Escape to the Movies: Transformers Revenge
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This thing was really cheap and dodgy. Why were the pictures not always in sync with the words? Why the hell is a lot of the text subliminal messages (ie. the Star Trek blurb and the horribly misspelled Wild Things blurb don't even register to the naked eye unless you pause them), but we have to stare at seeds for four seconds? If Zero Punctuation was really poorly made and had zero comic timing/syncing, it might look like this.
Also:
"For this material you need a preserved sense of childlike awe, or something resembling an artistic soul. Bay has neither."
True, but Spielberg has both!
And that's the main reason why I loved the first TF movie. IMO, it had more Spielberg than Bay in it.
Also:
"For this material you need a preserved sense of childlike awe, or something resembling an artistic soul. Bay has neither."
True, but Spielberg has both!
And that's the main reason why I loved the first TF movie. IMO, it had more Spielberg than Bay in it.
The outrage machine works
When moviebob gives a positive review no one cares.
When moviebob gets angry - like, really fucking angry?
Oh boy... 6 pages of "how dare you not like something popular!"
When moviebob gives a positive review no one cares.
When moviebob gets angry - like, really fucking angry?
Oh boy... 6 pages of "how dare you not like something popular!"
Dude, I loved the fight scenes, because well, the explosions were pretty cool. Yes you couldn't tell who was fighting what. Yes the camera's were jerking about, but they were pretty damn spectacular. Otherwise, yes it was pretty much shit, Megan Fox isn't that good an actor. The rest of'em aren't great. The plot was shit and....yeah more or less what you said.
I hate it when movies do that. They promote the movie using classic characters such as this one using Soundwave and Devastator only to let you down to focus on the unlikeable main character.
The X-men:Wolverine movie promoted the fact that it had Blob,Gambit and the White Queen. We watch it and find out that the movie does feature those characters but only for about 5 minutes while we have to watch an hour of Hugh Jackman playing with metal nails.
The Terminator:Salvation movie promoted that fact that you would get to see John all grown up and see his dad as a child and while you did get to see them the movie focused more on the unlikable prison ***** who is now part robot. (I think the worst part was the fact that the movie sets up for multiple sequels.)
The X-men:Wolverine movie promoted the fact that it had Blob,Gambit and the White Queen. We watch it and find out that the movie does feature those characters but only for about 5 minutes while we have to watch an hour of Hugh Jackman playing with metal nails.
The Terminator:Salvation movie promoted that fact that you would get to see John all grown up and see his dad as a child and while you did get to see them the movie focused more on the unlikable prison ***** who is now part robot. (I think the worst part was the fact that the movie sets up for multiple sequels.)
I for one, liked the first movie. Not for the love story or Fox, but for the actual Transformers (and partially Lebeouf, he wasn't bad). The storyline relating to the Transformers was good and the action scenes were fun to watch. Of course there's no reason to consider it a movie classic, but it's a good action blockbuster. I haven't seen the second one. I know when I will I'll roll my eyes over parts of the human storyline, but that's not what I'll be seeing it for. Thank you MovieBob for ripping apart all the stupid things that bring this movie down in such an angry yet hilarious way.
wait one more thing you do know that the Transformers are cars that transform into giant robots, if they had looked any diffrent than they did in the movie it would have looked retarded. the cartoon made it look like they were made out of about 7 pieces. its a car it has a lot of parts c'mon people.
and how can you not find it funny that out of nowhere near the climax of the movie a sublimnal messeage is made quite clear: Not even giant robots from space can take the U.S. military. While it is ill fiting and did not really belong in this movie I still found it rather enjoyable if not a little awkward.
and how can you not find it funny that out of nowhere near the climax of the movie a sublimnal messeage is made quite clear: Not even giant robots from space can take the U.S. military. While it is ill fiting and did not really belong in this movie I still found it rather enjoyable if not a little awkward.
Maybe my observation is wrong, but I have noticed somewhat the opposite.
When MovieBob gives a positive review, and stays calm and collected, they tend to like his material much better.
When he gets really pissed like he did with this review, it isn't so much "How dare you not like something popular" as much as they think it is too much like a rant and fanboyish, even though many people agree with his opinion.
When MovieBob gives a positive review, and stays calm and collected, they tend to like his material much better.
