Her Movie Reviews

Look, I will admit I do have a soft spot in my heart for quite a few big budget summer blockbusters, but my friends, Transformers ain’t one of them! It was just too much, which I realize is one of the main factors too any blockbuster, but it was just TOO much, except dialogue.  Was there even a script for it? The acting was okay, as good as acting can be against a green screen.  I just felt like this film took all of the clichés and crammed them into these two films. Michael Bay has a simple formula that he follows to produce these movies, and it’s getting stale.

Transformers (the first one) was alright. This story showed the human aspect of the machines, and gave us insight into the lives of the characters before the inevitable war between their two worlds. I actually didn’t mind this one too much. Shia LaBeouf is really funny in this film, which I wasn’t expecting. His character, Sam Witwicky is charming and you connect with him because he plays a great underdog who is easy to route for. Megan Fox wasn’t half as bad as I was expecting. Granted, they didn’t give her much to work, dialogue or wardrobe, but she made the best out of the hand she was dealt. But the true highlights of this movie (or both, as a matter of fact) are Mr. and Mrs. Witwicky, played by Kevin Dunn and Julie White. Hands down, the greatest part of the film franchise. Please don’t even ask me about the plot or the special effects, because quite frankly I don’t know what I was watching half the time. It was a bunch of robots running into each other and after five seconds, all the pieces just blend into each other and you really don’t have a clue how they are destroying each other, or who is winning.  My suggest: color coordination. If you could just make the Decepticons one color (green, for example) and the Autobots another (orange) it might be helpful.

Transformers: Rise of the Fallen (number 2) didn’t need to bother with formalities or introductions, so it just delved right into the action. Sam goes off to college, leaving the love of his life with a kiss and a webcam. The mom, bless her heart, gets a hold of some “magic brownies”, and that is where the fun begins!  Sam meets a girl who is actually a Decepticon, but after they get rid of her, it’s never mentioned about how dangerous it actually is that the machines have evolved into looking like people!  The other thing that really bothered me about this film is the fact that they walk into a museum in Washington DC, and somehow walk out the back in the Boneyard (plane grave yard) in Tucson, AZ. Please give the audience a little credit here. Even if you don’t know it’s the Boneyard, it is easy to figure out that the surrounds in DC look nothing remotely similar to those of Arizona! I also hate when the result of the big action sequence is the destruction of a historical landmark. It was hard for me to watch them destroy the pyramids and surrounding areas. I just don’t think anything can be gained from showing a machine ripping apart a historical icon like that.

These movies are certainly a great escape from every day life, which is why I love cinema, but these movies just weren’t for me.  I can see why they have such appeal, and why they make millions at the box office. There will certainly be another Transformers soon. It just doesn’t mean I have to like it.