Originally posted by: astroidea
Originally posted by: destrekor
Well, I didn't hate Transformers at all. I absolutely loved it. It was gun and explosion porn! Oh, and to up the ante, Megan Fox was in it.
It was everything I expected, and so much more. I knew going into it, that it was by a guy who made great action movies, had a storyline that revolved around a toy/comic/cartoon storyline, and would include lots of action, guns, and explosions, and involved accurately portrayed military involvement. For what it was, it had a believable plot, and again, lots and lots of action involving large metal creatures and the military.
I had, and still have, nothing to complain about. And I drool when thinking about the sequel still set to release next summer.
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Believable plot? The whole script/plot felt like it was made by a bunch of highschoolers doing a classroom project - al the way down to how they thought it was nifty to make some teenage chick be the leading expert to investigate the government's most top secret and sensitive data.
Then they thought it was nifty to make a fat black dork playing DDR and living in grandma's house to be the world's greatest hacker.
Interrogating a fat black hacker dude with doughnuts.. um yes, very believable there. :roll:
It doesn't take a snobbish elitist film critic to find this flick over the top cheesy.
okay, believable might be a stretch. I wasn't looking at the minor details, but more or less the overall response to something like giant robots landing on earth and fighting a war.
but yes, the details surrounding the hackers, well take it however you want. I didn't hate that part of the plot, but it fit provided it was a summer action movie that wanted to have a little over-the-top cheese in it. Because well, if your making a Transformers movie, if there is no cheese, someone screwed up somewhere.
Originally posted by: venkman
Originally posted by: destrekor
I had, and still have, nothing to complain about. And I drool when thinking about the sequel still set to release next summer.
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Already?
yep, was greenlit by Paramount at the time the movie was hitting theaters.
considering Iron Man 2 is scheduled for May, 2010, 2 years after this years release, and many other movies have done the same kind of schedule, it's perfectly realistic. They've already stated the movie is in pre-production.
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
the monolouges in the movie were terrible.
Whenever Prime and Megatron were fighting they were having cheesy back-and-forth: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings!" "Your weakness will be your doom!" and so forth.
Terrible. Cut that crap out and it was a really fun action film.
a lot of lines were actually similar to the same to lines used throughout the original Transformers story. It's based around the idea of giant robots fighting each other.
Do you want a script with lines that rival Oscar-worthy films?
btw, I'm not really defending this movie. I could care less if people liked it. Because ultimately, people have the same general opinion about most of Michael Bay's movies. I like them for what they are, simple action movies with fun plots. I love Oscar-worthy movies too, and am more critical of those. But I don't want to force myself to be overly critical of every movie, especially for movies that were made with one purpose in mind: entertain through explosions, violence, sex and death.
Snobs who look for more in movies obviously made with the latter ideals, are destined to be disappointed. I have no sympathy for them, and am saddened that their movie life is so bleak. I'm not a critic, and don't pretend to be. I watch movies to be entertained. It's not my job to pick them apart and cite every possible flaw. I would not be entertained, and would have wasted my time. I am not being paid to watch movies, so why waste my time picking them apart? Walking away with a smile on my face from the excitement and entertainment sounds like a much better time.
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