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I've seen ROTF NO SPOILERS!

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I've seen ROTF NO SPOILERS!

Postby D_J_D_99 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:03 am

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Hey guy's, I managed to see ROTF last night. My girlfriend works in the local cinema, and got me into a staff showing, so I thought i'd let you know what I thought about it. Don't worry, i'm not going to give out any spoilers to the story.
It's a hell of a lot bigger than the first one, and as long as you liked that, you'll love this. Don't get me wrong, even though I think the new film is amazing, it's not without a few faults. Most of these are only little things, but the one that really bugs me is the new robots. They spent all that time telling us about 42 transformers being in the film, and yet only a small fraction of those get a speaking line, and out of those few, even less get any sense of characterisation. Some of the new characters are reduced to one, maybe two lines (Sideswipe). Admittedly, the film would have had to have been about six hours long to give each character an on screen personality, but even a little scene like the Autobot's intro in the first film would've helped.
Anyway, that really isn't too much of an issue, as with that many transformers being introduced in the film, I doubt anyone thought that each one would have a speaking role. Getting back to the rest of the film, the human characters are well done once again, and for the most part the humor in these scenes works well.
Action wise, the film is a hell of a lot better than the first, with very little of the up close, fast editing which made it so difficult to see who was fighting who in the first film. Everything is for the most part a lot easier to watch, without losing any of the action. In fact, the action itself is ramped up ten-fold.

One thing which did surprise me was a very brief vehicle mode appearance of someone from the first film who I really didn't expect to see, although ti's never made clear if it is the same transformer.

I could go on, writing about other things I liked in the film, and some of the things I didn't, but to do so i'd have to start with some spoilers. I don't want to ruin the film for anyone, so i'm going to keep quiet. I short, if you loved the first, you'll almost certainly love this one, and if you didn't like the first, this one has a good chance of changing you opinion on the movieverse.
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Re: I've seen ROTF

Postby Mach » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:10 am

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D_J_D_99 wrote:
One thing which did surprise me was a very brief vehicle mode appearance of someone from the first film who I really didn't expect to see, although ti's never made clear if it is the same transformer.


Haha, i think i know who u r talking about :grin:
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Re: I've seen ROTF

Postby D_J_D_99 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:51 am

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Haha, i think i know who u r talking about :grin:


Yeah. It was only a split second thing, but I was really surprised. Even my girlfriend noticed it and was surprised.
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Re: I've seen ROTF

Postby Rodimus Prime » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:01 pm

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D_J_D_99 wrote:Action wise, the film is a hell of a lot better than the first, with very little of the up close, fast editing which made it so difficult to see who was fighting who in the first film. Everything is for the most part a lot easier to watch, without losing any of the action. In fact, the action itself is ramped up ten-fold.


All I needed to know. :D

BTW, how long is the fight scene with Prime vs. Megatron/Starscream/Blackout?
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Re: I've seen ROTF

Postby Gingy650 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:31 pm

Do Skids and Mudflap combine?

One thing which did surprise me was a very brief vehicle mode appearance of someone from the first film who I really didn't expect to see, although ti's never made clear if it is the same transformer


It wasn't Jazz. Long Haul crushed him so it has to be Smokescreen.
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Re: I've seen ROTF

Postby D_J_D_99 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:03 pm

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Rodimus Prime wrote:
BTW, how long is the fight scene with Prime vs. Megatron/Starscream/Blackout?


It's a pretty cool fight. The whole scene lasts about five-ten minutes, maybe a little longer. It's pretty impressive.

Gingy650 wrote:
Do Skids and Mudflap combine?


I'm trying to avoid giving too much away before people have a chance to see the film, so i've PM'ed the answer to this one for 'ya.

Gingy650 wrote:
It wasn't Jazz. Long Haul crushed him so it has to be Smokescreen.


Nope, the cameo I noticed wasn't an Autobot...
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Re: I've seen ROTF NO SPOILERS!

Postby YaBoiPlay » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:42 am

Barricade is not Sideways!!! I knew it. Sideways is a dumbass. He gets slagged 10 minutes into the movie.
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