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My Home Theater Equipment:
Philips 47pfl7403D/F7
Onkyo 605 7.1 Receiver
Aiwa Speakers and Sub woofer Panasonic 80 Blu ray Sony PlayStation 3 Blu ray Direct TV in HD with DVR Philips 3980 upconversion dvd player
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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
Wow, the quote that came to mind was "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" when watching this film. I get the feeling Michael Bay gets a script, and then just picks the pages he wants to film because he thinks it'll look and sound cool on the big screen. But, Michael Bay is a known directorial quantity, you know he doesn't care about plot development, character development, and always goes for cheap laughs and bombastic action sequence, never provides enough cinematic connective tissue to make his films dramatically engaging while also providing top-shelp action porn.
So, Transformers 2 is truly bigger and louder than the initial installment, but not better, and simply goes to well of "robot-on-robot" violence too many times, and its sparse dramatic beats lack subtlety or weight. It's like a live-action cartoon, but it's even more over-the-top than the average Saturday morning cartoon, trading quick, swishy camera moves for what could have been awe-inspiring transformations. The tension from "danger" is both cartoonish and unconvincing, leaving us with 1-dimensional characters and caricatures who don't provide any emotional engagement for us to hook into their situation. There is, what seemed to be, a 30 minute stretch where it was the cinematic equivalent of watching the characters running in place in quicksand, a lot of action was going on, but nothing was happening until they introduced a deux ex machina to get the gang from point A to a far away point B. There was just a ridiculous amount of story-telling deficiencies going on in this film. I think I seriously overdosed on all the robot carnage and explosions on the screen, after a while you just get numb to it all. I give it 1.75 stars, or a grade of C-. |
Two of our Autobot heroes, Skids and Mudflap (voices by Tom Kenny) come off as the worst racial stereotypes in move history. I heard a fellow reviewer comment that he felt it was the worst stereotype since Jar Jar Binks, but I think these guys make Jar Jar Binks look as intelligent as President Obama. Skids and Mudflap sound like they were ripped out of a 1970’s KKK recruitment film with their jive talking. One even has a gold tooth! Unfortunately, you have to see it to believe it. Even then, Bay may have to call George Lucas to learn how you can combat the inevitable fall out. |
| Even then, Bay may have to call George Lucas to learn how you can combat the inevitable fall out. |
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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H
I saw the first one on cable and still felt ripped off. Though I will never see this film, it is gratifying to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews. Unfortunately, it'll be a financial success. There'll never be a chance for this franchise to be done over and done right.
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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H
I saw the first one on cable and still felt ripped off. Though I will never see this film, it is gratifying to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews. Unfortunately, it'll be a financial success. There'll never be a chance for this franchise to be done over and done right.
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Originally Posted by Inspector Hammer!
What I still don't understand is if the Bay haters are already dead set on despising anything he does, why do they still continue to go see his films?
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