"Transformers 2" is a horrible experience of unbearable leng
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Can I just delete everything I've said in this thread and replace it with this because gat damnChippy said:
Let me see if I undertand what is happening here: Some people liked the movie. Others think that those who liked the movie are stupid and/or racist and others are angry because the people (hollywood) who used to entertain them no longer do that... For a totally outsider point of view, I think the ones who liked the movie have different tastes and are happier that the rest. Maybe its because they are stupid or maybe is because they don't take things so seriously.
I am, personally and for the first time, happy because in my city most of "big movies" are dubbed and maybe that will lessen the stereotypical aspect of this movie.
I am, personally and for the first time, happy because in my city most of "big movies" are dubbed and maybe that will lessen the stereotypical aspect of this movie.
Since I work at a movie theatre I can see whatever I want free of charge. Today I had happened to accidentally go in an hour early (thought I worked at 5, didn't actually start until 6) and decided I'd sit in on an hour or so of Transformers. I really didn't mind the first one, take it or leave it kind of thing, so I was mildly interested in seeing the second and, despite the poor reviews it's been garnering, I decided that this would be a sort of trial run. If the movie could hold my interest for the hour I had to waste then I would go and watch the full thing when I had more time.
I can safely say that even with the ability to see it absolutely free of charge I won't be going to finish watching what I had happened to "miss".
Also despite my initial reaction to the vitriol that was being directed against the Twins, they really CAN be that bad.
I can safely say that even with the ability to see it absolutely free of charge I won't be going to finish watching what I had happened to "miss".
Also despite my initial reaction to the vitriol that was being directed against the Twins, they really CAN be that bad.
The flipside is that with movies like Dark Knight and Up breaking box office records there are plenty of reasons for Hollywood to make Oscar worthy films too. But Hollywood can't spend the time to make nothing but masterpieces as the industry would quickly go bankrupt between films. Especially in today's world where movie piracy is common practice.@Li3n said:
Just like clothing, movies have trends and they change as the audiences change. Horror movies are a good example. Gore fests were popular in the late 70s and early 80s. After a loss of interest the movie "Scream" re-energized them for the new millenium and even popularized the "twist" ending. In recent years we've been seeing PG-13 horror films that try to scare without the need for the gore, due to lack of audiences willing to go to R rated films.
Even now I've seen fart movies failing at the box office. Eddie Murphy hasn't made a blockbuster in years. Meet the Spartans was a theatrical flop. Even movies like Year One are substituting fart and poop jokes with more subtle and witty humor. (There is one shit, and one fart joke in Year One. For a Jack Black film that's pretty good).
When giant robots stop being entertaining the audiences will let Hollywood know.
Shannow
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I do not know where to go with this post. All I can say is that I pity you. Where the whole Abrams thing in this post came from..I do not know. Most of the people here liked it. Most everyone liked it. it was a good, fun movie. Why bring that up? It has no bearing here whatsoever.PhantomShadow said:
No one is bitching because of the fact that TF2 is a remake. It was a god awful movie. Period. Thats what the reviews and people posting here are saying. And it was given 200 million dollars to be made, which, with that kind of money, one could at least reasonably expect mediocrity, not complete shit. No one anywhere "nerd-raged" over the fact that it was not like the cartoon.
GI Joe looks like it will be much the same...a very very bad movie. But hey, its to be expected. Thats all. Hell, it might be hilariously bad, something to laugh at and enjoy due to its horridness. TF2 does not even have that going for it. It was mind bendingly bad. Two of the main robots with the most lines were the two idiotic "black" twins, scenes cut out in the middle of sequences for no reason, we had a 30 minute fight sequence that was Sam trying to get what equated to magic pixie dust on Optimus to ressurect him, Same going to heaven to see robots... all leading to the big Optimus vs megatron and the fallen fight...that last about 45 seconds. Everything was just thrown in there in terrible and horrible ways. I could go on and on with what was wrong with this movie.
And the robots fighting does not save it...not at all. I wanted it to be at least mediocre, i did. If it did that, i would have been extremely happen. but it could not even do that.
But hey, when you get back from TF2, you can sit down and watch Boondock Saints again and marvel at its greatness. Enjoy that.
