re: Transformers 2

reading this thread has made me lose a little faith in humanity

Well, I just got back. Saw it in I MAX, which I don't recommend unless you can get there early and get a seat at the top. First movie I've ever seen in I MAX and I won't be doing it again. My neck is still killing me. I liked this movie and I think most people who are fans of Transformers and who liked the first one won't be disappointed. Non stop action and a I found myself laughing more at the cheesy humor than I did in the first one. The story is completely ridiculous but I wasn't bothered by that. Just sit back and enjoy a lot of bad arse special effects with robots blowing up shite and oh yeah, Meagan Fox wasn't too bad either.

Really good movie. Would have enjoyed it more if people would learn not to bring 2 year old kids to a movie, then not leave when they start crying.

Anyway Like a lot of things they did, guess im one of the few that like Bay stuff.

Lol, yeah I came close to it. There were 3 different people who had babies, not kids, BABIES. I went to a 6:30 show, which ended close to 10, those kids should be in bed.

Okay, so I just saw the movie. And I think it was just as good as the first, if not better.

The Smithsonian thing was pretty glaring to me also, but I didn't let it ruin the movie for me. Plus the amphibious assault at the end which took like 5 minutes from contact to arrival. But whatever.

I don't get how critics are bashing the movie so much, it is like the epitome of summer movies. I went to be entertained, and I was. If you didn't like the first one (Michael Bay ruined my childhood, LOL), then you won't like this one. If you wish to see the baddest popcorn movie ever, then go to this movie.

And please stop on the twins. Yes, they were black stereotypes, but every black person in that theater was laughing. Its called comic relief, and all movies have it.

*Spoilers*

I found it to be a VERY entertaining flick.

I go to 90% of movies for instant gratification entertainment and both Transformers movies certainly fit the bill.

Up till about halfway through the movie I felt that this one was dramatically better than the first one, and then the plot absurdities started to pop up. I am sure that some of you have picked up that this is kind of an odd complaint for me, I tend to defend movies on this issue if it is remotely possible that it can be explained behind the scenes. I spend my thinking time trying to figure out where they are coming from and how it can work rather than looking for "errors."

In spite of that, I am still shaking my head at how the frick the President can conclude from the Decepticons broadcasting their presence to the world and demanding to be handed over a human/US citizen as evidence that the root problem was the fact that the Autobots were there. The frick? That sounds more like a thought process from Biden than Obama....maybe Biden was running his teleprompter?

Then there is the "tearful" Sam's death scene. I spent most of it wondering what the frick was wrong with him. One of many explosions near him, with only superficial cuts on him to show for it, and we are supposed to accept that he just dropped (well, thrown) dead? Then when we faded to the Prime heaven scene, I instantly came up with the excuse that he never really died/was near death, but it was an event caused by his actions to explain his "worthiness" of the Matrix.

This gets blown away when the Fallen was able to just grab the Matrix from Prime and just fly away. Seriously? Didn't we just go through a cutscene explaining that it wasn't something that can be taken but must be earned etc, etc, etc. I could be mistaken though, the action before and after kinda turned my brain to mush trying to follow it.

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reading this thread has made me lose a little faith in humanity

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Reading this thread confirmed my cynicism toward the intelligence of America's future.

This is a really, really bad movie, in every sense of the word. There is not one redeeming quality. I found Shia mildly funny at times, but drastically over the top most of the time. The robots were cheesy as all hell.

Hell, I like a good mindless summer blockbuster. But Michael Bay's hard-on for spinning camera shots, unintelligible action sequences, hyperbolous explosions, offensively retarded dialogue, and mind-numbing narration had me watching the back of the chair in front of me because I was in physical discomfort.

I loved it, my son and nephew loved it so it was well worth the money I paid. Yeah it has plot holes and the timing in the movie doesn't fit alot of times but I thought it was just a fun movie. That's what I go to the theater for, to have fun.

How so?