Comments on: Just Saw Transformers http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Fubiz http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5365 Fubiz Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:10:56 +0000 http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5365 Nice blog Nice blog

]]> By: brad http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5310 brad Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:38:44 +0000 http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5310 Hey, in many ways, Transformers was enjoyable. However, the movie definitely trafficked in horribly racist stereotypes. In particular, the Step'n'Fetchit like performance of Anthony Anderson was a disgrace. It's shocking to think that Michael Bay and Stephen Spielberg (especially since he has two African American children) would inject such crap into a family film. From Anderson's introduction where he's shouting at his grandmother, to his dancing, and finally his cowardly denunciation of his friend, I can't think of worse stereotypical depiction in a major action pic in the last several years. For all of the faults of "Crash," the scene where Terrance Howard tries to explain to Tony Danza why a scene is bigoted but is forced to do it any way comes to mind here. It's surprising after reading the script, Anderson didn't speak up. Oh, well, to make matters worse, this weekend, Chris Tucker brings his sorry but back to the screen. God knows Tucker loves to shuck and jive in the worst way possible. Ugh! Hey, in many ways, Transformers was enjoyable. However, the movie definitely trafficked in horribly racist stereotypes. In particular, the Step’n'Fetchit like performance of Anthony Anderson was a disgrace. It’s shocking to think that Michael Bay and Stephen Spielberg (especially since he has two African American children) would inject such crap into a family film.

From Anderson’s introduction where he’s shouting at his grandmother, to his dancing, and finally his cowardly denunciation of his friend, I can’t think of worse stereotypical depiction in a major action pic in the last several years. For all of the faults of “Crash,” the scene where Terrance Howard tries to explain to Tony Danza why a scene is bigoted but is forced to do it any way comes to mind here.

It’s surprising after reading the script, Anderson didn’t speak up.

Oh, well, to make matters worse, this weekend, Chris Tucker brings his sorry but back to the screen. God knows Tucker loves to shuck and jive in the worst way possible.

Ugh!

]]> By: Wynter http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5228 Wynter Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:01:04 +0000 http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5228 I completely agree. I enjoyed almost every second of it. Even when they gave Optimus Prime and the rest of them a sense of humor. You can't just make huge car-like robots funny, you have to try. And the slow motion scenes were intense. I completely agree.

I enjoyed almost every second of it.

Even when they gave Optimus Prime and the rest of them a sense of humor. You can’t just make huge car-like robots funny, you have to try.

And the slow motion scenes were intense.

]]> By: Paul http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5204 Paul Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:30:56 +0000 http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5204 The cool thing about Transformers is watching them transform from cars to robots, and seeing where each part of the car goes. That's what rocked about the cartoon, and that's the *whole point* of the toys. In the movie, the transformations are so fast cut and quick that you can't see any detail! (except the first time you see a transformation, when each machine takes about 2 minutes to fully transform). They break into such miniscule pieces that, to be frank, they might as well just disintegrate and remould into a different creature (defeating the whole point of being robots in disguise). Its so messed up that even the models you can buy in record stores are in a fixed 'robot' pose, as the complex transformations in the movie made it impossible to transform them! I guess thats not such a disappointment if you don't remember the first generation of Transformers toys. Lastly, when Bumblebee is broken and falling apart at the start he can transfer his energy into a different vehicle. But when he's broken and damaged near the end, suddenly he's dying and somehow has lost that ability. Just one of many inconsistencies in this shockingly disappointing movie. The cool thing about Transformers is watching them transform from cars to robots, and seeing where each part of the car goes. That’s what rocked about the cartoon, and that’s the *whole point* of the toys. In the movie, the transformations are so fast cut and quick that you can’t see any detail! (except the first time you see a transformation, when each machine takes about 2 minutes to fully transform). They break into such miniscule pieces that, to be frank, they might as well just disintegrate and remould into a different creature (defeating the whole point of being robots in disguise). Its so messed up that even the models you can buy in record stores are in a fixed ‘robot’ pose, as the complex transformations in the movie made it impossible to transform them! I guess thats not such a disappointment if you don’t remember the first generation of Transformers toys.

Lastly, when Bumblebee is broken and falling apart at the start he can transfer his energy into a different vehicle. But when he’s broken and damaged near the end, suddenly he’s dying and somehow has lost that ability. Just one of many inconsistencies in this shockingly disappointing movie.

]]> By: Kelsey Ruger http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5017 Kelsey Ruger Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:07:00 +0000 http://icreatethings.com/blog/2007/07/04/transformers-best-movie-ever/#comment-5017 Agreed x 10. It was a great movie. Going to try and catch it on IMAX too. Agreed x 10. It was a great movie. Going to try and catch it on IMAX too.

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