From Rotten Tomatoes Bay's best effort by far. The robot thespians are better actors than the cast of Armageddon and the plot is probably more historically accurate than Pearl Harbor.
The fight scenes sucked cause I don't have the MTV attention span to figure out which 100mph pile of twisted scrap metal is which.
I have this problem with a lot of action movies. It's like some of these action chase/car/fight scenes become a jumble on the screen. Maybe I'm sitting too close.
Can folks share some of the egregious product placement?
Chevrolet-mania. The cameras whiz through all the action shots, but whenever a GMC or Chevy logo happens to be on screen, the cameras conveniently freeze up and zoom in.
A huge chunk of the plot was dependant upon the main character's eBay auction and they showed and referred to eBay at least ten times.
and to a lesser degree...
Burger King.
Apple.
Hewlett Packard.
and I think Mountain Dew.
As we walked in, we were handed Transformers comics which were essentially Target ads. That might have been just cause of the local Target market.
Can folks share some of the egregious product placement?
SPOILER
a fucking moutain dew machine turns into a robot and has two mountain dew logos on its chest.
Breathtaking.
Is that for real?? Or are you kidding? I seriously can't tell.
oh it's real man.
are you implying that it is a "lady robot" and the mountain dew logos on the chest area are supposed to be lady robot boobs? cause that's what it sounds like you are saying
Can folks share some of the egregious product placement?
SPOILER
a fucking moutain dew machine turns into a robot and has two mountain dew logos on its chest.
Breathtaking.
Is that for real?? Or are you kidding? I seriously can't tell.
oh it's real man.
are you implying that it is a "lady robot" and the mountain dew logos on the chest area are supposed to be lady robot boobs? cause that's what it sounds like you are saying
I didn't get that. I think you have a dirty mind, Ms. Head.
Can folks share some of the egregious product placement?
SPOILER
a fucking moutain dew machine turns into a robot and has two mountain dew logos on its chest.
Breathtaking.
Is that for real?? Or are you kidding? I seriously can't tell.
oh it's real man.
are you implying that it is a "lady robot" and the mountain dew logos on the chest area are supposed to be lady robot boobs? cause that's what it sounds like you are saying
I didn't get that. I think you have a dirty mind, Ms. Head.
but there are TWO "mountain dew logos on its chest"!
Can folks share some of the egregious product placement?
SPOILER
a fucking moutain dew machine turns into a robot and has two mountain dew logos on its chest.
Breathtaking.
Is that for real?? Or are you kidding? I seriously can't tell.
oh it's real man.
are you implying that it is a "lady robot" and the mountain dew logos on the chest area are supposed to be lady robot boobs? cause that's what it sounds like you are saying
I didn't get that. I think you have a dirty mind, Ms. Head.
but there are TWO "mountain dew logos on its chest"!
Man o'man i hate you guys sometimes... I mean, what kind of artistic merit are you going to place on a fucking movie about ROBOTS directed by MICHALE BAY? It is a movie about robots for christ's sake. For what it was (huge budget summer flick with a lot of explosions), it was near perfect. It was a bit long but never a dull moment.
Man o'man i hate you guys sometimes... I mean, what kind of artistic merit are you going to place on a fucking movie about ROBOTS directed by MICHALE BAY? It is a movie about robots for christ's sake. For what it was (huge budget summer flick with a lot of explosions), it was near perfect. It was a bit long but never a dull moment.
From what I understand, even coming into the film with such low expectations, it still sucked for a lot of folks. No one here expected it to be "Optimus Kane."
Also, I have yet to understand how "lot of explosions" has merit, in and of itself? Is that really all we want from "huge budget summer flicks"?
People really should expect more for their entertainment dollar. Doesn't have to be a fucking Jane Austen adaptation but "exploding shit" is a rather low bar to set.
