Another Movie Review
Friday, June 1st, 2007 3:11AM CDT
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Ain’t It Cool News has a new review of Transformers Movie.
Reviewer, Filmcoyote had this to say:
“I'm not saying Transformers is as good as T2 but it was a real surprise. It has plot weaknesses and some shakey performances but it is hugely entertaining both in the frequent battle set pieces, whether human vs robot or robot vs robot, and in the Shia LaBeouf moments. Even some of the comedy (Optimus trying to hide behind a house he's twice the size of) worked for me (although my friend this scene a little over the top). But that's just it, like the first Pirates movie it is the over-the-topness combined with great set pieces and superb special effects that make it so enjoyable and help you see past the flaws.”
Check out the entire review here. (Keep in mind that the review is not based on the final cut).
Reviewer, Filmcoyote had this to say:
“I'm not saying Transformers is as good as T2 but it was a real surprise. It has plot weaknesses and some shakey performances but it is hugely entertaining both in the frequent battle set pieces, whether human vs robot or robot vs robot, and in the Shia LaBeouf moments. Even some of the comedy (Optimus trying to hide behind a house he's twice the size of) worked for me (although my friend this scene a little over the top). But that's just it, like the first Pirates movie it is the over-the-topness combined with great set pieces and superb special effects that make it so enjoyable and help you see past the flaws.”
Check out the entire review here. (Keep in mind that the review is not based on the final cut).
Credit(s): Ain't It Cool News, Phategod1
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Re: Another Movie Review (144157)
Posted by Ramses on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:16am CDT
Posted by Ramses on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:16am CDT
well, this seems to be a more coharent and better review. I'll take this one as a solid opinion.
Re: Another Movie Review (144187)
Posted by cellshock on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:41am CDT
Posted by cellshock on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:41am CDT
It scares me a bit that the "big scenes" he describes also happen to be in all of the trailers. I hope there is a LOT more to Stasrcream, for example, than what we already saw in the trailers.
His comment about Weaving is exactly what I feared - such a generic voice for Megatron that anyone could have done it. There's no way it'll have the impact that Welker could have brought (in MY opnion).
I'm still wondering in all of these early reviews where the arctic scene is? Did they cut it or something?
His comment about Weaving is exactly what I feared - such a generic voice for Megatron that anyone could have done it. There's no way it'll have the impact that Welker could have brought (in MY opnion).
I'm still wondering in all of these early reviews where the arctic scene is? Did they cut it or something?
Re: Another Movie Review (144194)
Posted by Phategod1 on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:46am CDT
Posted by Phategod1 on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:46am CDT
I can die a happy man nowStormrider wrote:Front paged and credited.
Re: Another Movie Review (144195)
Posted by Leonardo on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:48am CDT
I've been wondering that. I thought they'd have it as the opening scene, as a prologue, but maybe it'll appear later as a flashback. Or they didn't show it at the preview[s] because it ate up too much time.
Posted by Leonardo on June 1st, 2007 @ 3:48am CDT
cellshock wrote:I'm still wondering in all of these early reviews where the arctic scene is? Did they cut it or something?
I've been wondering that. I thought they'd have it as the opening scene, as a prologue, but maybe it'll appear later as a flashback. Or they didn't show it at the preview[s] because it ate up too much time.
Re: Another Movie Review (144204)
Posted by Stormrider on June 1st, 2007 @ 4:09am CDT
You mean MP Megatron wasn't enough for you?
Posted by Stormrider on June 1st, 2007 @ 4:09am CDT
Phategod1 wrote:I can die a happy man nowStormrider wrote:Front paged and credited.
You mean MP Megatron wasn't enough for you?
Re: Another Movie Review (144242)
Posted by Craven Knight on June 1st, 2007 @ 5:15am CDT
Posted by Craven Knight on June 1st, 2007 @ 5:15am CDT
"There's also this little robot (kind of the equivalent of Ravage and Laserbeak in the cartoon) that is played for comic effect that is incredibly irritating"
Le sigh - Who's the jerk the thought up the concept of irritating droid comic effect?
Le sigh - Who's the jerk the thought up the concept of irritating droid comic effect?
