares unfavourably to
other films in the summer blockbuster genre. He specifically compares it to its peers in The Dark Knight, Spiderman 2, Iron Man, and Wall-E (all of which Ebert rated very highly). Unlike Transformers 2, those other films had compelling characters and a strong story to go along with their action sequences and CGI effects shots.