The midnight showings have come and gone and the matinees are firing up today, so let’s do this. You’ll forgive the perceivably crude image choice, but this is a film that demands that kind of treatment. And hey, that’s what these things are about, right? I’ve already offered a mini-opinion of the film, but have your say below. Tell us what you thought of what is likely to be the year’s big box office champion.
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15 responses to “Tell us what you thought of ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’”
I thought the ass, er, movie was so bad and so good at the same time. I thought the daisy dukes, er, film could’ve been trimmed a little but it had some tight ass, er, execution in certain scenes. Shia LaDouche wasn’t half bad and the sound design was state of the ass, er, art.
the technical aspects of this film were fantastic, were there twenty to many bathroom humor gags? yes, but i thought the humor in this film was much more successful than the first, particularly from Turturro, who i felt was far too frantic as comic relief in the first film. I got exactly what i wanted from this film: big explosions and robot fights and a couple of truly funny moments.
Horrible. Worse than Wolverine and Terminator if you ask me. Pretty offensive, and way too long. Incredibly inane and stupid. Even for Michael Bay. I hope the rumors are true that he doesn’t want to do the third one.
I hate this movie.
Haven’t seen it yet, but I was one of the suckers that had to work both the midnight and 3 a.m. showings.
It felt really long. But I did think that the parents were funny. If the fat guy and asian guy from “Get Smart” can get their own movie, why can’t they?
Armond White liked it. But didn’t feel it was as deep and complex as Torque.
Hahahahahahaha….
You could easily cut a good 45 minutes out of this movie. Easily. Michael Bay somehow has come about the opinion that bigger is better, which isn’t always true. Ask Sam Raimi about Spider-Man 3, or Bryan Singer about Superman Returns. And to be honest the biggest problem with this movie is that it takes itself far too seriously. Rumor has it that in the writing room the two words that kept being said was “bigger” and “darker”. Ripping a page right out of the Batman playbook. But the problem is that Transformers doesn’t have the brilliant writers and director of Batman. So while The Dark Knight naturally grew in size, power, and message, Transformers literally just drags itself out. And having a character comment on how long winded the script is, doesn’t excuse it.
Now that I’ve said what’s wrong. What’s right with the movie is that it got exponentially more bad ass. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee both get chances to earn their right to be movie heroes and both come through. It’s wonderful to see Bay utilize the idea of mega robots beating the crap out of each other (opposed the first movie where he danced around the battles till the skirmish at the end). Shia gives a great performance, suave, strong, and smart. Once again making us all pine for him to take a serious role. Technically the film is really cool. The CGI worked almost flawlessly. But if you’re looking for depth and story, look elsewhere.
Flawless CGI. Horrible film.
I’d give it 2 out of 4 stars.
It’s not a terrible movie, in my opinion. What I liked about it were some of the action scenes, even though a lot of them didn’t make too much sense. I also thought out of all the characters, John Turturro’s was the only one really worth liking.
However, the movie was far too long for the material that was being used, the parents were incredibly annoying (especially the mom), had a lot of unnecessary sexual innuendos (dogs humping each other? It’s good to see the demographic for this movie gets excited by Megan Fox’s ass and animal sex), and as some said above, I thought it took itself a bit too seriously.
Anyways, it’s clearly made for the middle school to early high school crowd. It’s not the worst movie I have seen this year, but I can’t say I’d really recommend it. At least we’ve got Public Enemies coming out next week.
I went to the midnight showing and then took my brother to it this afternoon. Even his 12 year old mind was able to understand this movie was crap. he liked the special effects though.
I loved loved loved this movie. I don’t get why people hate Michael Bay. I really don’t. He doesn’t make movies about characters and dialogue and good scripts. He makes movies about action sequences. And these are some of the biggest and best action sequences that I’ve seen in a while. 4/4 for doing what it sets out to do.
“I don’t get why people hate Michael Bay. I really don’t. He doesn’t make movies about characters and dialogue and good scripts.”
I think you just answered your own question, Joel.
Liz: Well, yeah, but who said NO movies are just to entertain? Some are meant to be an escape and nothing else. Bay’s movies don’t dwell on characters or dialogue or anything like that. Just look at the title: Transformers. Not Citizen Kane. Heck, not The Dark Knight. But an action movie that doesn’t pretend to be deep. It’s dumb, Bay knows it, and we gotta understand that for it to work. Pauline Kael’s rolling in her grave, because this is the “great trash” she always praised as much as “great art.” This ain’t art. As our good friend actionman once said, “Bay doesn’t know shit about making airtight plots or developing characters. He knows one thing: blowing shit up really good.” I’m just voicing the concern that people are trying to read into his movies, seeing nothing (which is exactly the point), and criticizing the movie for not being able to be read into. What’s so wrong with focusing on pyrotechnics in a movie about giant robots beating the robotic daylights out of each other?
(Note: that last is a real question, however sarcastic it sounds. If you were offended or if it was abrasive, I’m sorry. Just wondering your, and everyone else’s, opinion.)
There are plenty of movies made just to entertain, but they still have characters and coherent storylines behind them. “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Die Hard,” and “Iron Man,” just to name a few, are made almost entirely in the name of entertainment. But, there is more behind them then just, “Let’s blow some shit up.” You say, “people are trying to read into his movies, seeing nothing (which is exactly the point),” but that is the problem. It doesn’t matter if it’s his intention to make a hollow, pointless movie. That’s not the way to make movies, no matter what their subject matter or budget.
Note: I am not opposed to blowing shit up in movies. It can be massively entertaining when used in the right context.
Megan Fox turned me into a butch lesbian. Can’t say I’m grateful for that.