When he gets really pissed like he did with this review, it isn't so much "How dare you not like something popular" as much as they think it is too much like a rant and fanboyish, even though many people agree with his opinion.
Tsk, tsk, very poor editing in this video, not up to your usual standards, Mr. Bob, I'm afraid this video gets an F.
On the movie... well, it looks like all it's good for is clogging a toilet, so I'll just tell you to remember the polish and move on.
On the movie... well, it looks like all it's good for is clogging a toilet, so I'll just tell you to remember the polish and move on.
I get more and more pissed everytime I see the new Starscream. Wtf makes Micheal Bay think that a giant, contrived, utterly asinine fucking triangle of a robot is better than this?:
...and I honestly think that that pretty much sums up the movie.
...and I honestly think that that pretty much sums up the movie.
Yes, it's Tracer Bullet! I switch between that and a Black Mask Magazine cover, so it's pretty easy to see where my loyalties lie amidst the noir/pulp crime crowd.MovieBob said:
Ok, fair enough on the Godfather front. I was personally much more fond of Puzo's The Family, but I wouldn't call it literature either. As for movie vs. book, I think I'm going over to your side. I watch the movie at least once a year, but I have no desire to reread the novel. Case closed.MovieBob said:
As for Kiss Me Deadly... no comment. I have a complex relationship with Spillane, despite the fact that I've never read him. Someone recently sent back comments on my most recent novel comparing my writing style to his, which caused me to lose some sleep...
"On the other hand," said the wicked half of my brain. " 225 million copies can't be wrong."
As for film adaptations improving material of crime novels, well, I'd say LA Confidential cleaned the novel up a bit, in all senses of the word. The plot threads were easier to follow (following plot threads in a James Ellroy novel is like staring at a box of tangled yarn) and the more gritty and morally repulsive sections excised to create a wider market, but I wouldn't say it improved the material-- I'd say that one broke even. The recent Black Dahlia adaptation though? It would be hard to argue that it was better than the book--I'm still trying to figure where that went wrong. In general though, I think you're right.
Well, for what it's worth I regard Spillane as a FANTASTIC writer on the strictly-technical side. His flare for pace, streamlined-description and hard-bitten dialogue are hard to beat in the genre. Content-wise, on the other hand... yeah, Mike Hammer is an incredibly juvenille hypermasculine power fantasy - the obvious product of a profoundly insecure mind fantasizing about how many people-he-doesn't-like he'd blow away and how many hot women he'd hump-and-dump if he was resourceful enough to always get away with it. (That's why the movie is better, it plays Hammer "straight from the book" but places him in a new situation where his tactics and strategies are useless and only get him waaaaaay in over his head, in need of rescue by a combination of chance and his sidekick.)OnTheRocks said:
So if "style" is the compliment, I'd say take it and don't worry unless you're content starts to measure-up to his, too
As much as I liked this review, I really think you are ripping yatzee way to much, and badly at that.
Rage for rages sake, quick flashes of text.
Sure the film may not be great, it probably isnt even good, but unless you a fan that truely loves the transformers genre (judging by your dismissal of the comic your not) that sounded like too much of a yatzee rant.
Yatzee is good, he knows how to use the text flashes, dry humour etc. You, well.... you dont. You actually annoyed me so much I signed up just to tell you how I felt.
Rage for rages sake, quick flashes of text.
Sure the film may not be great, it probably isnt even good, but unless you a fan that truely loves the transformers genre (judging by your dismissal of the comic your not) that sounded like too much of a yatzee rant.
Yatzee is good, he knows how to use the text flashes, dry humour etc. You, well.... you dont. You actually annoyed me so much I signed up just to tell you how I felt.
Oh man, I would SOOOO love for that to happen. Mostly so I watch MovieBob have an aneurysm. I really do enjoy his rage regardless of whether I agree or not.The_root_of_all_evil said:
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I also love the abundant supply of "OMG!! U R TRYING 2 B YATZEE! D00D! STOPZ!! TRANSFURMERS IZ KEWL K?!? LOLDUUSHBAG! *FAP*FAP*MEGAN FOX!!*FAP*" responses. Why post something so obviously useless if that's the best you can do?
Why did he do that to Soundwave? He was the one transformer I thought it would be impossible to make look horrible .... and I was proven wrong once again. Hell the only reason I sat through that piece of shit was because I heard he was finally in it. The Audio Surveillance truck was a good idea, wasn't it?