I guess I had a different perspective I went in there expecting: a. cheesy one-liners b. hot girl falling for nerdy guy c. a lot of explosions d. old guy that doesn't "get it"
I didn't think they would be able to animate the fight sequences so well i was genuinely impressed with the type of fluid action shown between them, I am sure a lot has to do with how many animatronics where used in the filming
"Well thank GoD I wasn???t forced to settle! This summer???s blockbuster has finally arrived people. Only it???s not a mere blockbuster, it???s a two and a half hour atomic bomb??? strapped to a roller-coaster??? filled with snakes??? on fire!"
I thought it was pretty good. Shure it was full of cheese and product placement, but in case you forgot it's 2007 and we live in America. I think it was as good as you could expect from an mainstream movie. The thing that got me was that it was funny and had a lot of good humor (intentionally). Theey basically used the original transformation sound. They told the back story and hit on all that. They had the voices really close to the cartoon. My girlfiend even liked it and she was dreading me dragging her to this.
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Bay's best effort by far. The robot thespians are better actors than the cast of Armageddon and the plot is probably more historically accurate than Pearl Harbor.
But he likes The Strokes, you know that "ol' skoo" shiit, mayn!
that was awesome.
Yup.
I have this problem with a lot of action movies. It's like some of these action chase/car/fight scenes become a jumble on the screen. Maybe I'm sitting too close.
location up for grabs.
Chevrolet-mania. The cameras whiz through all the action shots, but whenever a GMC or Chevy logo happens to be on screen, the cameras conveniently freeze up and zoom in.
A huge chunk of the plot was dependant upon the main character's eBay auction and they showed and referred to eBay at least ten times.
and to a lesser degree...
Burger King.
Apple.
Hewlett Packard.
and I think Mountain Dew.
As we walked in, we were handed Transformers comics which were essentially Target ads. That might have been just cause of the local Target market.
a fucking moutain dew machine turns into a robot and has two mountain dew logos on its chest.
Breathtaking.
Is that for real?? Or are you kidding? I seriously can't tell.
It's only a matter of time until the Coke/Pepsi Challenge becomes a feature film.
are you implying that it is a "lady robot" and the mountain dew logos on the chest area are supposed to be lady robot boobs? cause that's what it sounds like you are saying
I didn't get that. I think you have a dirty mind, Ms. Head.
but there are TWO "mountain dew logos on its chest"!
is there an animated gif of this somewhere? if not, there needs to be.
http://www.jinglejugs.com/
Ah, America.
BULLSHSSSS, TOTAL F'ing BULLSHSSSS!!!
Ha ha
"Fuckin Ipods!"
That part got me!
I mean, what kind of artistic merit are you going to place on a fucking movie about ROBOTS directed by MICHALE BAY?
It is a movie about robots for christ's sake.
For what it was (huge budget summer flick with a lot of explosions), it was near perfect.
It was a bit long but never a dull moment.
From what I understand, even coming into the film with such low expectations, it still sucked for a lot of folks. No one here expected it to be "Optimus Kane."
Also, I have yet to understand how "lot of explosions" has merit, in and of itself? Is that really all we want from "huge budget summer flicks"?
People really should expect more for their entertainment dollar. Doesn't have to be a fucking Jane Austen adaptation but "exploding shit" is a rather low bar to set.
I went in there expecting:
a. cheesy one-liners
b. hot girl falling for nerdy guy
c. a lot of explosions
d. old guy that doesn't "get it"
I didn't think they would be able to animate the fight sequences so well
i was genuinely impressed with the type of fluid action shown between them, I am sure a lot has to do with how many animatronics where used in the filming
i agree with this guy's review pretty much
http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/06/29/movie-review-transformers/
"Well thank GoD I wasn???t forced to settle! This summer???s blockbuster has finally arrived people. Only it???s not a mere blockbuster, it???s a two and a half hour atomic bomb??? strapped to a roller-coaster??? filled with snakes??? on fire!"
Alrighty then.
Yeah, I think he liked it.
he was a whiny bitch, but i always liked him. conniving,scheming ill dude with a lack of loyalty to megatron
Yep, he's in it. Just be sure to stay for the credits.