Transformers Live Action

[JohnC]

I really enjoyed that. I liked how the showdown wasn't just a boss battle, but like a proper war. Made me think a bit of scenes from Black Hawk Down in bits too, but with big robots and humans.

Also, I didn't imagine the transforming 360 actually making the 360 startup sound as it transformed, did I? Or at least the bit at the end of the startup sequence.

[connect]

I just watched it at my local cinema. Enjoyed it very much. That is all.

[pretentious_helvetica]

Also, I didn't imagine the transforming 360 actually making the 360 startup sound as it transformed, did I? Or at least the bit at the end of the startup sequence.

You didn't imagine it. It did happen. OHNOS WORSTMOVIEEVER 0/10etc.etc.etc.

The end battle had some pretty incredible imagery which you all should behold. For it is truly lovely.

A shame about Linkin Park, mind you.

[utero2001]

saw it yesterday

not been to the cinema looking forward to seeing a film this much for years.

I was as much impressed as I was frustrated with it. 7/10. But well done Bay for not completely ruining it. He would have seriously been tracked down and shot if he would have spoiled this franchise

The abrupt ending pissed me off, and I just didn't get it when Sam put the cube in Megatron's chest, hes spent the entire film trying to get the damn thing and it kills him?" Once he did have the cube I thought right, now theres gonna be a real battle between Prime and Megatron, no human bullshit getting in the way, just pure robot action, but he just died meh. Wish Starscream and Megatron would have had more screen time together too instead of one line each. Least for the sequels (which will be made now this things made shit loads) they said they'd concentrate more on the actual stars than the human characters.

[Warszawa]

Well, I thought it was great fun. Pleasingly, my girlfriend agreed so I don't feel bad for taking her to see it!

I think it was important that it reveled in its own silliness, as it would've been a disaster if it'd attempted to take itself too seriously. Silliness with an earnest heart at its centre, much like the original cartoon. It didn't piss on my childhood memories in the slightest and hopefully sequels will tighten up its looser aspects.

There was a small boy in front of us, must've been about four or five (the age I was when I cried in a cinema at the death of Optimus Prime in the animated movie...!) and his very loud, absolute joyousness about what was transpiring on screen really displayed to me what a great family film this is, too. No blood or guts, just silly humour & fantasy fun.

[noizu]

There was a small boy in front of us, must've been about four or five (the age I was when I cried in a cinema at the death of Optimus Prime in the animated movie...!) and his very loud, absolute joyousness about what was transpiring on screen really displayed to me what a great family film this is, too. No blood or guts, just silly humour & fantasy fun.

Aw that's just fantastic. Didn't see any kids in the crowd when I saw it but will be looking out for that kind of stuff next time I go... Passing on the torch <sniff!>.

When I think how my 8-year-old self would have spontanaeously combusted if he'd seen that film...! And not been arsed about plot holes or dodgy storytelling, which kept me seesawing between 'this is great' and 'this is horseshit'.

[utero2001]

Well, I thought it was great fun. Pleasingly, my girlfriend agreed so I don't feel bad for taking her to see it!

I think it was important that it reveled in its own silliness, as it would've been a disaster if it'd attempted to take itself too seriously. Silliness with an earnest heart at its centre, much like the original cartoon. It didn't piss on my childhood memories in the slightest and hopefully sequels will tighten up its looser aspects.

There was a small boy in front of us, must've been about four or five (the age I was when I cried in a cinema at the death of Optimus Prime in the animated movie...!) and his very loud, absolute joyousness about what was transpiring on screen really displayed to me what a great family film this is, too. No blood or guts, just silly humour & fantasy fun.

there was a 5-6 year old kid sitting behind me, he wouldn't shut up, I wanted to throttle the twat , at least he was really enjoying it

[Capwn]

Have any of you shared any amount of geekness that I experienced when I went? Like literally people jumping up and down waving their hands and screaming everytime there was a cool transformation scene?

[AK Bell]

I found the camera to be too blurry and fast, while the characters were too spinning and similar looking. The robot characters didn't have enough screen time to really display their personalities. If you're not going to have time for strong personalities, then at least make them look distinctive.

But I thought it was a really good action film. The start with the soldiers was excellent, nice bit of Herbie in there, the love story worked well, and some great action scenes when the camera wasn't completely crap.

[Liquid Myth]

More shit that urked:

"It's OK! Smashed glass doesn't hurt anyone!" All the way through the film, thanks.

The guy from Blake's 7: "I don't the authority to do this shit or that shit blah" after meeting a giant robot for the first time (a live one, anyway). You'd practically be shitting yourself.

It's all well and good to see the threat of the Decepticons set up in the middle of bloody nowhere, but what did it achieve in the grand scheme of things? Fuck all.

Evil school jock bully and Sam's stoner friend disappearing very quickly, serving nothing to the plot.

Obligatory cynical glasses-wearing soldier getting ripped apart pretty quickly. Gee, I didn't see that one coming!

"Let's drive to the motorway and city and have a big robot fight, completely obliterating it in the process, instead of the MASSIVE DESERT we just drove through!"

Boy and girl having hollywood sex (read: kissing a bit) on top of the car who is ALIVE. How creepy?

[Phelan]

You know what if I sat and thought about it I could pick holes but instead I went and had an amazingly fun filled two hours

Girlfriend didn't want to see it and loved it too.

Everyone was clapping and screaming, but then it was the world premiere

[utero2001]

roll on the two sequels, hope they don't matrix it up, and I hope STARSCREAM takes charge of the Decepticons, then Megatron comes back and tells him hes a fucktard

[pompey88]

Have any of you shared any amount of geekness that I experienced when I went? Like literally people jumping up and down waving their hands and screaming everytime there was a cool transformation scene?

