Took my son to see this yesterday. Went with an open mind and knowing nothing about this Transformers film. I liked the first film, was quite witty, ok plot, excellent robots n stuff*! The next 2 films were obviously not a patch on it, but come on, surely the makers learn and make a film more like the first one??
Nope. Holy crap this is one of the worst films ever. The script is embarrassing – the only “wit” being a character saying “Shit”. This is used about 4 times in the film. There’s one bit where Kelsey Grammer’s character is monologuing and what he says makes absolutely no sense at all! it’s bizarre.
Anyway, unless you’re a masochist, do not spend 3+ hours of your time suffering this tedium.
Michael Bay is involved in that tmnt movie as well, so don’t get your hopes up.
The thing with transformers movies is they should be great fun in a disengage your brain and watch robots smack the seven bells of shit out of each other…. However somehow they’ve managed to make the movies painfully boring, with no investment in the characters and fights that looked like they were filmed by someone having a seizure so you have no idea what’s going on or who’s winning…
.. all the Transformers films are awful though, what did you expect?
Eh? doesn’t my first post answer this?
I expected big robots, a bit of humour, some action bits where i’d get a bit bored, some silliness… I just didn’t expect the whole thing to be so utterly STUPID
My son went with 5 of his friends last night and I was a bit worried they wouldn’t enjoy it after reading some of the reviews: they all loved it…but then they’re all 12.
I enjoyed the first one but then it was all new/fresh then: liked the start with the helicopter attacking the base and the pace kept going through most of the film with a bit of comedy thrown in. The others I could take or leave
Went along with the family this evening to watch it,y sons obsessed with transformers probably because of his Autism and he’s been excited about seeing it for yonks, his mum was not looking forward to it but she admitted she enjoyed it his elder brother and I were benevolent as usual and look forward to seeing the new Planet of The Apes film which looks very good.
I expected big robots, a bit of humour, some action bits where i’d get a bit bored, some silliness… I just didn’t expect the whole thing to be so utterly STUPID
You were wrong about the first one though – it’s utterly STUPID.
I quite like some mindless films but I can’t stand two hours of incoherent FX shots that seem to have been stuck together at random.
I like big action movies, where things fall down, go BOOM!, but not when it’s just an incoherent mess.
I am really looking forward to How Train Your Dragon 2, though; I loved the first one, and this one is supposed to be even better.
All Michael Bay films are either misogynistic, homophobic or racist, often all of those things. He’s an awful film director and should not be allowed to go anywhere near childrens films. How he managed to sexualise a kids film about giant transforming robots is beyond me.
All Michael Bay films are either misogynistic, homophobic or racist, often all of those things. He’s an awful film director and should not be allowed to go anywhere near childrens films. How he managed to sexualise a kids film about giant transforming robots is beyond me.
I don’t understand why film makers look at a comic or something and think “whilst true fans of this love the original story and it works I think I’ll just completely rewrite the entire thing”
Explosions >10
Boobies
Running
Car Chase x2
All goes wrong for heroes
Heroes save the day
Minor part hero does something sacrificial
Boobies
Roll Credits
I don’t understand why film makers look at a comic or something and think “whilst true fans of this love the original story and it works I think I’ll just completely rewrite the entire thing”
I don’t understand why film makers look at a comic or something and think “whilst true fans of this love the original story and it works I think I’ll just completely rewrite the entire thing”
Money?
I agree the films are crap, but judging by the box office takings for the first four films, they serve their purpose as far as the studios are concerned. Appeal to as many people as you possibly can without fully satisfying any of them.
I don’t understand why film makers look at a comic or something and think “whilst true fans of this love the original story and it works I think I’ll just completely rewrite the entire thing”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being your perfect example. “I know, I’ll make them space aliens not mutants”. “Dude, it’s in the title, they’re mutants” “Pah! I am a creative genius, I do not concern myself with such details!”
The thing that killed it completely for me was the graphics/fx- how do you make a film that’s entirely about big robots punching each other, then make the bits with the big robots punching each other suck? At best it’s just ugly and unconvincing, at worst it’s like an acid trip. I remember someone described it as being like taking The Scream, redoing it entirely with primary colours, then attaching it to a drill.
I could have tolerated a lot, if it had good robo-punching.
Managed about 20 mins of one of the earlier ones, so dull, and have been known to watch late night Steven Segal films that channel 5 put on so not in any way unable to turn brain off and watch crap, there is a limit though 😉
Conversely, I finally got round to watching Raid 2 last night. Plot was stupid, length was about 45 mins too long, but dear god the action….the action 😯
….not a kids film, tho.
Point is, you only need to get at least one thing right when making an action film. Bay continually fails at this.