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Transformers 2-Revenge of the Fallen.....a rant
Fallen indeed-
Not the worst movie I have ever seen-and it did have some good moments-and my kids all loved it. I loved parts of it- the rest I sat there thinking WTH!?! Spoilers-and the things I did not like- Spoiler:
Ok, rant over for now- til I think of something else. (which I will I guarantee) Word is Bay is not directing the 3rd one. I love Bay movies-normally. Should I blame him? The writers? They changed one of the 2 writers from the first to the second- is it the new guys fault???? They wrote this movie for idiot teenage boys-and forgot that many fans are in their 20's and 30's and remember the Transformers from their childhood. I'm disgusted- seriously. I felt like I was misled by the trailers and the hype....and I hoped for something I would love as much as the first one. Best critic line I saw- this movie is the teenage male equivalent of snorting cocaine off a hookers ass. This movie made me want to scream -and we went opening day- were SO excited...so much for that. ETA- fer fun here is the wiki with the list of which autobots and decepticons were in this one. __________________ |
I loved the first one. Shiny robots blowing stuff up. How can you go wrong?
But with this one, I hear consistently bad things from the fans of the first one, and fans of the series. Torn if I should save my money and wait for DVD. |
As far as I can tell, I've only ever liked one movie with Michael Bay's name attached - the first Pirates - (Oh, and sections of PEARL HARBOR for the uproarious unintentional comedy.) This sounds like a movie that may crystallize my disdain for everything the summer action tentpole movie has become. Some masochistic part of me almost wants to check it out. Perhaps I'll go to the drive-in, where there's at least a chance I'll enjoy the co-feature.
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Ah....don't you know how to just go and have fun at a movie? Stuff blew up! It's supposed to be stupid! Turn off your brain! Of course it's not Citizen Kane! Just eat your popcorn and learn to relax!
Sorry, don't really think that, just have always wanted to be the one saying it. I agree with all just about all of your issues. And have more of my own. I already said this in the other movie thread but to me the biggest flaw in the underlying story is: Fallen is too powerful for six primes to kill. Megatron, a mere apprentice to Fallen, successfully kills Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime is then able to kill Fallen without all that much difficulty because somehow he got a power boost from eating the soul of a non-prime. I also would have liked more understanding of how Jetfire came to be out of commission in an Air & Space museum. I could see possibly being some old piece of machinery (though once you've lived on the planet for at least 19,000 years it seems odd you'd crap out) but he is an extremely modern airplane that was retired in 1990. Also, amazing how all those military historians apparently never wondered about the Decepticon markings. |
Oh, and the movie seems to take a very dim view of Obama so that might appeal to some.
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Movie #1- southern drawl and red socks- "get me a ding dong Darlin" Movie #2- Obama gets hidden away, and they want to negotiate, talk and maybe hand Sam over to the Decepticons. Me suspects a writer or director is not a political fan- period. |
I have heard far too many negatives to g see it. Just doesn't sound remotely enjoyable.
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Borneo tweeted this review from io9 the other day with the line, "This review made my brain sh!t itself." I think it's the best review I've ever read of anything, ever.
Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie By Charlie Jane Anders |
My guys are there right now. I am feeling so blessed to have gotten out of going to this one, because I disliked the first one!
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I watched T2RotF yesterday at the Universal City Walk. Firstly -- This was the second movie I saw at UCW in two years and both times there was no air conditioning!! (The first time I demanded and got my money back but this time my friend insisted we stay, so ...) About a quarter of the way through the air came on, so it was not broken so much as it was apparently just kept off to save some money. Thanks Universal. The inside of the cinema resembled the cliche of the Southern courtroom, everybody sitting silently fanning themselves. The mother next to me covered her children's head in wet towels. It made me wonder ... am I the only who complains about these things?
Overall, I enjoyed the movie. T2 was big, loud, dumb, supersized and charged up. Every single dollar spent was on the screen and I was pretty blown away. Yeh, the plot was ridiculous, the acting was silly, the jokes sophmoric, but for twelve bucks, it was a hell of a ride. Tref sez, check it out (but only on the big screen) |
I was blown away a few times-
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CP- I thought that the trailers showed a movie like the first one- which I loved. Something that would draw me in and make me laugh and love it like the first one-it didn't. The bad writing, inconsistencies and junior high school jokes took me out of the fun over and over. Thought I did love Spoiler:
Ok-things I liked: Spoiler:
oops another thing I hated- Spoiler:
Maybe I need to see it again with my expectations more in line with what it is and not what I hoped it would be. |
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