Re: Another Movie Review (144262)
Posted by Spooner on June 1st, 2007 @ 5:50am CDT
Posted by Spooner on June 1st, 2007 @ 5:50am CDT
Not based on the final cut? And it's being compared to Pirates of the Carribean? I didn't really care that much for that movie (haven't seen the last two as a result), but I hope this movie holds more interest than that.
Re: Another Movie Review (144292)
Posted by Kayevcee on June 1st, 2007 @ 6:21am CDT
Posted by Kayevcee on June 1st, 2007 @ 6:21am CDT
"Le sigh - Who's the jerk the thought up the concept of irritating droid comic effect?"
George Lucas? Oh my.
-Nick
George Lucas? Oh my.
-Nick
Re: Another Movie Review (144408)
Posted by Archanubis on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:16am CDT
Somehow, this didn't surprise me, considering that's where the prequel comic leaves off.
The review is not entirely informative, but it piques my interest.
Posted by Archanubis on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:16am CDT
AICN wrote:The film wastes no time getting down to business. That much touted helicopter transformation that trashes the army base present in some sense since the first trailer is the first scene of the whole film.
Somehow, this didn't surprise me, considering that's where the prequel comic leaves off.
The review is not entirely informative, but it piques my interest.
Re: Another Movie Review (144433)
Posted by Roboto750 on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:57am CDT
Posted by Roboto750 on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:57am CDT
I only read the short review posted in the news story to avoid spoilers. Sounds like things are really shaping up here! Can't wait to see the movie at Botcon! 
Re: Another Movie Review (144438)
Posted by Blitzwing the warrior on June 1st, 2007 @ 9:00am CDT
Posted by Blitzwing the warrior on June 1st, 2007 @ 9:00am CDT
How could you be bored with 300? That movie was amazing
Re: Another Movie Review (144492)
Posted by agents on June 1st, 2007 @ 10:10am CDT
Maybe it was all the slow motion sequences that took up half the film.
Posted by agents on June 1st, 2007 @ 10:10am CDT
Blitzwing the warrior wrote:How could you be bored with 300? That movie was amazing
Maybe it was all the slow motion sequences that took up half the film.
Re: Another Movie Review (144518)
Posted by Metal Gear Solid Fan on June 1st, 2007 @ 10:40am CDT
Posted by Metal Gear Solid Fan on June 1st, 2007 @ 10:40am CDT
Well, it seems as though Hugo isn't bringing anything new or different to Megatron based on the review. Almost seems like just your "classic bad guy voice". If that's true, then that is somewhat disappointing. I still think overall it will be a good movie though.
On a side note...I haven't seen 300 yet, but what is there not to like about Spiderman 3????????????????????????
On a side note...I haven't seen 300 yet, but what is there not to like about Spiderman 3????????????????????????
Re: Another Movie Review (144535)
Posted by Shadowman on June 1st, 2007 @ 11:01am CDT
Posted by Shadowman on June 1st, 2007 @ 11:01am CDT
Ooh, an MGS fan. 
Back on topic: I really have to see this movie. This review makes me want to see it more.
Back on topic: I really have to see this movie. This review makes me want to see it more.
Re: Another Movie Review (144693)
Posted by First Gen on June 1st, 2007 @ 1:26pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on June 1st, 2007 @ 1:26pm CDT
This guy didnt like 300 or Pirates. Movies I thought were great. So either TF's is gonna rock out like never before, or its gonna suck so bad Counterpunch will revert back to Punch and join a monastary.
