Many of you check the sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Meta Critic and have learned of the low ratings critics have been scoring Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (20% and 36, respectively).

However, despite the critics, the film still wound up breaking box office records this weekend, with people dumping $201.2 million directly into Michael Bay & Co's pockets. This has led people to ask, "could this be the most successful critical failure ever?"

The Associated Press brings up this question today. It is pretty well known that "critics and mainstream crowds often disagree, but Revenge of the Fallen sets a new standard for the gulf between what reviewers and mass audiences like," the AP article reads.

Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures offers an explanation:

[Critics] forget what the goal of the movie was. The goal of the movie is to entertain and have fun.What the audience tells us is, `We couldn't be more entertained and having more fun.' They kind of roll their eyes at the critics and say, `You have no idea what you're talking about.'

In fact, Paramount exit polls peg 91% of the audiences felt that the sequel was as good as or better than the predecessor Transformers.