SI wrote:Opted tonight to see the 2D version of the film.
Heavy duty action from the outset. Turn your brain off for 2.5hrs and enjoy the ride.
Got exactly what I expected to see from a Transformers movie - huge robots running around and blowing shit up.
Better than ROTF and just as good as the first.
Evil_Elvis wrote:I haven't seen it yet so can't comment on the quality of it but to me there's nothing wrong with kicking back with a movie and enjoying or admiring the pretty pictures without necessarily having to pay huge amounts of attention to each plot nuance to get the most out of it. That to me is what "turn your brain off" cinema is, I don't need to be challenged, just entertained. Sure it's preferable to have both but sometimes it's nice to disengage for a while.
I'd be kinda surprised if most people didn't think like that about a movie with giant robots doing stuff to other giant robots directed by Michael Bay.
CoGro wrote:- If this was Michael Bay and his creative team's best effort to make a great film then these guys really can't craft a cohesive narrative to save their children's lives.
CoGro wrote:- Intercutting between historical footage and staged material so seamlessly might be Bay's most inspired work as a director.
CoGro wrote:Why is "turning your brain off" to enjoy a movie becoming such an acceptable notion? I didn't have to turn my brain off to enjoy X-men, another summer blockbuster, or Thor.
Arkamazza wrote:I don't know about that. I mean Pearl Harbor was a really well put together film. There is essentially zero action for the entire first hour, as Bay sets up the various character arcs and gets the audience to care about the characters before the bombs start dropping and all hell breaks loose. I'm sure that that took a lot of self-restraint on his part. He manages to infuse notes of comedy without relying on toilet humor as well. I've always felt that Pearl Harbor was one, if not thee, best movie he ever directed. Even the special effects aren't over the top, but go to great pains to appear completely natural and realistic. If you want to see a great Michael Bay film (and are old enough to get pass the syrupy love story) I suggest checking it out/giving it another try.
Again, he utilized that to great effect already in Pearl Harbor with the old news reel footage. I dug what he did and how he handled the inter-cuts in that film, and am really looking forward to what he does in TF3.
Longtime_Sunshine wrote:The beautiful blend of racism and sexism when the resident Chica Loca blew her lid when the bald white guy told her to wear something with less cleavage! Classic! what was the line, "That's what I call a Latin Meltdown!"? all while Chica Loca is spewing her weird language
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