Transformers-The Movie

[Asmor]

I just saw the trailer for the first time at Pirates of the Caribbean last night (err... this morning)

Holy hell am I excited for it. I mean, I've always known that I'm a total Transformers whore, but I never expected to react as strongly as I did to that trailer. Hell yeah!

 

[Prince Atom]

All of those trailers and teasers are awsum with awsum sauce.

So were the Star Wars trailers. It's not the effects or the choreography, it's the plot and characterization that I found lacking for those movies.

Those Transformers trailers make me want to see the movie (that's their job, and they do it well), but I wish I could have more confidence that the dialogue and plot are going to hold up.

I think I'm going to be cautiously exuberant about this flick. I don't usually buy movies for home theater, so I'm probably not going to add it to the library, but it'll be good for killing my woes for three hours or so.

TWK

 

[Prince Atom]

Oh, and that kid's father? Biggest. Jerk. Evar.

 

[Seonaid]

Oh, and that kid's father? Biggest. Jerk. Evar.

Yeah really! That's what I was thinking. Jeez.

 

[Dire Bare]

Really? I saw the trailer as a lot of the US military gets their asses kicked.

I get the impression that there is a "B" plot involving a squad of military heroes. The Decepticons show up, totally destroy a military base or two, and then we fight back and win!

Maybe the military heroes are a part of G.I. Joe! Heh, probably not.

 

[Dire Bare]

Oh, and that kid's father? Biggest. Jerk. Evar.

Really, I found that HILARIOUS! I'm totally doing that to my kids . . . . should I ever manage to have any, that is!

 

[Pseudonym]

No luv for linux. Stupid Quicktime.

 

[Krug]

Optimus Prime vs Bonecrusher

 

[horacethegrey]

Optimus Prime vs Bonecrusher

Just watched that on youtube. Have to admit, it's a very good scene. And eons better than any robot fight the original cartoon could ever muster up. Optimus looks and feels like a semi in humanoid form tearing up the highway with those huge feet of his.

Anyway, just wanted to post about my feelings for this film. First off, I don't like Michael Bay. I find him an overrated hack who gets too much praise that I feel is undeserving. I also find his arrogance and disdainful attitude towards movie critics abhorrent. Second, I'm not a diehard Transformers geek. While I liked the cartoon when I was a wee youngin, I find it pure torture watching it today. The dialogue is horrid, the characters laughable (with a few exceptions, Optimus being one of them), and some of the most cheesy stories that I've seen in a cartoon. Sorry, but there's no nostalgia that clouds my vision when watching this show. The original toys are still cool though in my book.

That said, I'll now state that I wait for this new film with great anticipation. Those new designs threw me off at first, but since then they've started to grow on me. And I can appreciate how utterly alien they are, which I think was the intention in their design. I also want to say how happy I am for Peter Cullen in returning as Optimus Prime. Not for any fanboy nostalgia, but because I think he's an amazing voice actor and deserves all this renewed success (I find it touching that in recent interviews when he says how very grateful he is for all the fan support).

Yet despite that, I'm going to have to share in the cautious optimism with the rest of you here. This is probably the most hyped movie of the summer, so while I do wish for it's success, the involvement of Bay makes me feel we should steel ourselves for a massive disappointment. It's nothing new when a big film fails to live up to all the hype surrounding it (*cough*Spider-Man 3*cough*). Let's just hope my fears are proven wrong come June 30th.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I watched the MTV Movie Awards Preshow which turned out to really be a 1/2 hour Transformers preview special. However I am still utterly confused about the movie. There were plenty of clips but they were all mostly action scenes (except for 1 which was a human first meets car scene) and I have no idea what it is really about (Yes I know giant transforming robots, but I mean beyond that). So far from everything I have seem it still seems all effects and action and nothing else. Maybe that is the point and it will draw big numbers opening week but I see nothing about it yet that indicates long term success or anything that would make it an action classic that will ever be looked back on as anything special.