Transformers 4: Baylicious
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Blackyce
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I have to paraphrase Douglas Adams on this one. The first eight hours were the worst. The second eight hours were the worst too. After that it went into a bit of a decline.
The best thing to be said for it is that at least you could usually tell which robot was which.
Who would have thought taking the retarded comedy out of number 3 would make it even worse.
The best thing to be said for it is that at least you could usually tell which robot was which.
Who would have thought taking the retarded comedy out of number 3 would make it even worse.
I'm looking forward to it. I've come to believe that Bay is far more self aware and far more aggressively cynical than most people think, and his movies when viewed from this perspective take on unrelenting subversive tone that I really like.
Blackyce
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Ridas
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Whenever I hear about a Transformers movie I have to think about this review of the second one. It always cracks me up.
http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-f...e-an-art-movie
http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-f...e-an-art-movie
Skylancer81
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Saw it. Was better than I expected it to be. Did not feel 2 hours and 37 minutes long.
Action and Bay-splosions were well spaced IMHO.
Probably the best story arc of all 4 Transformers movies.
Had a solid ending with two possible ways for 5 to go.
Only gripe ... The Dinobots.
Action and Bay-splosions were well spaced IMHO.
Probably the best story arc of all 4 Transformers movies.
Had a solid ending with two possible ways for 5 to go.
Only gripe ... The Dinobots.
kegkilla
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this movie was fucking sweet. light years better than that piece of shit x-men movie and i'd put it up there with captain america 2. saw it in IMAX and the 3D was easily the best i've seen to date. to emphasize how much i liked it, i was in a theater with a crying baby and a bunch of dotheads and Faulty Armors who didn't laugh at any of stanley tucci's hilarious antics and i still thoroughly enjoyed myself. also i was pretty much sober and was with a chick who is honestly pretty ugly. great movie.
meStevo
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Best 3d I've seen since Dredd, met my expectations overall and I enjoyed the movie. Damn fully reclining seats and a long day means I need to go read through the story because I missed a few things.
Not sure I'd put it over the first one, prefer it over the other two though.
Really didn't like John Goodman as an Autobot. Liked the character, but was distracting because it was Goodman if that makes any sense
Not sure I'd put it over the first one, prefer it over the other two though.
Really didn't like John Goodman as an Autobot. Liked the character, but was distracting because it was Goodman if that makes any sense
489 page pdf treatise on the hidden genius of the Transformers trilogy so far.
http://np.reddit.com/r/movies/commen...series/cigghj4
my tl;dr from 1/3rd in is: Michael Bay has made these movies to be an overblown satire of the action genre. Inflated military love, even when the military is jaw-droppingly overconfident, aggressive, and trampling over the rights of citizens and other nations. Racist token side characters, the black guy that dies first, crazy smart asians, etc. Megan Fox is an over the top piece of eye candy. Shia LeBouf is a man-child that is basically the young adult audience for action movies writ large. Optimus Prime is of dubious morality. Megatron is a much more rounded and changed character than anyone else. I mean, he's left alone for thousands of years and the first people that he meets that might free him instead lock him up in a prison and vivisect him for their own fortune. And he is aware during all of this because he learned English during his captivity. No wonder he was so angry. He's just trying to prevent his race from dying out.
t;dr of the post. Michael Bay made an action move that was super action movie so we could confront the issues that are prevalent in the genre. We decided it was just an action movie so don't worry about it. So he had to make a sequel that was worse (the twins). Repeat ad nauseum until we get it.
http://np.reddit.com/r/movies/commen...series/cigghj4
my tl;dr from 1/3rd in is: Michael Bay has made these movies to be an overblown satire of the action genre. Inflated military love, even when the military is jaw-droppingly overconfident, aggressive, and trampling over the rights of citizens and other nations. Racist token side characters, the black guy that dies first, crazy smart asians, etc. Megan Fox is an over the top piece of eye candy. Shia LeBouf is a man-child that is basically the young adult audience for action movies writ large. Optimus Prime is of dubious morality. Megatron is a much more rounded and changed character than anyone else. I mean, he's left alone for thousands of years and the first people that he meets that might free him instead lock him up in a prison and vivisect him for their own fortune. And he is aware during all of this because he learned English during his captivity. No wonder he was so angry. He's just trying to prevent his race from dying out.
t;dr of the post. Michael Bay made an action move that was super action movie so we could confront the issues that are prevalent in the genre. We decided it was just an action movie so don't worry about it. So he had to make a sequel that was worse (the twins). Repeat ad nauseum until we get it.
