Transformers 3

Here's a glowing review:

 

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/review-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-wraps-up-with-the-best-of-the-franchise

 

I don't plan to see the film, but I saw that linked somewhere else.

Bay's Transformer movies are basically crap when it comes to some sort of coherent story, but he manages to make the films look visually exciting. I saw the trailer for the film in front of Super 8 and I have to admit that I'm tempted to go and see it at least once in 3D, just for the scenes of giant robot mayhem. Story wise, it couldn't be much worse than Battle: Los Angeles which was total shit.

Im gonna need something more from all these reviews than "best of the franchise" to make me go and see this because that really isn't a very high benchmark they are setting there - the first two were hardly any good.

Hopefully this will be Bay's last Transformers pic. Id be quite keen on seeing someone else give it a shot.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/transformers-dark-moon-film-review-206080

 

It indeed sounds like more of the same.

 

No way I'm paying to see another one of these films at the theater. The first one was just OK. The second one was MST3K bad. Robot testicles indeed.

I'm not paying to see it this time around either.  The cool factor is gone for me, and I enjoyed the first movie. 

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=136209

 

That pretty much sums up what I thought it would be like

 

TF2 was so bad this just has to hit mediocre to be well regarded it seems.

Yeah the bottom of the barrel has been dug so deep by the last film that any attempt by DotM to be anything short of Citizen Kane would be considered not much of an improvement.

 

And seeing that Baysplosions lacks both the artistic talent and drive to make such a film thus we have this predicament.

 

That's how I felt about the last two.

 

Pass.

Variety reports that the final battle takes up nearly an hour of screen time, a third of its 154min running time - -

 

 

 

 

 

Hell, I'm going to see it and can't wait to see some robotics flying all over the big screen.

 

However, I'm looking forward to Larry Crowne more.

Yeah, I'm in too.  I don't care how negative the reviews are.  This is one of those movies where you check in your brain at the door and just let yourself have fun.  I loved The Transformers since the cartoons and comics.  When the animated movie came out, I was there.  When the first live action movie came out, I was there.  Yes, the second one did disappoint but I blame it more on the writer's strike than Michael Bay.  It was still entertaining though.  I can't wait to see the new one.

And right on cue a post for all those who repeat ad nauseam that "its just a bit of fun" and we should "check our brains at the door"

Didnt Inception prove that a summer blockbuster can be visually stunning, action orientated AND , God forbid, require a little thought from its audience ?

 

http://www.empireonline.com/empireblogs/empire-states/post/p1094

 

And Im sorry but blaming Transformers 2 on the writer's strike ??? Plenty of other films managed to come out at that time and be entertaining. It is Bay's fault pure and simple. The man hasnt made a half decent film since The Rock.

 

leave your brain a the door.. such an insulting remark. I really dont understand why people say that about such movies. I think i even lost a few iq points from watching bad boys 2.. it seems that its more of the same with tf 3. I guess there is a reason that cameron is still king. .make no mistake. he knows how to make a good movie with such classic hits of terminator and aliens. regardless if you hate avatar or not.

 

Jacob

I've never been able to get much past the visual design of the bots. Just make them look like scrambled car parts, not some busy insectoid design that's hard to look at just to make them alien. If that was the only problem, maybe I could have gotten over it, but the first was terrible and I made it about a half hour into the second. In fact, I know I could, since the current cartoon uses the basic design and it's worth watching. A shame they went with mute Bumblebee, though.

I wouldn't mind someone else taking a crack at these, but with a total redesign and the Marvel comic as the base.

and if you feel insulted, then good.  I won't fucking apologize.

Gotta love this move: you can see TF3 tonight, but for shows around the 9 p.m. timeframe, it's mainly 3D, to see it in 2D tonight, you have to wait until midnight showings.

 

I want to see it. I know it is going to be crap (hence the matinee showing!). Giant battles, loud explosions, check your brain at the door... oh yeah!

I don't know why you're insulted as that person was talking about himself.  I'm sure he doesn't care whether you watch this film or not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crawdaddy

 

 

Did you insult them as I took your prior post as simply talking about your own motivation for seeing this film?

 

I think you're kidding yourself if you don't know what you're getting yourself into when you go see a Michael Bay Transformer movie. Given those lofty expectations, while the film does its best to keep the adrenaline pumping in the final hour, the first half of the film is a bit over-"written" and could have had 15 minutes cut out of Sam's job hunting subplot. .The casting of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is distracting, as you just sort of have to accept her being shoe-horned into the film dispensing enough 411 to keep the plot going at times, which was just weird (like a record screeching to a halt when something weird just went down).

The story beats are a little jarring, but let's face it, it's about transformer-on-transformer action pr0n that people come to see, and Michael Bay delivers in spades, definitely in excess. Those wondering about what the alien invasion of earth looked like for "Fallen Skies" just need to watch this movie, it'll fill in those blanks. This is a long, loud, bombastic movie featuring lots of everything (except clever writing). But still, I was entertained given my expectations.

Saw it in 3D, and it wasn't too distracting in terms of following the action.

I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+

Decided after the last one I would never go back to see the next....and I hold to that promise. Reviews so far have not been kind. James Berardinelli's take is pretty harsh but I trust his take.

I enjoyed the previous two Transformers and I'm looking forward to seeing the new one some time next week. Unlike some people here I know exactly what to expect from the film, just like I knew exactly what to expect from the first two. Hopefully I can catch this one in 3D.

 

 

 

I think everyone on here knows exactly what to expect with this film just as everyone knew exactly what to expect for the first two. It's just some of us hope ( however misguided) that Bay might actually learn from his mistakes and you know tack on a decent story and interesting characters to his action ... Imagine that a Transformers film with great action AND a good story... Too much to ask for ??? Wouldn't that be worth getting excited about?? Wouldn't that serve to make all those action scenes even more exciting because u care ??

Simon, the whole concept of giant sentient robots clashing and using Earth as a battlefield is so absurd that a deeper more meaningful story would be wasted on it. Wasn't this created for children decades ago?

 

How different would this have been in the hands of fanboy favourite director Chris Nolan? He would still need to include the requisite large scale destruction and including Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman into the mix won't make it any less absurd. My thoughts are the only way to make this more intelligent and respectable is to make the robots silent and with no affection shown to the leading actors by the 'good' robots.

Bay's been making movies for about 15 years and it's clear that he has no interest in delvering a good story. However, I'd be somewhat happy if he just gave me a 90 minute effects reel of robots fighting and left out the 60 wasted minutes of awful story involving the human characters (or, rather, the broad stereotypes that he calls characters).

IMO the most unrealistic thing about the Transformers movies is goofy awkward nerd Sam Witwicky getting all the hot babes.

Speaking of what to expect. . .for those who have seen it, what's your opinion of the violence? My son (almost 6) loved the first two and is PSYCHED to see this one, but from what I hear, the violence is amped way up. There was almost no blood in the other movies, but it sounds like there's more human carnage this time.

Without dropping any spoilers, how rough is it? I don't really want to pay to see it twice (so I can screen it ahead of time), but my son will be very disappointed if I don't take him to see it. I'm hoping to be able to make a reasonable decision based on word of mouth.

There is some vaporization of humans (or just the bones remain from the blasts from the bots).