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Topic: Transformers (2007)
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-27-2007 04:46 AM
I finally saw this movie about 10 minutes ago or so. First off I must admit that I was a huge Transformers fan as a child. I loved the cartoon as well as the cartoon movie. You never saw good guy characters die in cartoon movies until Transformers came along. This Michael Bay movie is like a series reboot, only the reboot aspect is not done very well. You basically need to be a Transformers fan to fully grasp what is going on. The Decepticon symbol is never shown and some character names are given only once and we're expected to remember them. Anyone who isn't a Transformers fan would probably think "WTF?" or just like it for the action. This movie kicked ass and sucked ass at the same time. There's no denying that the story was pure crap, especially the human side of the story. But there is lots of fairly cool action, but due to the way the Transformers look, it can get confusing. The CGI was awesome, but that's because everything was metal.
I am displeased with the way the robots themselves looked. They looked waaay fucked up. You could see all of their gears and all of that and as a result it was sometimes hard to make out what was their arms and legs, etc. They looked more like insects than anything. Often it was hard to tell the difference between any two Transformers. They almost all looked the same. Shitty design. The cartoons looked much more practical and logistical from a design standpoint. Fucking Michael Bay and his "I must ruin everything I survey" policy. Not only that, but some of the names were screwed up. Devastator was a tank and Bonecrusher was some sort of roving vehicle thingy. In the cartoon (and toy) Bonecrusher is a bulldozer who transforms into a robot and along with 5 other construction vehicles that also transform into their own individual robots merge together into a giant super robot called Devastator. There is no way Devastator could be running around on his own independently of Bonecrusher (who is actually Devastator's left arm). The voices were also mastered poorly with too much filtering. They also lowered the pitch on Peter Cullen's (Optimus Prime) voice slightly for some unknown reason. And why the fuck does Optimus Prime have a mouth? He looks like a retard flapping that thing. It's on the bottom of his fucking chin for Christ's sake!
Check out this Optimus Prime comparison I cooked up JUST FOR YOU:
As you can see, the one on the left looks he was designed by someone who has a double dose of Down Syndrome™, Bird Flu and Hepatitis A and C.
Anyway I enjoyed the movie due to nostalgic value even though the cartoon has a far better premise/storyline. The sound was really good... for a Michael Bay movie. Music was still a little too bombastic for my tastes, though. I hope Woody Allen directs the sequel.
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