Yeah, he sure sounds furious, what with all that cussing and caps lock and screaming... oh wait...Cog said:
And DA? Anyone who posts Dr. Cox gets +5 espy points from me. Congrats. You can buy all kinds of fabulous things with them, like a mustache comb or if you have enough a copy of "Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!" starring CarrotTop!
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JCM
People who liked the movie´s story pretty much have bad taste, not terrible, but one has to be pretty much immature or a teenager to enjoy the terrible dialogue, blaxploitation and bland caharcters. The action sequences were great, not for me, mind you, but some people are fans of the whole shaky camera fad, so for them, it probably is a good action movie.Cog said:
For some more woes and opinions, check metacritic
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/transformers
Or rottentomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_movie/
Its a bad movie, with great action shot with shaky cameras that is not to my taste. Not the worst ever, after all, I´d rather suffer watching both Transformers movies over and over for an entire day than watch this-
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Wyrminarrd
Saw the movie last night and found it entertaining. Sure this isn´t a masterpiece but it is still worth seeing IMO though it helped to have seen negative reviews which lowered my over all expectations.
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ElJuski
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I know what a lot of you people are saying: I'm not looking for [glorified movie]. YES, WE KNOW THIS.
MANY OF US ARE JUST LIKE YOU.
Not everything has to be all about brilliance and aesthetic, but there are craft that STILL apply when making ANY genre of film. You can see craft in comedy, action, horror. It's always there; there are people who are masterful at what they do, and there are fucking scrubs. Consider T2 in the later.
Now, barring that, you're thinking: well, it's going to be horrible so I'll drink a few beers and just laugh at it (like I laughed at Rambo 3!) Well you see, what happens is, is that this movie is so godawful terrible that it can't even be saved by ridicule. It's a lmbering, frankenstein abortion of a film that includes some of the worst characters and some of the most incomprehensible fight scenes. (Seriously, I want someone to try and say they actually saw what happened and with which robots it was. Describe in as much detail as possible, I don't want to hear "Optimus laid into a Decepticon."
This movie is a sheer assault on the eye balls and the brain, and is probably the worst movie of 2009 (so far. Oh god, and it's almost only 7 months in).
MANY OF US ARE JUST LIKE YOU.
Not everything has to be all about brilliance and aesthetic, but there are craft that STILL apply when making ANY genre of film. You can see craft in comedy, action, horror. It's always there; there are people who are masterful at what they do, and there are fucking scrubs. Consider T2 in the later.
Now, barring that, you're thinking: well, it's going to be horrible so I'll drink a few beers and just laugh at it (like I laughed at Rambo 3!) Well you see, what happens is, is that this movie is so godawful terrible that it can't even be saved by ridicule. It's a lmbering, frankenstein abortion of a film that includes some of the worst characters and some of the most incomprehensible fight scenes. (Seriously, I want someone to try and say they actually saw what happened and with which robots it was. Describe in as much detail as possible, I don't want to hear "Optimus laid into a Decepticon."
This movie is a sheer assault on the eye balls and the brain, and is probably the worst movie of 2009 (so far. Oh god, and it's almost only 7 months in).
Really? I kind of enjoyed the whole thing minus the last 5 minutes (basically the way it ends).ElJuski said:Ha. Sheg, that was my favorite part of that movie. And possibly the only five minutes of that movie which I thought was worth the watching. BUT THATS A DIFFERENT TALE FOR A DIFFERENT DAY
ElJuski
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It's just that I personally like the fucking creepy, pervasive mind-fuck vampires over the feral (or sparkly) ones. That's what's more horrifying to me, is that guy telling that girl there is no God, then ravishing her.
I will say that I thought the movie was /entertaining/, but I was kind of hoping for a different set up. And yeah, that ending was absofuckinglutely horrible :angry:
@Shannow: aint no problem sir. I just want to make it clear that all of us (including CDS and, I think, Kissinger?) can appreciate being entertained by bad films. This movie is just way left of that mark.
I will say that I thought the movie was /entertaining/, but I was kind of hoping for a different set up. And yeah, that ending was absofuckinglutely horrible :angry:
@Shannow: aint no problem sir. I just want to make it clear that all of us (including CDS and, I think, Kissinger?) can appreciate being entertained by bad films. This movie is just way left of that mark.
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