the transformers thing is profoundly off topic! but since you guys started it... ;)
i kinda enjoyed it as a really dumb movie, but it should have been so much better. like philly says, they did all look much the same, and the fight scenes were a confusing mass of twisted metal. which pretty much describes the look they gave the actual transformers! why do megatron and starscream in particular look like collections of random lumps of scr@p steel? really, whoever designed the thing should be shot slowly to death.
(for the uninitiated, being shot slowly means you start by blowing off a little toe, then another toe, well, i think you can see where it would go from there :) )
oh, on topic, yes, PRS and Gibson are both ridiculously expensive. Caparisons are crazy expensive! and Mesa amps are insane, generally at least double the price they are in the states. can someone explain to me how the new PRS Mira X is a "budget" version when the list price is over £1700?