Comments on: Bloated ‘Transformers’ gets by on its looks http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/23/bloated-transformers-gets-by-on-its-looks/ Log on. Live it up. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Debbie http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/23/bloated-transformers-gets-by-on-its-looks/comment-page-1/#comment-18479 Debbie Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:47:38 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=18758#comment-18479 Sadly, the writers got the idea that they should remove the comedy and replace it with foul language,sexual theme's and gangsta' wannabe robots. The stereotyping of young black men and objectifying of young college women was so unappealing to me. The movie was also too long. If you enjoy lots of loud machine fights you might like it. Shia LaBeouf was likeable as always but Megan Fox was like an advertisement for lip gloss and by the end after falling in sand, having things blow up around her and falling off a buildings she looked like she just came from the salon. Sadly, the writers got the idea that they should remove the comedy and replace it with foul language,sexual theme’s and gangsta’ wannabe robots. The stereotyping of young black men and objectifying of young college women was so unappealing to me. The movie was also too long. If you enjoy lots of loud machine fights you might like it. Shia LaBeouf was likeable as always but Megan Fox was like an advertisement for lip gloss and by the end after falling in sand, having things blow up around her and falling off a buildings she looked like she just came from the salon.

]]> By: Sandy http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/23/bloated-transformers-gets-by-on-its-looks/comment-page-1/#comment-18420 Sandy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:14:13 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=18758#comment-18420 I haven't seen the film yet, plan to soon, but spoke with a friend's young son who was still thrilled the morning after he got to see an early premier. His mother was equally delighted with it. As for Eberts review, well I generally find his "great films to see" ones to avoid and especially found it amusing where he mentioned gunfire never harming alien lifeforms. He obviously forgot in the previous Transformers that the sabot rounds did harm the Deceptacons... And while it didn't kill Frenzy, who can forget the sight of that saw cutting off his head. I'm looking forward to a very good time when I see soon. Of course, I'm neither expecting nor desirous of needing a thesaurus to understand the film... Just something to transport me to another place for a time. I haven’t seen the film yet, plan to soon, but spoke with a friend’s young son who was still thrilled the morning after he got to see an early premier. His mother was equally delighted with it. As for Eberts review, well I generally find his “great films to see” ones to avoid and especially found it amusing where he mentioned gunfire never harming alien lifeforms. He obviously forgot in the previous Transformers that the sabot rounds did harm the Deceptacons… And while it didn’t kill Frenzy, who can forget the sight of that saw cutting off his head. I’m looking forward to a very good time when I see soon. Of course, I’m neither expecting nor desirous of needing a thesaurus to understand the film… Just something to transport me to another place for a time.

]]> By: Starscream http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/23/bloated-transformers-gets-by-on-its-looks/comment-page-1/#comment-18270 Starscream Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:18:55 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=18758#comment-18270 Rene, you were way to kind, Ebert gives it the pounding it deserves: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/REVIEWS/906239997 Rene, you were way to kind, Ebert gives it the pounding it deserves: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/REVIEWS/906239997

]]> By: whirlwind http://www.pbpulse.com/movies/2009/06/23/bloated-transformers-gets-by-on-its-looks/comment-page-1/#comment-18192 whirlwind Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:55:19 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=18758#comment-18192 Pretty much the exact thought I got when I saw the film. Just too much of a good (and bad) thing. The writing was horrible, a lot of the comic relief was just flat and boring, and the romance aspect was distracting and pointless. The action scenes were great when they were there, though. The movie would have been so much better had it been more action centric. Also, the SR-71 isn't a 'fighter' jet but since it turns into a robot who fights, i'll let that one slide. Pretty much the exact thought I got when I saw the film. Just too much of a good (and bad) thing. The writing was horrible, a lot of the comic relief was just flat and boring, and the romance aspect was distracting and pointless.

The action scenes were great when they were there, though. The movie would have been so much better had it been more action centric.

Also, the SR-71 isn’t a ‘fighter’ jet but since it turns into a robot who fights, i’ll let that one slide.

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