Re: Another Movie Review (144910)
Posted by Phategod1 on June 1st, 2007 @ 4:26pm CDT
Posted by Phategod1 on June 1st, 2007 @ 4:26pm CDT
Newsflash I dont know if you pay attention to the Talkbacks below the article but the guy who wrote the articles posted some more Spoilers in the Talkback
It's now like two in the morning and insomnia's in full swing so i'm back. Vern - actually yes Independence Day is a good comparison. The feel, the acting, the fun, the silliness, the thin-plot. A film i enjoyed on the level of entertainment it was meant but i would not consider a really good film. My best film of last year was Letters From Iwo Jimaider Dog Day Afternoon the best film ever made. I've taken to trying to just sit back and enjoy the ride on films like this because otherwise i'd always be disappointed and i don't want to be denied the chance to love brainless films rather than just the artier stuff which inevitably disappoints me less as i get older. But you know what I did enjoy ID4, I did enjoy Bad Boys, I did enjoy The Mummy but i haven't liked a Bay film since The Rock until this one, and i haven't enjoyed a summer blockbuster this year so far nor any i can recall last year so i'll take the best i can get. Mr Nice Gaius i saw this on a test screening back in late April. I didn't bother to write a review because I can usually only be bothered if i like something and on this site what's the point. That said the last review i srnt in in early April was for Spider-Man 3 which i thought was fine but disappointing and they didn't use it. I wrote this this time because two guys in a talkback said elaborate so I did. Obviously not enough so, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! - no Ratchet does virtually nothing, i don't think he has a single line but he is involved (as they all are) in the final battle which sees the Autobots come off much better than the Decepticons who are largely destroyed in the battle (Starscream is okay) and buried at sea. Jazz is killed though which i was disappointed in because they barely used him and I had the Porsche 911 toy of Jazz as a kid and none of my friends did so it was my pride and joy (that and Wreckgar!) Megatron is only in it a bit because ala The Thing (or reminiscent of a story I remember in the cartoon involving Starfire) he's been trapped in the Arctic frozen and the military have found him and kept him on ice (kind of like the Area 51 stuff in ID4). The tacked on plot revolves around the robots having to find the antique glasses of Shia's grandfather because they hold the key to discovering the power source they seek (Energon cube type of thing but they don't call it that). And on 300 yes i did say boring and i stick by it: it's just endless CG battles one after the other, there's no sense of peril or excitement because of the style. Its repetitive and dull and therefore, yes, boring. Don't get the love of that film at all. And equally the liking of so wooden she makes Knightley look okay Lena Headey. Maybe it would have been better if i'd had lower expectations but after the brilliant Sin City (which use the style to great effect) and the fun Dawn of the Dead I was hoping for a fun ride, what i got was a turgid uber-effect with no life and no soul.
Maybe SPOILERS but it seems a lot has been seen before. Don't know which shot in the trailer you're talking about huggerorange but he ain't there, but yes he does transform both at the dam-army base (the Area 51 equivalent) and in the big LA battle. He becomes a plane but not a human plane because he never scans anything so he's kind of a futuristic plane. Pretty sure we never see Barricade demise if has one although BUmblebee blasts the crap out of one of them with his arm cannon (big blue blasts shoot out from where his hand should be) so maybe that was him. Had to be either him or Bonecrusher. The helicopter Decepticon gets trashed by Josh Duhamel's army guy who slides between his legs and blows him up with some kind of bomb
It's now like two in the morning and insomnia's in full swing so i'm back. Vern - actually yes Independence Day is a good comparison. The feel, the acting, the fun, the silliness, the thin-plot. A film i enjoyed on the level of entertainment it was meant but i would not consider a really good film. My best film of last year was Letters From Iwo Jimaider Dog Day Afternoon the best film ever made. I've taken to trying to just sit back and enjoy the ride on films like this because otherwise i'd always be disappointed and i don't want to be denied the chance to love brainless films rather than just the artier stuff which inevitably disappoints me less as i get older. But you know what I did enjoy ID4, I did enjoy Bad Boys, I did enjoy The Mummy but i haven't liked a Bay film since The Rock until this one, and i haven't enjoyed a summer blockbuster this year so far nor any i can recall last year so i'll take the best i can get. Mr Nice Gaius i saw this on a test screening back in late April. I didn't bother to write a review because I can usually only be bothered if i like something and on this site what's the point. That said the last review i srnt in in early April was for Spider-Man 3 which i thought was fine but disappointing and they didn't use it. I wrote this this time because two guys in a talkback said elaborate so I did. Obviously not enough so, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! - no Ratchet does virtually nothing, i don't think he has a single line but he is involved (as they all are) in the final battle which sees the Autobots come off much better than the Decepticons who are largely destroyed in the battle (Starscream is okay) and buried at sea. Jazz is killed though which i was disappointed in because they barely used him and I had the Porsche 911 toy of Jazz as a kid and none of my friends did so it was my pride and joy (that and Wreckgar!) Megatron is only in it a bit because ala The Thing (or reminiscent of a story I remember in the cartoon involving Starfire) he's been trapped in the Arctic frozen and the military have found him and kept him on ice (kind of like the Area 51 stuff in ID4). The tacked on plot revolves around the robots having to find the antique glasses of Shia's grandfather because they hold the key to discovering the power source they seek (Energon cube type of thing but they don't call it that). And on 300 yes i did say boring and i stick by it: it's just endless CG battles one after the other, there's no sense of peril or excitement because of the style. Its repetitive and dull and therefore, yes, boring. Don't get the love of that film at all. And equally the liking of so wooden she makes Knightley look okay Lena Headey. Maybe it would have been better if i'd had lower expectations but after the brilliant Sin City (which use the style to great effect) and the fun Dawn of the Dead I was hoping for a fun ride, what i got was a turgid uber-effect with no life and no soul.
