Well okay, maybe not quite that bad. Maybe. But still pretty excruciatingly bad. Watching it, I felt like I finally understood what people who hate action movies experience when they watch an action movie (and hate it). This was something of a revelation, since usually I enjoy action movies of all kinds, no matter how excessively loud or empty-headed.
I definitely enjoyed both the first Transformers movie and the Transformers cartoon way, way more than I enjoyed that movie.
I concede, though, that it's possible that I just happened to be in the wrong mood to watch that particular movie at that particular time. It's happened before.
I think it's best conceptualized as a temple to excess.
There are many, many things wrong with it, but I felt that the whole thing kind of glazed over itself with a veneer of "in any normal movie, this would be enough - but NOT HERE. HERE IS GARGANTUAN. "
Like the bit at the beginning where Shia and Megan are having the L-word talk - the camera does 12 rotations around them! 12!
I didn't even like the first one! When Optimus Prime and Megadude or whatever his name was had their big fight at the end, I was all "WTF? Doesn't Optimus have a lazer sword, and doesn't the other guy have shoulder missiles? WHY ARE THEY WRASSLIN?"
The only part I liked was when the Autobots try to hide in the back yard by transforming into their vehicle forms and sitting still.
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I definitely enjoyed both the first Transformers movie and the Transformers cartoon way, way more than I enjoyed that movie.
I concede, though, that it's possible that I just happened to be in the wrong mood to watch that particular movie at that particular time. It's happened before.
There are many, many things wrong with it, but I felt that the whole thing kind of glazed over itself with a veneer of "in any normal movie, this would be enough - but NOT HERE. HERE IS GARGANTUAN. "
Like the bit at the beginning where Shia and Megan are having the L-word talk - the camera does 12 rotations around them! 12!
The only part I liked was when the Autobots try to hide in the back yard by transforming into their vehicle forms and sitting still.