by IronhidesGhost » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:12 am
- Motto: "It's a good enough day to die, but I've never mastered doing good things."
- Weapon: Big Cannon
I have not posted since I was known as Nathanielj2 on the Michael Bay message boards (the guy who thought Soundwave should appear and create such sonic potency so as to make human's ears and eyes bleed as ravage and laserbeak picked them off). Knowing, that I appreciate the dark and disturbing in movies, know now that I support both films for what they have acheived. One commercial... and one narrative.
Watching TF for the third time the other day, I was as giddy as a thirty year old man can be. The transformations were outstanding. However, we all must admit that the characterization of the robots are loose at best. The producers did not believe that a modern audience could identify with feeling robots, and therefore created a very human storyline. In doing so, they made Jazz's death so trivial that it might as well have not taken place. "Awww Jazz..." is all we get after it has been made clear that he is Optimus' number two, and that they have fought side by side for millions of years. ****' A man. For the love of Christ... after that, we don't believe for a second that these are anything other than more complex washing machines.
Harry Potter on the other hand is full of emotion. The characters in that movie feel everything. The special effects are as good, maybe not as complex, but the movie grasps what movies are truly about... story telling. Moving the plot along is paramount.
If I had to vote... I'd say, go see Harry Potter. Because the movie isn't a commercial for something. It's a Movie. I'm gonna buy the toys Hasbro... just give me a reason to do it next time. Give a thirty year old man a reason to purchase a toy and tell his kid about it. "Yeah, this one son, this one gave up all he had as a scientist on his home planet to ensure that a lower lifeform somewhere else had a chance to think for himself." Not, "****, this hummer is cool as hell, I wanna buy that, and let me throw a MP3 player in there as well and some pepsi, and a My Little Pony for my neice...."
I'm gonna buy the toy... give me a story.