Transformers Opens in Korea

The Transformers movie has finally opened in Korea and the turn out and reception according to the AP have both been positive:

Steven Spielberg‘s "Transformers" premiered Thursday in theaters in South Korea, after notching up the country’s highest online ticket bookings of any movie this year.  The action film — featuring vehicles that transform into warring robots — will initially be shown on some 530 screens nationwide, rising to around 700 by the weekend, distributor CJ Entertainment said.

Here is a quote from the AP article that I found quite interesting:

"Movies that do well in South Korea tend to do well in other parts of Asia," Kim said, attributing the trend in part to the growing popularity of South Korean movies, TV dramas and music across the region.

"A movie’s popularity in Asia seems to be affected by its popularity in South Korea," she said. "In that sense, South Korea has emerged as an important movie market in Asia in recent years."

Give me a break, the Transformer movie could have been screened in Bhutan and it still will do well world wide.  It is going to do well globally because it is a Steven Spielberg movie with advanced special effects during a time when the theatres are filled with crap movies other than Shrek 3.