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Comment by Burn Victim on July 14, 2011 at 11:50am

http://my.spill.com/forum/topics/transformers-3-dark-of-the#comments

 

my review

Comment by Frankie Lynn on July 1, 2011 at 2:24pm

i wanna see this, but i'm not freaking out. i just want it to be better than the last one. D:

Comment by FilmKiller on June 30, 2011 at 4:22am

"So to anyone who is trying to say that we're just fanboys for liking this movie, you're just a fuckin' idiot. We watch Michael Bay movies because we want to be entertained for 2 hours. If you want amazing stories and plo then just give up on summer movies and wait until Oscar movie season Until then, the rest of us will be plenty happy watching shit blow up. It is after all, just a movie."

This is a great summary to best describe the attitude that is absolutely the polar opposite of my own. I detest the notion that action is mutually exclusive from story and character, and it's more than a little narrowminded to believe that if someone has issues with the way these Transformers are made they should shut up and wait for Oscar season.

If you acknowledge all the flaws of the Transformers franchise - racist robots, dumb humor, lack of character and story, etc. - and you still like it, isn't that the very definition of guilty pleasure? If you do think these movies are flawless - nonstop action punctuated by inane dialog and puzzlingly out of place childish humor - you really shouldn't be overly surprised if people question your intelligence, altough I suppose there's an inherent Catch-22 in the latter case.

The argument isn't about what's entertaining - everyone decides for themsleves - my question is, "Is this the best Transformers movies they could make?" and I'm talking about an action-heavy flick, not Transformers reciting the Vagina Monlogues. I don't believe so, and my level of ire and disappointment is the expanse of the chasm between what I see and what I believe could've been.

Comment by Gomu69 on June 29, 2011 at 2:25pm

You know since this was filmed in Chicago, maybe at some point in the movie Batman will swoop in and save Optimus Prime's ass when things get rough.

Comment by Haron Dick on June 29, 2011 at 12:48pm

Writers Strike my fucking, fat, ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Just admit it Bay you made a shitty movie. To everybody else get over yourself, The movie sucked. All the movies sucked, I'm sorry to say. Dark of the Moon looks like more of the same.

Comment by Los on June 29, 2011 at 10:57am

@FilmKiller

I grew up with Transformers and to this day still buy a few toys whenever I'm in Japan. They got some dope transformers there. There's nothing better than having a puff and a laugh while watching a 1980's transformer cartoon marathon. I have the 1986 animated movie memorized word for word.

Now I gotta admit, when I heard they were going to make a new movie in 2007 I was really hoping it would be an animation based on the Dreamwave comics. I really didn't see how they could make a decent believable live action movie out of Transformers.

In every Transformer tv show or comic the main goal was to sell toys. Therefore story and logic were meaningless. The joy was to see the new robots introduced. See what they transformed into, what their weapons were, what their special abilities were and what role they played on their respective team: Autobot or Decepticon. We watched and read to admire the artwork and creativity involved in the design of these robots.

I loved both of the live action movies. Not because I like stupid movies with no plot and bad acting, but because I appreciated what they had done with the design of the robots. Each and every robot is based on a character or toy from the past. What they did with them is F@#$%N awesome. My only complaint about the movies was the lack of dialog for the transformers. But at least Megatron, Prime, and Starscream's personality and dialogs were spot on. And in many ways Bumblebee is too.

The bad humor, stereotyping, and over the top action and visuals are all very Transformery and I'm feeling it. If there is a movie franchise Bay should be directing, it's this one. But only this one lol. I can't possibly imagine any director turning these films into academy award winners. This is exactly what it needs to be. An epic toy commercial.

I'm going to see this movie on Sunday in 4D. That's right, 4D! The chair will be moving, wind blowing in my face, and all that. It's gonna be sick.

I understand if everyone here doesn't like this movie. That's your opinion. Or is it? Stop hating. These movies were made for people like me. And believe it or not there are a lot of us. Just look at the user ratings on rotten tomatoes

Comment by emmanuel on June 29, 2011 at 10:51am

When I go see a micheal bay film I go for crazy explosion and for hot babes

Comment by The Fridge Raider on June 29, 2011 at 10:20am

The beginning of the trailer with the two Astronauts makes me think of 'Day Of The Dumpster'. I almost thought Rita Repulsa was gonna pop up and say 'It's time to conquer...err..Wrong Franchise."

Comment by Joseph Daniel Huff on June 29, 2011 at 9:09am

Co-Host what do you mean they break once out of the box? I vaguely recall a die-cast optimus prime that could be used as a murder weapon.

Comment by Mallen 171 on June 29, 2011 at 9:00am

CYRUS YOU GAVE TRANSFORMERS 1 A F^(KING LOW MATINEE ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really respect you Cyrus, but making fun of Korey for his rating seems to be a little hypocritical to me...

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