"Transformers" review...

[Rohsiph]

Movie when no Transformer is on-screen: very disappointing.
Movie when at least 1 Transformer is on-screen: fun.
Movie when Optimus Prime or Megatron is speaking (with the exception of the last few lines in the movie): great.

My biggest hang-up, before and after, is imagining how Unicron might have looked with the same special-effects make-over.

[Uberfuhrer]

Originally Posted by Natrushka

Tell me about Hugo Weaving's voice. <sigh>

It didn't sound much like Hugo Weaving.

[Natrushka]

Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

It didn't sound much like Hugo Weaving.

Damn.

[Uberfuhrer]

Originally Posted by Natrushka

Damn.

Well it did sound kinda like a digitized Agent Smith.

[JivinJeffJones]

What's with all the unnecessarily Australian characters appearing in American movies and tv shows? It used to be that they needed a reason (or an excuse, at least) to include openly Australian characters. Now they throw them in without a word of justification. Boo!

Pros: great special effects
transformers in it
attractive females

Cons: too many characters
gaudily painted vehicles
irritating lead actor
not enough whining from Starscream
potential crisis silly rather than scary
secretary of defence firing a shotgun at a deceptacon

All in all, I enjoyed the movie but much preferred the earlier cartoon movie.

[Natrushka]

Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

Well it did sound kinda like a digitized Agent Smith.

He was the main reason I was going to go see it. The inevitability of it all.

[rivercrow]

Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

Well it did sound kinda like a digitized Agent Smith.

That's what I thought too.

We enjoyed it overall. I have quibbles, but then I have quibbles about every film since I saw Last Year at Marienbad.

[Uberfuhrer]

Originally Posted by rivercrow

That's what I thought too.

We enjoyed it overall. I have quibbles, but then I have quibbles about every film since I saw Last Year at Marienbad.

You have your head stuck so far up Uranus!

Better technology with massive special effects and explosions are what make me more curious about movies.

Better Technology = Better Movies!

To say otherwise is naive. Who cares about the story? The basic story in practically every movie is usually mundane (a dance between good and evil). And who the hell cares about the characters? I wish they would all die!

Just imagine all the Disney cartoons being live action film with special effects! That would be bliss for me!!! And I'm one of those people who thinks that The Incredibles should have been a live action film with CGI.

[Xander]

Originally Posted by JivinJeffJones

What's with all the unnecessarily Australian characters appearing in American movies and tv shows? It used to be that they needed a reason (or an excuse, at least) to include openly Australian characters. Now they throw them in without a word of justification. Boo!

Did they mention the larger though? You can't have an Aussie without the tinnys!

Originally Posted by JivinJeffJones

secretary of defence firing a shotgun at a deceptacon

Hey don't laugh. Give them tungsten penetrators and they'd work a treat. Shotguns can blow through engine blocks with the right ammo. They're a lot larger bore than any rifle you can tote.

[rivercrow]

Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

You have your head stuck so far up Uranus!

I wondered why Sdalek didn't wear the Japanese Autobots t-shirt I got him in Winnipeg a few years ago. I noticed other folks had their Autobots shirts on.