Transformers... Michael Bay... If you put these two things together is it possible to make something good? The answer is yes, Michael Bay proved that in a little movie I like to call Transformers. I wish I could say the same about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The action I am okay with, its everything else that fails. To make it simple, words can not describe how much this movie annoyed me. I even found myself covering my eyes at certain parts of the story, not because they were frightening but because how cringe-inducingly bad they were. In the car, on the way home from the movie theatre I made a list of quotes that exemplify how extremely stupid this film is. The Fallen is actually the name of a Decepticon who wants to harnes the power of the sun for energy and also to get revenge on Earth because the humans wronged him in some way that is unclear. In a scene early in the film The Fallen says something to the extent of, "I can only be killed by a Prime and Optimis Prime is the only Prime left." That is proabably one of the laziest examples of story telling I have ever seen, couldn't have the screenwrites presented that information in a different way then to have the villian just say it for no reason at all. Also, I took note of a line that was mentioned in Roger Ebert's Review of the movie. I had actually written it down before I read his review. The line is said by the amazing John Turturro while climbing a pyrmid to stop a Decpticon from activating a machine that will destroy the sun. He says TO HIMSELF, "Oh no! The machine is buried in the pyramid! If they turn it on, it will destroy the sun! Not on my watch!" Might I add that the fact that this machine will blow up the sun had been mentioned at least ten times before this point in the movie. There are so many things wrong with this movie it would take me at least ten more pages to list them all. To end I just want to mention that I saw the movie in IMAX, and yes, it did look amazing but that dosn't justify how horrible the movie was.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - 1.5 out of 4
-Zach
Posts
4 comments:
zach,
tili ritter here. thank you for recognizing the stupidity of the transformers movies. stoked for inglorious basterds. like your blog!
You mean there isn't a Rodimus Prime?! D:
Thank you so much for agreeing with me. I was reading all these comments on Facebook about how everyone liked it and then after I saw the movie people actually clapped and I was appalled. Michael Bay should be kicked out of Hollywood, seriously it's disgusting how many people like this movie.
-Zach
I've gone and seen it 3 times now. Yes it has errors, as to be expected with something made by flawed humans. I started reading the comments but quickly became annoyed with the very first one, so I stopped reading and began scanning and saw that most of the first page ones are annoying. If I allowed errors to spoil my entertainment, I'd have to cease trying to be entertained. It would seem error spotting has become a hobby unto itself.
Post a Comment