I don’t care what the naysayers say. I liked Transformers. Megan Fox certainly helped. I love Shia Lebouf (sp). Josh Duhamel was also pretty good. Some trimming would have been nice. The movie certainly could have done the same work in 2 hours versus 2.5 hours.
I think we may have watched two different movies. The one I saw involved a dorky kid and his impossibly hot girlfriend ducking, dodging and occasionally kicking ass, while all around them, a bunch of giant alien robots blew each other up, and a bunch of military and government dudes flew around in airplanes and stuff. Beyond those basic, very enjoyable elements, the “plot” was formulaic, derivative and ran the gamut from nonsensical to retarded. Was I supposed to care? Cuz I thought it was pretty awesome.
Complaining about “unreconciled plot lines” in Transformers is like debating the nutritional value of Cheetos.
What did the military even have to do with naything? Why were Josh Duhamel and Tyrese fighting scorpion Decepticons in the desert? Why was Jon Voigt working with a porn star…err data analyst…to detect “vocal patterns”
I thought Shia was OK…but there were TOO MANY one liners…ie “YOU’RE A SOLDIER NOW!!!!”
Incredibly lame ass movie.
And didn’t Optimus Prime die in the original movie?
July 6th, 2007 at 11:26:07 pm
I don’t care what the naysayers say. I liked Transformers. Megan Fox certainly helped. I love Shia Lebouf (sp). Josh Duhamel was also pretty good. Some trimming would have been nice. The movie certainly could have done the same work in 2 hours versus 2.5 hours.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:43:04 pm
It was an adrenaline rush. Guilty summer box office pleasure. I totally wanted to go get in a barfight after seeing that movie.
(Or fly a plane. Or judge a wet T-shirt contest. Or…)
July 7th, 2007 at 12:03:53 am
Dude, if you can get Megan Fox to participate in your wet t-shirt contest, I will SO liveblog it.
July 7th, 2007 at 12:07:18 am
i hated transformers…so weak
they left like 8 plot lines unreconciled
July 7th, 2007 at 12:53:11 am
is not ‘micaela’ the most perfect name for a super hot girl who is just out of your reach. I think so.
July 7th, 2007 at 1:02:40 am
Marty, what is this “plot” you speak of?
I think we may have watched two different movies. The one I saw involved a dorky kid and his impossibly hot girlfriend ducking, dodging and occasionally kicking ass, while all around them, a bunch of giant alien robots blew each other up, and a bunch of military and government dudes flew around in airplanes and stuff. Beyond those basic, very enjoyable elements, the “plot” was formulaic, derivative and ran the gamut from nonsensical to retarded. Was I supposed to care? Cuz I thought it was pretty awesome.
Complaining about “unreconciled plot lines” in Transformers is like debating the nutritional value of Cheetos.
July 7th, 2007 at 11:00:37 am
What did the military even have to do with naything? Why were Josh Duhamel and Tyrese fighting scorpion Decepticons in the desert? Why was Jon Voigt working with a porn star…err data analyst…to detect “vocal patterns”
I thought Shia was OK…but there were TOO MANY one liners…ie “YOU’RE A SOLDIER NOW!!!!”
Incredibly lame ass movie.
And didn’t Optimus Prime die in the original movie?
July 7th, 2007 at 12:22:53 pm
That’s it, I’m going tonight.
I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive Michael Bay for Pearl Harbor, but I guess I’ll have to stifle my hatred this once ;)
July 8th, 2007 at 6:57:40 pm
Good-looking woman… even though Jazz had more character depth than she did.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:02:43 pm
This is a great post, Brendan.
Really great.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:07:55 pm
Heh.
I do what I can with the source material…