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<blockquote data-quote="Providence" data-source="post: 3627306" data-attributes="member: 45351">The Godzilla-like movie is being produced by the guys who do Lost . . . &quot;leave them wanting more&quot; is pretty much what they do.&nbsp; Personally, I like that sort of style, but I can understand people getting tired of it.&nbsp; I can barely read fantasy anymore because I would rather have my dentistry performed by a coked-up mandrill with a jigsaw than hear about another prophecied--&quot;the one&quot;--hero.As far as the movie itself went, let me clarify first that I normally hate CGI.&nbsp; No matter how pretty it is, it always looks fake to me.&nbsp; Give me grade-A costuming and puppetry over CGI any day.&nbsp; Of course, with a live action Transformers CGI is pretty much your only option.&nbsp; I went in to the movie expecting to have to just shut the disappointing effects out of my mind, but they ended up completely blowing me away.&nbsp; The shakiness (which I do actually like) and the excellent camera angles made you really feel that there were giant robots towering above you and fighting around you.The plot was simple, the dialogue was corny, and there were not many surprises, but it was still a great movie.&nbsp; The comedy was excellent and I like the way they stressed the alienness of the transformers.Two big complaints:[sblock]Jazz just kind of dies, which doesn't even get mentioned again until Ratchet and Ironhide bring his body to Optimus, who commemorates his close friend's death in barely more than a sentence and can only keep up a sad tone long enough to say, &quot;Aw, Jazz.&quot;&nbsp; Jesus, it was like watching X3 all over again.[/sblock][sblock]What the hell happened to Barricade and Scorponok?[/sblock]But one scene made up for all of that:[sblock]&quot;You have failed me yet again, Starscream.&quot;[/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Providence, post: 3627306, member: 45351"] The Godzilla-like movie is being produced by the guys who do [i]Lost[/i] . . . "leave them wanting more" is pretty much what they do. Personally, I like that sort of style, but I can understand people getting tired of it. I can barely read fantasy anymore because I would rather have my dentistry performed by a coked-up mandrill with a jigsaw than hear about another prophecied--"the one"--hero. As far as the movie itself went, let me clarify first that I normally [i]hate[/i] CGI. No matter how pretty it is, it always looks fake to me. Give me grade-A costuming and puppetry over CGI any day. Of course, with a live action [i]Transformers[/i] CGI is pretty much your only option. I went in to the movie expecting to have to just shut the disappointing effects out of my mind, but they ended up completely blowing me away. The shakiness (which I do actually like) and the excellent camera angles made you really feel that there were giant robots towering above you and fighting around you. The plot was simple, the dialogue was corny, and there were not many surprises, but it was still a great movie. The comedy was excellent and I like the way they stressed the alienness of the transformers. Two big complaints: [sblock]Jazz just kind of dies, which doesn't even get mentioned again until Ratchet and Ironhide bring his body to Optimus, who commemorates his close friend's death in barely more than a sentence and can only keep up a sad tone long enough to say, "Aw, Jazz." Jesus, it was like watching [i]X3[/i] all over again.[/sblock] [sblock]What the hell happened to Barricade and Scorponok?[/sblock] But one scene made up for all of that: [sblock]"You have failed me yet again, Starscream."[/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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