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made by Amanda on Jul 10, 2007

So... how did we all enjoy Transformers? I got some extremely mixed …

So... how did we all enjoy Transformers? I got some extremely mixed reviews before I saw this one (such as... 'ITS THE BEST FUCKING MOVIE EVER' to 'Micheal Bay is only good at explosions and those aren't even done right thats why it sucks') so I decided to keep an open, unbiased mind walking into the theater. (Unbiased is a bit of a stretch... I liked the Transformers before this movie.) I'm not gonna lie though, I was expecting a lot more. Yeah, the robots looked awesome, the action scenes were wicked, it was entertaining (because its not a movie you watch for plot and character development -- pleeeease, its a story about giant transforming alien robots) HOWEVER, more than once (actually almost every single time) I would roll my eyes at any bit of dialogue between the robots, and a few times I caught myself daydreaming due to boredom. I think too much emphasis was put on the transformations from cars, trucks, planes and what have you, than the actual action scenes. Once you get over the initial shock of how cool and realistic the robots look, and how awesome it is when they transform for the first time, you've pretty much had your fill. You don't need to see it over, and over and over again. At times I just wanted the plot to move forward a little faster. I'll give it a 7.5 out of 10, because it made my inner child happy, but didn't WOW me as much as I expected it to.

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JRSmith082, Jul 11, 2007:

Yeah it was about 20 minutes too long, maybe if Micheal Bay had cut out all of the extremely slow motion parts of the action scenes it wouldn't have felt as long, or he would have actually cut 20 minutes. It was entertaining, I thought Shia LaBeouf was great and perfect to play Yorick Brown if the Y: The Last Man movie rumors are true. On the other hand I felt like once the robots started to talk the movie went down hill, and the fact that giant robots were just walking around, in front of people, and no one noticed, that kind of bugged me. A solid 5.

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Amanda, Jul 11, 2007:

Really? I don't like Shia that much. Everybody loves that guy.

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JRSmith082, Jul 12, 2007:

Now this is the only thinkg I've seen him in, I think, so I could be wrong.

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TEEN*IDOL, Jul 15, 2007:

I was planning on watching it on release,but as the trailers started showing more and more, I honestly lost interest. For some reason whenever I think of the "Transformers" movie,I think Will Smith "Independance Day". Im sure "Transformers" had ALOT of stupid one-liner non-funny jokes didnt it? Jokes that only low I.Q audience would laugh at. I just know it. If it didnt well...im sure I still wouldnt of liked it.

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lo-seven, Jul 19, 2007:

wow u ppl are very critical of this movie... u have to remember it was also aimed at kids... i'd agree the dialogue was very cheesy but as far as no brain popcorn movies go, i thought it was pretty solid...

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Nick B, Jul 20, 2007:

I didn't mind it when the transformers talked. I mean the movie is supposed to be about them, not the humans. As for as summer blockbuster movies go, I thought it was the best.

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gnarticulate, Aug 3, 2007:

is it possible that transformers is simultaneously the greatest and worst movie ever made? or maybe it's the greatest 2 and a half hour advertisement for american cars, the military, and conservatism ever made -- i'm not sure. either way, i thought the way they just threw together a narrative was pretty amazing. as in: there was this guy, with these glasses, ya see, and they got hit by lazers... or something... and now there's this cube thing somewhere, which is really bad... or maybe it's good... umm.. just go blow things up!!

and what was with all the blatant cutaways to hot female extras? just randomly, they'd cut to some chick wearing a tank top and yelling, or running, or something. then they'd try to cover it up by having tad hamilton say something like: bro, what's going on?!!!

it blew my mind.

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Sundance Kid, Aug 4, 2007:

This film was possably worse than x-men three, took a cult cartoon and turned it into a blockbuster piece if shit. the special effects were good though and all the parts where optimous prime goes off on one are good.

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