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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:58 am
by GONNAFISTYA
Tormentius wrote:Transformers 10/10
The fight sequences were jaw dropping and the storyline and characters were much better than I expected.
True but it wasn't worth a perfect score. Sounds to me like you've fallen for the "summer blockbuster" formula of films if you think this is that good.
I mean ffs it's "Micheal Bayized".
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:00 am
by GONNAFISTYA
Transformers = 7/10
GONNAFISTYA wrote:I saw it tonite and thought it was cool and all but....ffs...someone please shoot Micheal Bay.
Funny, awesome action and visual fx, terrific sound and nicely shot....but utterly laden with Bay cheese and that shitty Hans Zimmer-style music that was literally copy/pasted from The Island.
Good flick and entertaining but crap at the same time.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:03 am
by shaft
Die Hard 4 > Transformers
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:06 am
by feedback
bullshit, diehard would have needed an R rating to beat transformers.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:54 am
by shaft
yes it would have been way better with more blood and profanity, but it was still better than transformers.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:01 am
by feedback
But Transformers with more blood and profanity would be close with Die Hard with blood and profanity. Stupid fucking meatbags should have gotten popped like water balloons.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:37 am
by Grudge
Transformers - 6/10
Grudge wrote:Ok I saw it yesterday, and I have to say that sure, the visuals were very nice, but some things were horribly, horriby stupid.
*SPOILERS*
Good things:
- Very nice visuals in general, as usual when Michael Bay is directing
- A couple of really top notch visual scenes, for example in the beginning when that Deceptecon was sending Hummers and tanks flying in the attack on the US base, and then when they called in the AC-130 to take out that scorpion robot, that was pure ownage. Then there was one scene right after Bumblebee got his legs shot off, when the main characters was recovering from the explosion, they found each other's hands and it was really campy, but it did look really good.
- The teenage main characters weren't as annoying as I had expected, that teeny-love subplot was ok I think, and expected regarding this film's main target audience.
- Some genuinely funny moments, for examples when the guy's mother started talking about masturbation, I was loling irl. John Turturro had a couple of lol moments too.
- Robots using the Internet to find information (ebay etc.), very nice touch, again good thinking regarding the target audience.
Bad things:
- That entire "hacking" subplot. I mean, come on! Wtf were they thinking there? Hacking a system with a "sound", and then a virus taking out every network in the world? Credit people with some fucking intelligence ffs.
- That annoying little robot that was doing the hacking. Seemed more to me like a spawn of George Lucas' sick and demented imagination than anything else. I half expected Jar-Jar Binks to step onto the stage there every time I saw that robot.
- Some genuinely unfunny moments, for example those fat black dudes, very contrieved and meh. But the kids in the theatre were laughing and applauding, so I guess target audience etc. etc.
- Most of the transformers were nothing but extras, lacking any kind of character. The Deceptacons weren't even properly presented, they just got a caption with their name and then everyone started shooting. No introductions, no motivations, no nothing. That aspect felt just like another episode of a Saturday morning cartoon, which is ok I guess regarding the heritage, but that doesn't really make for good cinema.
- Some minor stupid plot points, like why go into the middle of a city and call for air support? (because it makes for a good place to have a visually impressive final fight, I guess).
Why that whole thing about "putting the cube in my chest" without offering any explanation as to why that would destroy it and kill the robot? (because it provides a way for the weak main character to actually kill the big and almost indestructable bad guy, that's why), and finally why dump the remaining "dead" robots into the ocean where "the pressure and cold will destroy any trace of them" (yeah right, because you have already 2 more films planned, and you can't kill of the main bad guy in the first one).
Summing all this up I can't really see how some of you guys can give it a 10/10 (which would imply that the movie is essentially perfect, and the best movie ever made) or even a 9/10, when there are so many incongrueties and stupid plot points. But sure, slap enough impressive visuals on top of a shitty script, and people will gobble it up regardless and become too dazzled to think beyond the glossy CG-animated surface and Wagneresqe soundtrack.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:19 am
by feedback
In that scene where the mom asks the kid if he was masturbating, this kid who looked 7 or 8 was sitting in front of me said to his dad "Daddy what is masturbation??" I'd have killed to see his face then lol
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:18 am
by seremtan
looks like TV is better than movies right now
going to watch 'soldier of god' later
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:33 am
by obsidian
Flags of our Fathers - 7/10
Letters from Iwo Jima - 8/10
Flags was more like a history lesson. It was interesting, but it didn't make you feel anything for the characters. Letters had a lot more character development and you identify with the soldiers.
