by KoH4711 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:42 pm
While I do think everyone has a right to their opinions of the movie, I don't think this sort of comedy is all that far off the mark from what we've seen before. Heck, even Prime's not been free of goofiness(remember him learning to play basketball in G1?). Beast Wars, which a lot of fans tend to agree set the standard for TF series, had all kinds of goofy sight gags with Waspinator, the Rhinox vs. Inferno Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots moment, and Primal's aside about die-cast. There were lots of visual comedy moments with Crumplezone and Gasket in Cybertron. The Marvel comics also got some mileage out of giant robots being naive to the ways of the world. So, honestly, I don't see a problem with it. The humor helps take the edge off the action, and I don't see a problem with it. I'm not sure a grim, gritty two hours and fifteen minutes of action would work out. Plus, I'll fully admit, it was a blast listening to people crack up over this in my break room at work. But, again, I don't begrudge anyone the right to think it's NOT funny and not go see the movie.
On a different note, Shia was pretty funny throughout, and he's really set up for a big career in the future. He just seems to have a connection with audiences that you just can't train. If I recall correctly, Disturbia tripled the studio's expectations, and Shia got a lot of the credit for it. And it's a blast to see people like him and Josh Duhamel having so much fun promoting the movie and having a passion for it.