Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards

7? That's just Prime (read: sad).

I didn't think it was horrible. In fact, I kinda liked it. Scratch that. It was AWESOME. The fact that it was so lowly rated by critics (And it was listed as the number 1 Worst Movie of 2009 on Gizmodo, those bastards) saddened me. However, it didn't surprise me that Roger Ebert is an old fart who can't tell Bumblebee from Rampage (Look, Roger! They're differently colored!), let alone find a plot when it's right under his nose (Then again, your eyes are positioned an inch upward from your nose, so that adds some difficulty to the process).

Waaaaaaaaaah.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

Chaoslock wrote:It made a ton of cash, but it is still the biggest pile of slag Hollywood have ever produced.

Ever? Really? Worse than Mortal Kombat Annihilation, or Batman and Robin? I can understand that you didn't like it, but calling it the worst movie ever is hyperbolic and absurd.

If Chaoslock thinks it's the worst movie ever then that's his right to think that. Just because you think otherwise does not make it absurd.

Remember people, respect the opinions of others even if you disagree with them.

i liked this movie i thought the fight scene in the forest with prime was sick plus the worst movie of the year was G.I. Joe. the movie was suck

I'm not going to go into this nonsense too much, but if you're a person who thinks this movie is the worst thing you've ever seen, then apparently you HAVN'T SEEN VERY MANY MOVIES. The ONLY reason you are picking on it is because it's trendy to do so, that's it. The critics like to take aim at it simply because it had a big budget which made it a huge target for their nitpicking - the acting is bad, this is bad, that is bad - as if they all were expecting arthouse film making from something that is based on TOYS and a CARTOON! It's just hilarious! Yeah, let's compare toy robots to The Godfather, Scorsese, Paul Newman, Eastwood, Ridley Scott, etc., that really makes sense, real intelligent. I myself did not like parts of this movie, yes it could have been better, but I also have the common sense to realize that some parts of it were pretty darn cool and overall, pretty enjoyable. To say that this movie was the worst anything is beyond ridiculous and very narrow minded. Just my opinion you say? Really? Then why don't you go watch some of the hundreds of awful films that were made just last year, including most comedies and rom-coms that arn't even funny, and then in all seriousness try to tell yourself that ROTF was the "worst yadayada".

Again, toys and cartoons, what were you expecting?

And yeah, I guess I did go into this pretty deep.

Liftgate wrote:I'm not going to go into this nonsense too much, but if you're a person who thinks this movie is the worst thing you've ever seen, then apparently you HAVN'T SEEN VERY MANY MOVIES. The ONLY reason you are picking on it is because it's trendy to do so, that's it. The critics like to take aim at it simply because it had a big budget which made it a huge target for their nitpicking - the acting is bad, this is bad, that is bad - as if they all were expecting arthouse film making from something that is based on TOYS and a CARTOON! It's just hilarious! Yeah, let's compare toy robots to The Godfather, Scorsese, Paul Newman, Eastwood, Ridley Scott, etc., that really makes sense, real intelligent. I myself did not like parts of this movie, yes it could have been better, but I also have the common sense to realize that some parts of it were pretty darn cool and overall, pretty enjoyable. To say that this movie was the worst anything is beyond ridiculous and very narrow minded. Just my opinion you say? Really? Then why don't you go watch some of the hundreds of awful films that were made just last year, including most comedies and rom-coms that arn't even funny, and then in all seriousness try to tell yourself that ROTF was the "worst yadayada".

Again, toys and cartoons, what were you expecting?

And yeah, I guess I did go into this pretty deep.

My point exactly

My problem with the razzies is that it never attacks the really bad movies that slip in under the radar. The fact that Ace Venture Jr. is not on the list for Worst Picture of 2009, Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel and/or Worst Screenplay just shows that. That movie was so bad that Jim Carrey was wise enough to avoid it. The razzies are just a bunch of fanboys that complain about movies all day. They probably liked that god awful Transformers 3 script that popped up a couple of months ago too.

Btw I am not defending ROTF or the others nominated but there are other movies out there that deserve to get slated. Why only attack the high profile ones? Also, I liked Julia White in ROTF.

Can anyone honestly be surprised by this turn of events? The reality is that in terms of what a movie is about at its core - story and characters - the LATFMs have never been that good. It's always been a case of explosions covering up for shallow dialogue and toilet humour taking the place of character exposition. The first movie got away with it due to a mix of nostalgia and bradn recognition, but those factors were always only going ot be good for one movie.

Yes the movie made a ton of money, but at the same time, an awful lot of (awful :p) people watch shows like big brother, so box office takings these days aren't the litmus test of a decent movie.

Were there other movies more deserving of nominations? Possibly, but only just. However the "under the radar" movies that got brought up before are "under the radar for a reason- they're not overly hyped and not $150 million extravaganzas. This was a high profile, high cost movie without a script and by its very nature, proof of just who was at fault for the failings of the first script (specifically, Bay). Heck even Hasbro and Bay have been making a bit of a deal out of how much the third movie is going to be "character focused" (which realistically means 1 or 2 toilet humour gags going for 30 seconds of character exposition).

Unlike those "under the radar movies" Transformers 2 was a symbol of the bar Hollywood sets these days and in terms of something even remotely close to something critically acclaimed, TF2 sets the bar so low that you could parachute out of a snake's butt to reach it. Hollywood needs to be sent a message that no matter how much gold you coat a turd in, paid for by its box office takings, it's still a turd and that CG, hype, huge budgets and excessive pyrotechnic displays are no substitute for quality characterisatons and stories. Here's hoping TF2 sweeps the board and the Hollywood gets the message (presuming they didn't from Avatar).

"IT IS BETTER TO BE HATED FOR WHAT YOU ARE, THAN TO BE LOVED FOR SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT" The Transformers fanbase is up there with the likes of Star Wars, Star Trek, and other great Sci-fiction, and has outlasted many other "great" movies/books/toylines...& to be honest, I have thrown my share of stones at this movie, but when we were sitting in our living rooms holding our favorite TFs while watching our beloved show...did we ever imagine that we could be seeing devastator's "Cyber Berries" on an Imax screen...probably not, but the fact that we had the (dis)pleasure of doing so, we should be proviledged that studios, directors, and non-TF fans are taking the time to produce films with our beloved characters, whether good or bad...ok, time to take my meds now.

Loki God Of Mischief wrote:Finally! RotF has been nominated for awards it can actually win!

Too true! It may get a clean sweep this time!

I agree. While certainly not the WORST movie ever made, it's up there. Perhaps when they re-do these movies they will take hints on the CGI from the upcoming War For Cybertron Game.

I have always thought that the Bots should be far more recognizable than they were in either movie.