Transformers 2...is it that bad

My wife and I saw it at the midnight showing when it came out and both liked it. My biggest complaint with both the original and this one is the look of the robot modes; they are too...complex(maybe that's the best way to describe it) there is so much going on visually it makes it harder to tell who's who in robot mode, and it makes the toys not look like the movie lol.

Other than that, thought it was a good movie, Devastator was cool! Again too complex, and I could have done without the walking on all fours and sucking everything into itself to "eat" but cool none the less, especially the sequence of him combining.

I say see it in theaters.
 
I loved it. Megan fox is ummm... a fox!! :love:love:love:love If I would have anything negative to say it would be that there was, dare I say it?? :confused:wacko:confused too much action!?!?!?! :eek::eek::eek: its almost like I was in the chair during the Clockwork Orange "reprogramming" :love:love:love I would have cut about 20min out 2.5 hours is way to long for a non stop action movie!
 
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Man we are a fickle bunch aren't we? The next thing you know you'll all be blasting EPI and saying that EPII wasn't good either. Oh....wait, nm.:facepalm
 
I saw it twice in theaters, it is awesome in my opinion. I have been a Transformer fan since I can remember. I still don't understand why everyone is downing it...
 
Kody, there's actually no time for you to be giving movie reviews, back to work on someone's stuff! :lol:

But really, how much plot development do we need in order to set up the next big fight scene between those Big! Huge! Shinny! Robots from Outerspace! :eek: :love :wacko :lol:

Haha! I had to take a break, right?

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I forgot to say that my biggest problem with the film was the human transformer. Very lame IMO. That isn't transformers....that is Terminator stuff.

Like I already said, I enjoyed it so go and see it. Just don't expect to be absolutely blown away.

Kody
 
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My 12 year old son just saw it. He typically loves anything that is, as he puts it, 'blowy uppy'. He had enjoyed the first one, as did I. Anyway, he thought the sequel was just awful, one of the worst things he had seen - though he liked some of the effects.

He thought the film pretty much just ripped off other sci-fi flicks he had seen, but that it had added the annoyance factor of watching Jar-Jar Binks for two and a half hours.

I must admit, am disappointed. I was hoping it would be good and was looking froward to seeing it. Based on just the scenes my son described, however, I will wait for the rental.

Outside of Trek, it's been a disappointing summer for action flicks...
 
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it has good effects and really good action. Good Transfomer fun.

However...

There is zero character development for the new Transformers (Arcee, Chromia, Sideswipe, Jolt)

There are a lot of poorly acted scenes, and cheesy dialogue.

The humor was for the most part directed towards little kids, especially the twins, mudflap and skids (hated them, just as annoying as Jar Jar Binks)

There is an increase in language, sexual content, and even drug use (parents be informed).

That said, if there were things that you thought were bad and annoying in the first film, they are all present in this one too, and in greater numbers.
 
I tend to be overly critical of films (unless I'm a huge fan and have to lie to myself, prequels anyone?) so I walked out of Transformers a little disappointed. I can't say that I didn't enjoy because I did! It has a lot of action, but that is kind of the problem. The ENTIRE movie is one action sequences after another. Sure, it kept my attention and was enjoyable, but I tend to be the kind of guy that enjoys a good script and plot.

I feel the same about T:Salvation and Transformers: decent, fun, action-packed, and attention grabbing. The only problems are the absence of character interactions/bonds, and the fact that the overall plot was poorly executed (in both films).

Yeah, I hated the twins. Not funny at all...just annoying and lame. Reminded me of Jar Jar, and that is a terrible thing.

Kody

My thoughts exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I keep reading this "Respect the source material!" For Pete's Sake, the original source material was a bunch of extended commercial's aimed at selling a butt load of toys! And if you go back and watch those cartoons again, just like anything else fondly remembered from that era from the late 70's to early 80's. Six Million Dollar Man, Speed Racer, Voltron, Thundar The Barbarian, Etc! Etc! Etc! The overall animation, the corny dialogue... A-Lot of it was ****, things remembered are much better than they actually were! And this is coming from someone who loved all those things and still does, but only for the memories! :love

But you gotta admit that the Transformers Animated Movie still kicks butt!!!!
 
I saw it, twice, and I thought it was great. It was way better than the other junk I've seen come out latley and it was genually entertaining.

I thought the college he Sam went to was pretty funny. Where were all the hot supermodel coeds back when I was in school?

Good movie, critics are idiots, and I would definatly see a sequel.
 
I saw it twice in theaters, it is awesome in my opinion. I have been a Transformer fan since I can remember. I still don't understand why everyone is downing it...
everyone is expecting some amazing story. For movies like this it's always been about how amazing the cgi is and the more fighting the better. I loved the movie and wouldn't mind seeing it in the theaters again. There were definite *** moments but overall it was very entertaining. And the twins were not even close to how annoying jar jar was possibly cause they weren't G rated.
 
It's an entertaining flick.

But, you have to go into it expecting it to be what it is, not some expertly written modern masterpiece.

It is a movie based on an 80's cartoon based on a Hasbro toyline. It's BASED on the original cartoon it's NOT the same story. One of the complaints I see about it that annoys me is that "it doesn't follow the orignal cartoon." Did you see the first one before this one? The storyline is definatly skewed. It's a simialr story with the same character but,like most live action movies, it takes it's own storyline rather than repeaing what we've already seen.

It's a typical summer blockbuster... great battles, great CGI, funny moments, hott girls and little in the way of storyline.

If you go to teh theater with the right attitude and expecting it to be no more than what it is, you will greatly enjoy the movie. If you go in there expecting a live action replay of the cartoons or a masterpiece of modern movie writing, you'll be dissappointed.
 
It was fun, escapist rubbish....which is exactly what I paid for and expected. A Sunday to get out of the real world and get my heart pumping with the action, laugh at the goofs and be only slightly annoyed by Car Car Binks boys. I was not disappointed with anything except the introjection of gratuitous sexual content that was not necessary to keep me entertained and interested. If a movie is going to be aimed at a young crowd, follow that theme all the way through, not pop inappropriate references where not needed. The movie would have been just as interesting without the bathroom tween aged humor. Adding inconsistent college humor to a kiddie/youth oriented movie just makes it look off kilter not more mature. Other than that, I enjoyed the movie.
 
I'll say what I've said before elsewhere. If you want to do giant robots from space, do giant robots from space. If you want to do Transformers, do Transformers. Michael Bay doesn't give a **** about the Transformers. He is doing giant robots from space and trading on the name. For all folks want to rip on the original for being a twenty-minute toy commercial, it had a better-developed mythos evolve out of it than anyone expected at the time. It was not zero character development and one action sequence linking to the next. I can hear some eyes rolling now, but I'm serious.

There were a lot of possibilities, and all went through the wood-chipper when Michael Bay got ahold of it. :(

Oh, and the "twins" are supposed to be Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. Fail.

Oh part two, and for all those panting after Megan Fox, she doesn't like men.

--Jonah
 
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