Great action movie ... but it was a really shitty Transformer movie.
I'll qualify that by stating I'm a Transformers fanboy to the grave. I loved the original movie. It didn't have blatant use of babes, laughable computer virus scenes, or flat characters. I have Stan Bush on my iPod. I knew going into it that I was going to hate it for everything they already decided to alter, and while it was fun to watch the entire production was hollow and lacking substance.
Case and point: Thanks for a few quotes and sound effects from the original series, but no thanks for a teenage love story (WHY?!!! WHAT THE FUCK) with a side of robots so similar they are barely recognizable in heated combat and dialog so dumbed down and full of dumbed down humor. There is no reason why this film couldn't have taken place set in the 80's as it should have, other than the huge mountain of money they surely received from Ford and GMC to put their new cars in the movie. Not only that, but there was poor editing (why the hell would he get into Bumblebee when both cars seem to be aggressive towards them in context?) and absolutely no mature character development whatsoever. To top it off, why did the small robots have to make Jar Jar Binks noises? What a fucking let down.
In other news, I love this country. Happy 4th mengs, except for one guy. Michael Bay can go suck Unicron's dick. Somebody should lock that monkey up in the special effects ward where he belongs.
What about the Video Game though?
sure, I would have liked the action scenes to pull back the camera a bit sometimes but the action in general was amazing. Gigantic fucking robots fighting each other in the middle of downtown! I even thought most of the human stuff in between was funny (most of it, not all). Seriously, it was a live action version of the cartoon with a slightly better narrative (watch the old cartoon today, I'm serious) Just sit back and enjoy the carnage.
Also, I'm drunk.
Prime + Lips = FAIL.
Anyway I'm still going to try and see this movie sometime soon. I figured that it would atleast be a decent action movie and it seems that it is.
And criticism of Beast Wars is another fail point. Beast Wars is clearly the best-written animated series in Transformers history. I don't even think it's debatable. Fine, dislike the character designs if you must, but there's not much in the Transformers mythos that compares to the quality of the Beast Wars animated series. (It's also responsible for the revival of the Transformers brand. There would be no movie, if not for Beast Wars reviving the series. Although, for you, maybe that was a bad thing. Heh.) The comic books are the only Transformers media that bests Beast Wars.
Anyway, I don't know what point I'm trying to get at. You're a good man, but I've got to contend with you on this one - HARDCORE LIKE A WOLF. I'm done nerding.
*walks away, shaking head*
I couldn't find unicorn sucking.
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Ass to mouth
Giant Robots Tearing Shit Up: Check.
Giant Robots Tearing Shit Up AGAIN: Check.
Megan Fox Saying "Fuel Injectors": Check.
FIVE STARS!
I'm leaving to see it in 15 minutes. *psyched*
I just saw it tonight. It could've done with a little less Michael Bay-style editing, but I enjoyed. I look forward to more Starscream in the sequel. I hope.
1. robots dont look liek cars in robot form. i agree, they all look the same. i wanna see fenders and hoods and stuff.
2. more like independance day with the focus on the humans and not the robots. (aliens?)
3. decepticons? sure they were in the movie. kinda.
i did :(