There was this guy sitting infront of me who was pissed out of his face, and everytime a new Transformer came on screen he would stand up and shout 'YES!! MEGATRON!!!'

Many people were telling him to shut the fuck up, but it was funny.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

Astonishingly shit. Really, really, really, really fucking astonishingly shit.

If you liked it you're a cunt and if you were paid to tell people it's good then you're the biggest cunt of them all.

[Cacophanus]

You didn't imagine it. It did happen. OHNOS WORSTMOVIEEVER 0/10etc.etc.etc.

The end battle had some pretty incredible imagery which you all should behold. For it is truly lovely.

A shame about Linkin Park, mind you.

What imagery? You barely see fucking anything.

[Basement St. Thomas]

You fucking ARSEHOLE. Seriously, you fucking wanker!

Spoiler tags, prick!!

ARGH!

EDIT: Sorry for the above but jesus.... please use spoilers in future. Surely it just goes without saying?!

Anyway, thanks for ruining that part of the movie for me

Sorry. It's not like it's a twist of Fight Club proportions though.

Right, I've edited mine (for what good it is now), so now you have to edit your quote or it's you who's t3H 5p01LzOrZ.

[Basement St. Thomas]

I've just seen it. At best, 6/10. It's so fucking stupid at some bits, I almost wanted to kill somebody.

That fucking spindley robot who chucks knives. The bit with the autobots 'hilariously' hiding in the main char's house. Hacking the internets. The "world's best hacker" living two minutes away, being fat and hilarious. Bernie Mac being the best character and only a cameo. Ebay Ebay Ebay Ebay, and every other product placement shoved squarely in my face for two hours. The robot scorpion not making sense in the slightest. The love story, or complete lack of it. Robot pissing.

I thought Die Hard 4 was fairly braindead, but this took the fucking biscuit.

Did you see the massive Burger King logo in the background at one point?

[Twyford]

Astonishingly shit. Really, really, really, really fucking astonishingly shit.

If you liked it you're a cunt and if you were paid to tell people it's good then you're the biggest cunt of them all.

Then I'm a cunt, not one of the big cunts, but a cunt all the same.

[Basement St. Thomas]

Then I'm a cunt, not one of the big cunts, but a cunt all the same.

Don't worry, I'm one too, apparently. Albeit for different reasons.

[Lorfarius]

Don't worry, I'm one too, apparently. Albeit for different reasons.

But deservedly so. I saw the movie today after reading yor post this morning and it did leave a bitter taste in my mouth. As soon as I saw that part of the film I knew what was coming

[mercenarri]

Just saw it, a really fun film. Just don't go in to the cinema with a lame attitude, if you love to nit-pick plot lines and silly occurences, you wont like it as much. The whole film is silly and fun, it's bloody great! The action, and mainly the CGI, surpasses any film to date.

8/10, they should have shown more robot action instead of petty human relations, but then again they have warmed us up to two potentially amazing sequels.

I got into a car afterwards expecting something wicked to happen. Life is shit at the moment post-watching the film.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

WAH WAH WAH JUST SILLY FUN WAH WAH WAH JUST TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF WAH WAH WAH.

[danbot]

I liked it.

Some things that sucked a bit.

The part where Megatron gives Starscream some shit was the perfect moment for some colourful insubordination.

Shame about Jazz, it should have been Ratchet

I'd like to have seen Prime give Megatron a bit more trouble

"The city's getting torn apart by some 40' robots, but I'm fucked if I'm gonna give up my 360!" and other little things that really don't matter

All in all it was good fun and I feel a bit sorry for those of you that couldn't get anything out of it...well I suppose you did, You got to bitch about something new.

[Lorfarius]

WAH WAH WAH JUST SILLY FUN WAH WAH WAH JUST TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF WAH WAH WAH.

Who pissed on your hush puppies?

[Sng]

For those who want a new message tone.

[Phelan]

Astonishingly shit. Really, really, really, really fucking astonishingly shit.

If you liked it you're a cunt and if you were paid to tell people it's good then you're the biggest cunt of them all.

Well I got paid by my company who is hired by another company to deal with the media.

At no point in the contract does it say I have to tell people it's good.

Instead I went along with a bunch of friends and enjoyed it immensely.

Course I've always thought of you as a cunt anyway.. You know that.

And Lorfarius - he's just always a cunt so ignore him.

[Poet]

WAH WAH WAH JUST SILLY FUN WAH WAH WAH JUST TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF WAH WAH WAH.

What sort of retard watches a MICHAEL BAY TRANSFORMERS movie not expecting it to be anything other than brainless? You'd have to be a real fucking retarded cunt to have any other expectations or, indeed, to even bother watching it in the first place if this sort of thing irks you enough to berate others for enjoying just one more summer blockbuster.

And all that sort of thing.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

I expected it to be brainless and fun. That would have been sweet, because I like brainless and fun films.

It was brainless and shit. If my expectation was that Michael Bay had made a brainless and shit film out of transforming robots I wouldn't have wasted £8.50 on seeing it, and if I just wanted to watch it so I could berate anyone who liked it I would have downloaded it.

[choddo]

ok fella, we get the idea.

[pretentious_helvetica]

I'm glad I enjoyed this film for what it is.

For fuck's sake. It's not an profound and intellectual journey on sentient alien mechanical beings. It's a fun movie with some great visuals and a plot which suits the subject matter nicely.

Oh, and if you harp on about how people who liked the movie are cunts, then you're a cunt and a clueless fuckwit.