SubMariner
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Transformers 2 Premiere is on the 24th, here are some trailers.
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Here is a review from USA TODAY. I personally have not seen the movie, but I promise to give it my CCA review soon.
Enjoy,
'Transformers 2': Witless script consigns it to the scrap heap By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is proof positive that not every summer action blockbuster has the mettle to be a franchise. This sequel to the clever and funny first Transformers not only is disappointing, it will give most people a throbbing case of metal overload.
Bigger, louder, longer and more metallic is definitely not better. Where the first movie was a happy surprise, a comedy with engaging characters and spectacular action-filled escapades, the sequel lacks wit, charm, subtlety, restraint, humanity and clever dialogue. It has loads of spectacle but no soul.
The Autobots and their nemeses, the Decepticons, are far more plentiful this time. Global destruction is seemingly at hand. But the overbearing story and its nearly 2½-hour running time numbs the audience into submission.
Though there are more special effects and new ways for machines to turn into 'bots, the story seems as if it's about to end at least three times.
If only.
Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky has flashes of the engaging persona that enlivened the first movie, but he's no longer an unlikely action hero. He and his girlfriend, Mikaela (Megan Fox), play bravely bland, resourceful teens in a familiar story of good machines vs. bad machines fighting for world domination. Fox does little but run around and look blankly pretty.
Favorite Transformers are back, including Bumblebee, the yellow Camaro Autobot, and Optimus Prime, the noble leader of the Autobots. But there are hordes of far less distinctive machines — so many that it's tough to tell the heroes from the villains.
Sam has just started college. His roommate, the computer-savvy Leo (Ramon Rodriguez), joins in against the robotic mayhem. Sam touches the Allspark cube, an alien energy source, and information is implanted in his brain. This unexpected study guide proves more useful than the best tutor.
Meanwhile, pyramids are dismantled, bodies hurled through the air and facial orifices probed. And all the metal on display is more brassy than precious.
No amount of technical virtuosity can make up for an agonizingly witless story, clumsy dialogue and uninteresting characters.
RM
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Here is a review from USA TODAY. I personally have not seen the movie, but I promise to give it my CCA review soon.
Enjoy,
'Transformers 2': Witless script consigns it to the scrap heap By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is proof positive that not every summer action blockbuster has the mettle to be a franchise. This sequel to the clever and funny first Transformers not only is disappointing, it will give most people a throbbing case of metal overload.
Bigger, louder, longer and more metallic is definitely not better. Where the first movie was a happy surprise, a comedy with engaging characters and spectacular action-filled escapades, the sequel lacks wit, charm, subtlety, restraint, humanity and clever dialogue. It has loads of spectacle but no soul.
The Autobots and their nemeses, the Decepticons, are far more plentiful this time. Global destruction is seemingly at hand. But the overbearing story and its nearly 2½-hour running time numbs the audience into submission.
Though there are more special effects and new ways for machines to turn into 'bots, the story seems as if it's about to end at least three times.
If only.
Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky has flashes of the engaging persona that enlivened the first movie, but he's no longer an unlikely action hero. He and his girlfriend, Mikaela (Megan Fox), play bravely bland, resourceful teens in a familiar story of good machines vs. bad machines fighting for world domination. Fox does little but run around and look blankly pretty.
Favorite Transformers are back, including Bumblebee, the yellow Camaro Autobot, and Optimus Prime, the noble leader of the Autobots. But there are hordes of far less distinctive machines — so many that it's tough to tell the heroes from the villains.
Sam has just started college. His roommate, the computer-savvy Leo (Ramon Rodriguez), joins in against the robotic mayhem. Sam touches the Allspark cube, an alien energy source, and information is implanted in his brain. This unexpected study guide proves more useful than the best tutor.
Meanwhile, pyramids are dismantled, bodies hurled through the air and facial orifices probed. And all the metal on display is more brassy than precious.
No amount of technical virtuosity can make up for an agonizingly witless story, clumsy dialogue and uninteresting characters.
RM
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