Transformers! (Merged)

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Oh, Neph. Don't assume that people who didn't like Transformers can't enjoy a fun movie. I enjoy a fun movie... several times a week, usually. But Transformers was simply not my idea of fun. Don't get me wrong-- the Big Dumb Movie is a genre that can be quite fun, but they have to be well-made Big Dumb Movies for me to enjoy them. Sorry, all, I am firmly planted in the 'Pod-iSm camp, and I know Tom is too.

Our complaints were primarily in the writing (so heavy-handed; such cheap, cheap jokes that, had Michael Bay listened to the advice he gave on "On the Lot," he'd know were "groaners.")

And also in the directing, obviously. I've never been a Michael Bay fan and this is no exception. There is just no excuse for shot after shot in which it is entirely unclear what is happening (from robot transformation to robot-on-robot cllimax action)... particularly when those shots were composed from out of thin air on a computer. That means they CHOSE the blurry, quick-cut style that actually had me falling asleep during the climax. What good is a movie about transforming robots that doesn't actually give you beautiful shots when they do?

But, Neph, people like different things and just because I didn't like this one, doesn't mean your enjoyment isn't valid. Likewise, please don't invalidate my opinion by writing it off as snobby. I enjoy my fair share of shoot-'em-up July 4th releases. This one just did not do it for me.