Maybe SPOILERS but it seems a lot has been seen before. Don't know which shot in the trailer you're talking about huggerorange but he ain't there, but yes he does transform both at the dam-army base (the Area 51 equivalent) and in the big LA battle. He becomes a plane but not a human plane because he never scans anything so he's kind of a futuristic plane. Pretty sure we never see Barricade demise if has one although BUmblebee blasts the crap out of one of them with his arm cannon (big blue blasts shoot out from where his hand should be) so maybe that was him. Had to be either him or Bonecrusher. The helicopter Decepticon gets trashed by Josh Duhamel's army guy who slides between his legs and blows him up with some kind of bomb
Re: Another Movie Review (144919)
Posted by Skowl on June 1st, 2007 @ 4:39pm CDT
Posted by Skowl on June 1st, 2007 @ 4:39pm CDT
what's a f*ck-0ff Robot?
Re: Another Movie Review (145023)
Posted by Faceful of Kitchen on June 1st, 2007 @ 6:26pm CDT
Posted by Faceful of Kitchen on June 1st, 2007 @ 6:26pm CDT
ok, this review pretty much confirms my idea of what the movie will be. lots of generic robots with no real personalities beyond "good" or "bad" (which i'm inferring by the fact that the only characterization he bothered mentioning was the humans) used purely for cool special effects (which i get bored with fast unless there's a decent story behind it), with an incredibly bad human-focused script and lackluster acting (the only one he praised is shia, who's always pissed me off). no thanks.
Re: Another Movie Review (145053)
Posted by Phategod1 on June 1st, 2007 @ 6:51pm CDT
Posted by Phategod1 on June 1st, 2007 @ 6:51pm CDT
Does it bother anyone that Ratchett has no lines and Jazz does barely anything in the movie. My biggest fear is that they (the Transformers) would have no chracterization and it looks like I was right. Well the action looks tight.
Re: Another Movie Review (145134)
Posted by gogleman374 on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:02pm CDT
Posted by gogleman374 on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:02pm CDT
Ahh The Spolers They BURN!
Re: Another Movie Review (145148)
Posted by primalVICTORY on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:21pm CDT
i thought ratchet had a couple lines at the house scene where all 5 of them are..
Posted by primalVICTORY on June 1st, 2007 @ 8:21pm CDT
Phategod1 wrote:Does it bother anyone that Ratchett has no lines and Jazz does barely anything in the movie. My biggest fear is that they (the Transformers) would have no chracterization and it looks like I was right. Well the action looks tight.
i thought ratchet had a couple lines at the house scene where all 5 of them are..
Re: Another Movie Review (145486)
Posted by uranimusprime on June 2nd, 2007 @ 4:37am CDT
Posted by uranimusprime on June 2nd, 2007 @ 4:37am CDT
I think that guy has a full-on robot chubby for Shia!
Re: Another Movie Review (146751)
Posted by RoboFunk Prime on June 3rd, 2007 @ 7:01am CDT
Posted by RoboFunk Prime on June 3rd, 2007 @ 7:01am CDT
A Decepticon....taken out by a mere fleshling's primitive explosive device? Preposterous!
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