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Transformers (Michael Bay) was badass

Posted on 2/14/25 at 8:20 pm
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 2/14/25 at 8:20 pm
Is this Michael Bay’s best movie besides original Bad Boys?

My son is all into Transformers right now, we haven’t watched any of the others but I showed him the first one. Which I went to in theaters as a 17 year old.

The transformations and the sound effects are outstanding, literally ground breaking, and the CGI is top notch still. The dialogue and story isn’t THAT over the top for a Bay film, it fits what’s it’s going for.

The Transformers films that followed it are dog shite. But I feel like he nailed this one. LeBouf was great casting and it introduced the world to Megan Fox.

Side note, is there a bigger gaffe in cinematic history than Sam walking into the Smithsonian in DC only to step outside into the desert in Revenge of the Fallen?
This post was edited on 2/14/25 at 9:32 pm
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
79551 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 8:22 pm to
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Side note, is there a bigger gaffe in cinematic history than Sam walking into the Smithsonian in DC only to step outside into the Middle Eastern desert in Revenge of the Fallen?


Yeah I was very much like WTF?
Posted by Laugh More
Member since Jan 2022
2550 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 8:30 pm to
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Is this Michael Bay’s best movie besides original Bad Boys?


The Rock is one of my all time favorite movies. So many great random quotes and explosions
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
56897 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 8:47 pm to
The animated one that just came out was really good.

Watch that.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
19277 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 8:48 pm to
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The animated one that just came out was really good. Watch that.


We have, I thought it was great. For whatever reason he didn’t. He likes the Michael Bay version lol
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
34614 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:00 pm to
The monologue from Optimus prime and the linkin park song to the credits is a top 20 all time movie ending. I will die on this hill
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
5425 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:26 pm to
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The monologue from Optimus prime and the linkin park song to the credits is a top 20 all time movie ending. I will die on this hill
You beat me to it.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
32540 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:30 pm to
Fix your thread title. Transformers One is a Transformers movie that just came out last year.
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22109 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:46 pm to
Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer are Gemini twins. It's a shame that they've only thus far teamed up on the Bad Boys films, Peal Harbor, Armageddon, and The Rock.



When I discovered that Con-Air was not one of these collaborations years ago I was absolutely flabbergasted
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
30668 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:54 pm to
Those transformers films will give your surround sound a workout and a delightful experience.
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
4564 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 10:01 pm to
The score for the first live action movie kicked arse.

It was way better than I thought it would be.

The sequels were awful.
Posted by Duzz
Houston
Member since Feb 2008
10124 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 10:01 pm to
That is indeed true. In hind sight he was right to do what he did with their designs. The Bumble Bee and Beast Wars might be comics accurate but its missing something. It feels stale.
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
37097 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 11:26 pm to
My wife recently asked me to watch it to see if our boys (7 and almost 6) could watch. Holy crap I forgot how non-PG it was. Absolutely love that movie.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
19277 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 11:41 pm to
That finale fight in Mission City when Starscream comes down on top of Sam and wrecks the Autobots before transforming up into a jet again might be my favorite little sound effect/CGI scene of all time. Absolutely awesome

Definitely overreacting with “all time” but it’s freaking bad arse

Posted by Zchlsu
Twin Peaks, Washington
Member since Jan 2011
6883 posts
Posted on 2/14/25 at 11:59 pm to
I agree. This movie was and is still amazing. R.i.p. uncle Bobby B. This was also the summer before my senior year.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
80053 posts
Posted on 2/15/25 at 12:49 am to
Great movie. I liked the third one a lot too, when they destroyed Chicago
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17415 posts
Posted on 2/15/25 at 5:49 am to
Hearing Optimus’ voice for the first time in that movie brought my childhood back in an instant
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
82774 posts
Posted on 2/15/25 at 6:00 am to
Def one of those movies when its on tv, I'll watch or leave on if doing nothing else...

Not on same level as, but get that treatment like Die Hard and the likes.
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
45406 posts
Posted on 2/15/25 at 6:38 am to
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In hind sight he was right to do what he did with their designs. The Bumble Bee and Beast Wars might be comics accurate but its missing something. It feels stale.


Nah fam.

The opening sequence on Cybertron in the Bumblebee movie was perfection design-wise.

I don’t hate the Bay designs quite as much as some other people, but that was it for me. I’m guessing age might have something to do with it, I was a kid in the 80s when the original series and movie were out.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
10186 posts
Posted on 2/15/25 at 7:26 am to
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The monologue from Optimus prime and the linkin park song to the credits is a top 20 all time movie ending. I will die on this hill

This is when we peaked
This post was edited on 2/15/25 at 7:56 am
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