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Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:11 pm
by Sionnach Glic
It
is Michael Bay. You know, the guy who had Cold War era cruisers lying around during the attack on Pearl Harbour.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:32 pm
by Tyyr
Read the review, all I can really say is... so?
Goofy Humor - Well the first one had it. Watch the entire scene where Sam goes home to find the glasses, tell me that's not painful to watch for anyone over the age of 10. Not excusing it but its par for the course.
Humans are Secondary - Aside from Megan Fox rubbing herself on various vehicles I'm there for the transformers, not the humans.
Lots of Explosions - I should hope.
Spotty Geography - Wow, in a Hollywood picture?
American Armed Forces - You mean in an American summer blockbuster made by the guy who can get F-22s for his pictures with one phone call it doesn't prominently feature the French, Russian, Taiwanese or other armies? Are you shitting me?
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:36 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Have a link to that review so I can laugh at it?
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:40 pm
by Tyyr
Newspaper review, and I can't get to the online one thanks to the content filter my work has.
Actually, there was one complaint that's probably valid. Having jive talking, gold teeth wearing, "illiterate" robots is pretty... asking for it.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:10 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
I read a reivew by Ebert, who basically proved he doesn't know jackshit anymore.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:13 pm
by stitch626
Ooo, can you link to it, I want to read...
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:34 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbc ... 39997/1001
Here you go, Stitch. I'd say enjoy, but it just made me mad.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:52 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Meh. The only thing I can realy criticise there is him getting mixed up between Starscream and Jetfire's names.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:25 am
by Lt. Staplic
Well I went and saw it last night and I thought it was amazing...as good as if not better than the first one...even my friend (who originally didn't want to see it b/c he hates Shia La Boef) thought it was really good.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:35 am
by stitch626
although never in the history of science fiction has an alien been harmed by gunfire.
Has he not seen the Alien movies?
Or read any scifi books (at least the ones I read).
Or watched
First Contact (ok so it was a holographic gun and the Borg was technically human... was it...)?
As for the rest, can't say anything about it as I haven't seen it. It is rather hard to talk about a movie you haven't seen (though some try).
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:57 pm
by Nickswitz
I'm watching Shia LeBeouf on the Today show, and I think he's very intelligent, which I always like( i hate stupid actors) and he talks very humanly, which is nice...
Based on that, I would actually enjoy the movie probably.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:18 pm
by Aaron
I'll rent for two reasons:
1. My son likes Transformers
2. Optimus is voiced by the same fellow that did the original series. And that is too cool for a guy who watched it Saturday mornings.
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:55 pm
by Lt. Staplic
Another sweet part is that the Auto bots aren't a bunch of wimps this time...
In the first movie during the Carson City battle, all the Autobots seemed to be really weak: (This spoiler is from the original)
(This one is from #2)
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:54 pm
by Mikey
stitch626 wrote:although never in the history of science fiction has an alien been harmed by gunfire.
Has he not seen the Alien movies?
Or read any scifi books (at least the ones I read).
Or watched
First Contact (ok so it was a holographic gun and the Borg was technically human... was it...)?
Or the novel
Starship Troopers, or heard of WH40k (in which slugthrowers are quite common,) etc., etc.?
Re: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:07 pm
by stitch626
I can't stand reviewers who give a bad review just for the sake of doing it.