Watching the two movies gives you a good picture of both sides of the war. Watching them back to back though, you'll notice that they recycled a few of the CG scenes. Lazy Clint Eastwood! :icon33:
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:05 am
by Mulletman
I just got finished watching Rattatoulie and Even Almighty at the Drive-In theater and I though both movies were pretty stupid.
I had high expectations for Evan Almighty, but it was not as funny as I hoped.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:00 am
by Fender
Knocked Up. One of the best comedies I've seen in quite some time. Not for the 12 - 20 yo virgin-nerds, though.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:09 am
by o'dium
Die Hard 4 - Cant beat the first one of course, but damn an entertaining piece. Even the missus who hates random shooting/blowing shit flicks liked it.
And the use of the single F-Bomb was well placed, I even thought old Brucie killed himself. Would of made a fitting, heroic end for the series.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:15 pm
by seremtan
White Noise: The Light - 2/10 - one of those 'so bad it's funny' movies. i only watched it for the nathan fillion and katee sackoff combo
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:30 pm
by Foo
I liked it.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:55 am
by Silicone_Milk
Die Hard 4 - 8/10
I was rather surprised by how good this movie was. I had lower expectations.
It is a worthy addition to the Die Hard series.
Although I do agree - not enough profanity.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:58 am
by LawL
Blades of Glory.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:09 am
by Ryoki
The Departed 7/10
Sure, it was pretty entertaining and fast paced (expecially at the beginning) but man, i expected a lot more whacking of people and general mafia madness... Plus there was this completely nonsensical love triangle story woven in, i could have done without that. I don't see what all the fuss was about in this one.
I'd give it a 6/10 but Leo got brutally capped completely unexpectedly, and it made me laugh quite hard, so i give a whole extra point for that. :icon14:
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:21 pm
by Jackal
Black Snake Moan: 8/10
Really good character drama. I enjoyed it immensely. Also, it had an absolutely amazing soundtrack.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:35 pm
by vileliquid1026
I very rarely buy movies, but I am going to pick up The Departed (8/10)
Flags of our Fathers 7/10. I like war movies but I'll agree with obsidian on this one.
Smoking Aces 8/10. I hadn't wanted to see it but someone talked me into it. Not bad... Great kill everything twice flick.
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:55 pm
by Tsakali_
thank you for smoking 8/10
an excellent achievement in it's format considering the subject...funny as hell too.
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:44 am
by shadd_
Jackal wrote:Black Snake Moan: 8/10
Really good character drama. I enjoyed it immensely. Also, it had an absolutely amazing soundtrack.
yeah it was a great movie. i would put it in the same class as Bubba Ho-Tep.
highly enjoyable.
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:49 am
by lars63
Linkage
I just finished watching 8 Films To Die For-After Dark Horrorfest. All blood, guts, gore and veins hanging from the teeth kind of movies. I like them all except Reincarnation 7/10
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:51 am
by tnf
Jackal wrote:Black Snake Moan: 8/10
Really good character drama. I enjoyed it immensely. Also, it had an absolutely amazing soundtrack.
Without giving too much away, does Samuel L. Jackson play a purely bad guy in that movie, or is there something redeeming about his actions that make him a protagonist of sorts?
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:18 pm
by Jackal
tnf wrote:Jackal wrote:Black Snake Moan: 8/10
Really good character drama. I enjoyed it immensely. Also, it had an absolutely amazing soundtrack.
Without giving too much away, does Samuel L. Jackson play a purely bad guy in that movie, or is there something redeeming about his actions that make him a protagonist of sorts?
He's not a bad guy at all. Sure he chains a girl up but she's so reprehensible that it seems like he's doing her a favor.