Transformers
Posted by Rey
There will most likely be spoilers so that’s fair warning.
There were some annoyances like the constant Transformers in-jokes (ie: “I think there’s more to you than meets the eye” and “like us there’s more to them than meets the eye”), a period of uncomfortable cheesy humor (like huge towering robots hushing each other as they try to hide behind trees). There were some plot holes which are always expected in Michael Bay films (especially since you don’t go for the plot but for the Big Action and Explosions) yet all in all the movie bloody ruled.
Prime was great. Bumblebee was awesome. Megatron was amazing. And they gave Starscream some well deserved props: I mean, the dude is lieutenant for a reason. The battle sequences were Ridiculously Cool (when you can have two five story robots diving at each other, one transforming in slow motion over a screaming woman, you know you’ve reached Ridiculously Cool level) and letting G.I.Joe in on the action was also very awesome. Yes, I know I sound like a fan kid but I’m sure my review will pale in geek-parison to that of MCF.
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July 2nd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
It’s going to take me DAYS to compose a review, and not just because of my regularly scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday features.
“More than meets the eye” was uttered about two or three times too many. Loved the scene with the screaming woman. Starscream as a fearsome lieutenant screaming down on retreating Autobots–I’m fairly certain that’s extremely faithful to his old tech specs description. The humor could have been trimmed in spots, notably the middle, but overall this is (coming from an oldschool G1 TF geek) the best new film of 2007.
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:41 am
I loved the movie, and unlike other people, was not bothered by the extended scene in Sam’s backyard. It gave me a chance to catch my breath, and it also highlighted the difficulty the Autobots would have in melding into our world (plus, it let them ramp up the urgency of needed what Sam had and how he was key to finding the cube).
To my recollection, I only heard “more than meets the eye” twice - once from Sam at the beginning and once from Prime at the end. But I could be wrong on that.
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The only problem I had with the movie is one little “logic/reality” flaw - the US Government would never merely allow the Autobots to go, and perhaps even would have risked a conflict with them to gain their technology. Of course, that could have been handled with a little scene (or maybe in Prime’s ending soliloquy) along the lines of the Sec. of Defense having a conversation with Prime:
SoD: “We would sure love to study you, or have your help.”
Prime: “No can do, and I don’t think you want to risk fighting us.”
SoD: “Would you like fries with that?”
But I think this is a forgivable oversight when compared to the 2-plus hours of robot action!