General Chat / Transformers was the shit!

It was possibly the worst movie I've seen this year. And, one of the two movies I've ever walked out of.

This is a movie for the 26 year old who watched transformers as a kid, and really no one else. The corny lines are all transplanted, like "you fail me yet again, starscream" and "more than meets the eye" etc etc. Shilo and the hacker were pretty much the only characters in the movie that gave it any worth beyond the fight scenes. Like a plate full of donuts.

It was "enjoyable", but michael bay certainly did his best to try and ruin a film that couldn't be ruined, and only failed to ruin it entirely by a hair's width. If you aren't already a fan, don't bother with it unless you enjoy the cheese that is michael bay.

Really, this crappy movie is a result of Steven Spielberg, who convinced Michael Bay to direct when he hated the series. Way to fuck things up, Spielberg.

Saw it today...

Pros:
-The fight scenes
-Megan Fox
-Transforming
-Basic underlying storyline (bunch of huge robots following a ball of energy and then blowing the shit out of each other over it)

Cons:
-Most of the one-liners that were lame (most likely Michael Bay at work)
-Long ass plot buildup
-Names of things... "Megatron" sounds so original.

I gave it 8.5/10 for flashiness and as Corky states, it was fun

lol, how can you fault the names of things when they were taken from the original cartoon and toy line?

You can't fault the names...

But why in god's name did Micheal Bay have to direct this? I haven't seen it yet but he's quickly on the way to becoming my absolute least favorite director in hollywood today. Spielberg should've done it himself probably, considering War of the Worlds proves that he can direct something with virtually no plot, Tom Cruise, a shit load of random flashy action, and a screaming whiny Dakota Fanning and somehow manage to pull of a good 3.5 star film. How? I still don't know. If he could do that my guess would be Transformers would've not been the cheezy adrenaline rush that most of you seem to be suggesting, and instead been mysteriously "4 star" material.

As it is I've read and heard mixed reviews. The CG animation looks entertaining enough by itself to warrent a viewing, and with how many movies I've skipped of late it couldn't hurt to go see something just for the fucking fun of it.

Ride6

i hate the new designs.

ergo i will not be paying to see it.

Yeah, it was an entertaining movie, but it was also incredibly dumb. It was essentially the cartoon made directly into a live action film that still catered to kids and the fans of the series, but occasionally thought it was a serious movie. I rarely watched the cartoon as a kid (still liked the toys though), so I couldn't sympathize with it much in that respect. I'd give it a generous 2.5/5.

And how I hated that little robot. Starscream was cool though.

And regarding to how they got the All Spark there, which we were talking about afterwards, I'm certain that it was already there, since that's where it was according to the rather pointless glasses, and I'm pretty sure if it's location had changed the glasses wouldn't have registered it (according to what I think was the logic of the film, anyway).

oh man michael bay is a terrible director. however, i went in there expecting cheesy bullshit and some robots kicking each others' asses, and i got pretty much what i expected. i just wish there was more robot fighting than there was. also, optimus prime totally should have kicked the shit out of megatron instead getting his ass handed to him.

oh yeah spoilers btw.

^but then the smooth-talking kid wouldn't have been able to save the day by doing what he did.

i just wish there was more robot fighting than there was.

Not enough? :' /> But ultimately I agree, he's a poor director who happens to make movies that I love.

no! i wanted two hours of robot death fights.

no! i wanted two hours of robot death fights.

Based on that I'm considering seeing the show purely on the basis of the CG animation that sound like exactly what I'm after.

Ride6

Yeah, the movie did need more robots. It takes about 45 minutes before they finally start doing cool stuff, and that's not right.

This is a movie for the 26 year old who watched transformers as a kid, and really no one else.

How about a 28 year old fan who has all the TV series on DVD? You are right, though, even though I got all those "insider" references, I bet some of my friends who I went with but weren't die hard fans didn't get them.

Im so much of a fan I wouldve even liked the movie if it was nothing but CG characters and no live action at all, full of cheesy dialog between Megatron and Starscream, or megatron and Optimus, actually that probably wouldve been my grail As it was I didnt think they developed the characters of the robots enough, and that would IMO be a bigger drawback to those not familiar with the earlier incarnations of the franchise. But oh well...

Edited by ride_exchanger, 09 July 2007 - 12:18 PM.

It was okay, I guess. I was never a fan of the original.

Starscream is the tightest thing I have ever seen in movie watching.