gogleman374 wrote:Bay Raped My Child Hood.
SoooTrypticon wrote:I agree with you in part.
Yes, what I want from the movie very likely not what the movie is dishing out.
However, it is a given truth that "dumb" is something not to be rewarded. No one respects "dumb." "Dumb, is not a good thing. Especially when something is dumb on purpose. As a race, we strive to be better than dumb, because dumb gets you extinct.
Defend the movie for its effects, or, um, the rush, of the effects, or, I suppose it must have other things going for it...
I understand the score is pretty good... or loud. But it can be good and loud. Batman was good and loud. So was Lord of the Rings.
Um, well, the point is, defend the movie for its good points. Cullen was pretty good right? But don't try to defend something that is willfully dumb, because you can't win that argument.
Unless you're the President.
SoooTrypticon wrote:I think the reason why I’m so bothered by this, is that people both involved with the film, and those defending it thus far, admit that the movie is really just about Robots fighting Robots- and plot and character and all that don’t matter.
They use the toys and the show and even the comics as a basis for this. That if the source material is simple, or downright dumb, then the movie doesn’t need to have any higher aspirations.
And I think that’s the thing that bothers me. It seems like no one was interested in trying very hard.
To quote an often discussed movie here on these threads:
“You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it!”
Why not strive to make something really wonderful, rather than just big and loud?
It’s this missed chance that gets me all riled up, and the brazen display of laziness on the movie makers’ part that puts a big “oh no” on sequels for me.
And before anyone says, but you haven’t seen the movie yet, I’d like to say, that at this time, almost every review, on this site and off, has pointed out that this IS a dumb film, with really cool effects. Some of the reviews may have been okay with that, others were not, but they all seem to be in agreement on that. Characters, plot, and rational thought take back seat to the ‘splosions.
Now wouldn’t it have been cool if the movie had that, and just a little something more?
Hotrod wrote:There are several reports coming in that tonight on Entertainment Tonight, it was announced that there will be a second Transformers Movie. Entertainment Tonight has reported that the project has been given the green light already!
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