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Post by Carter on Jul 1, 2009 22:49:45 GMT -1
Did anyone see this flick yet? I saw it last night and thought it was ok. The action was great but they could've shortened the film a good 30mins...
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Post by Kevin Borg on Jul 2, 2009 13:05:35 GMT -1
The action kept me entertained for Transformers 2; however, any look at the plot or spatial/temporal dimensions of the film kills it. The entire last 30 minute action sequence could have been avoided if the army landed closer to the pyramids; there was no reason for them to land 9 kajillion miles away from Sam and Megan Fox, and then it kept looking like the latter two were just a little ways away from the army and then the next shot they are still running across a vast desert.
Optimus was bad ass in this movie. I was happy with that; in the first one he got his ass kicked far too much. In the second one, he just messes up anything that gets in his way; "IT WILL NEVER BE JUST ONE" best moment in the movie. And that includes the Megan Fox in skin-tight leather getting pushed around on a motorcycle because she can't drive one in real life.
I also disliked the campiness of the film. I could have done without the mom getting high and the robots humping megan fox.
Apparently half the shots with Megan Fox were CGIs to make her look hotter. I laughed when I was told that, reminded me of all the people that went to go see Catwomen because of Halle Berry in leather, and half the shots in that movie were comprised of her stunt double who was a dude.
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Post by Carter on Jul 2, 2009 21:21:42 GMT -1
Apparently half the shots with Megan Fox were CGIs to make her look hotter. lol, is that really true? |
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Post by Woo on Jul 2, 2009 21:28:14 GMT -1
Is THAT really true?
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Post by Carter on Jul 3, 2009 2:07:12 GMT -1
yeah, her leg got dry humped the shit out of by one...
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Post by Steala on Jul 3, 2009 21:09:19 GMT -1
I haven't seen it because it looks terrible, but I think Michael Bay gets off on explosions.
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Post by Kevin Borg on Jul 4, 2009 0:07:39 GMT -1
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Post by Steala on Jul 4, 2009 0:26:09 GMT -1
lol, that pretty much nails it.
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Post by Hellion on Jul 22, 2009 7:31:12 GMT -1
Michael Bay has reaffirmed himself as a pyrotechnic maniac who doesn't understand the power of balance in film viewing. He broke the shackles of a particularly ordinary career with the first film. It was cheesy, yes, but ultimately it is a film based on a toy. Alarming as the growing rate of toy based storylines are, when analysing this particular film it is important to take it on it's individual merits.
Unfortunately, there are very few. The first film had an element of heart. It entertained the idea of developing the characters involved and tempered this light drama with enough explosive fuel for those shortchanged for an attention span. The second film, which jumps balls deep into action from the very first scene, has nothing of this. Storylines are thrown to and fro in lines of dialogue. Not in scenes.... in short, sharp lines! I was blown away at how much they tried to say was happening in between the onslaught of fire and shrapnel. Long distance relationships, infidelity, breakdown of trust in love and war, the pain of death, embarking upon education, the power of love etc... were all glossed over so lightly that one could be forgiven for even realising this film had attempted to engage with them. And that is only the tip of the iceberg.
This film was like walking in half way through the first movie, except there is still 2 and a half hours to go. Who could accept a mostly naked Megan Fox painting a motocycle posed doggystyle in a garage run solely by filthy looking men, whilst soon after complaining about Shia Labouf's supposed womanising? From what moral vantage point was she drawing her concerns?
I'm pressed for time, so I'll cut this short. But frankly the film was a case of too light and too heavy. Too light on story line and character development to warrant a sequel, let alone another sequel to come. And too heavy on explosions and cheap gags. Dogs humping, mum's intoxicated and abusing their four letter vocabulary, attempted post-modern oompa loompa jokes at the egyptian border, lame and ineffective jock-strap humour through Turturro, robots with balls hanging out, robots humping the foot of one very pleased looking Megan Fox. I haven't even touched on the acting, the absurd use of slow motion shots or so on.
I was bored from the start. Honestly, I feel I've done myself a disservice by not walking out.
But I guess there is a market for this kind of thing... The film isn't nearly as sad as that fact.
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