Absolutely Awesome Stuff. Adrenalin pumping... Action packed... Heartstrings tugging... Death Defying stunts... Great contender for the movie of the year.
Another A class movie... Bruce Willis haven't lost his witty charming character one bit since 20 years ago when he first started his Die Hard career as smartmouth, witty but "being at the wrong place at the wrong time" cop, John McClane in 1988.
Will update more later....
Definitely entertaining and hilarious.... worth every penny of the RM11 you fork out for this movie.
Btw, you can also catch Huge Trucks (ala Optimus Prime) fighting with Fighter Jets (ala Megatron) in this movie. I bet Director Les Wiseman added this scene on purpose to poke fun at Transformers. Hmmm looks like Wiseman and Bay are already trying to outdo each other even way before the Oscars.. Anyhow, this two blockbuster Directors deserve standing ovations for bringing us so much entertainment this year... :)
Friday, July 13, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Transformers - Their War, Our World - Freedom is the right of all sentient beings
Michael Bay deserves every bit of my respect and love... he definitely have delivered in this movie... more than I have expected in fact. Definitely an A class film... I just fell in love with this movie right after Blackout transformed (the first Transformer to appear). Bryan (5 year old) went "wow,.... Wow,..... WOWW" at the sight of Blackout's transformation. That's what I thought about this show too... Wow! (but of course I didn't shout it out like Bryan)
I was thinking of just writing, "Just watch this movie, it's definitely "MOVIE OF THE YEAR" if you ask me but then I wont be doing justice to my blog... hahaha. I am no Transformer freak nor fan... but this movie definitely took my breath away - one of the most impressive CGI driven movie.
The only drawback for the die hard Transformers fans is the lack of the signature "E-u-e-u-e-ak" sound whenever they transform.
Storyboard (9 out of 10)
Extremely entertaining with the right blend of humour, action - fist fight, gun shots, air borne fight scenes, car chase, underground fight sequence, you-name-it-they-got-it action, suspense, terror, human issues (family, friendship, society, country), etc. The storyline have been outlined in the previous installment and Michael have done justice for the movie pacing the movie just right to strike a balance between robots and human interaction and a palatable storyline. Even though the movie is 2.5 hour long, Bay doesn't bore you with too much technical explaination of each robot and you dont get too much unnecessary conversation. Never a dull moment except for my afternoon-nap-deprived 5 year old friend whose only interest is watching the robots and asked me "Where did the Transformers go?" the moment a Transformer wasnt given screen time. Having been able to enjoy the movie, shows that there wasn't many chances for him to ask me that question... :D
Ummm, it's actually rated PG-13 in the US but I didn't do my homework thoroughly enough and allowed a 5-year-old to watch it with me (In Malaysia, it's rated "U"). However, the really violent scenes (including decapitation) are Robot-vs-Robot and not human so that reduced my guilt substantially :P)
Special effects/Graphics/Cinematography (10 out of 10)
Best special effects I have ever witness, and I know I am not alone in quoting this. Seemless transformation and blends in wonderfully with the rest of the casts.
Lessons/Issues (8 out of 10)
To name a few:
1) Humans are highly evolved beings but still have much weakness such as greed, wrath and envy. If they don't control their greed, they might fall into the dark side due to their hungry quest for power. Decepticons are actually representation of the future of these kind of humans, extremely advanced, smart but evil in nature. There are, however, still good people around as represented by Autobots and it's up to us to choose to become Autobots and Decepticons.
2) Greed for power will lead to major disastrous events for self (Megatron) and others (earth). War does not solve any problems either and will lead to even more disastrous events.
3) Friendship/comradeship is important in winning (as shown in the weaker Autobots being able to win with teamwork). Strategy is also an importan element. (The weaker Autobots must depend on strategy to win the more advance Decepticons)
4) Loyalty as shown by Bumblebee in serving it's earth assignment.
5) Responsibility (As shown by Optimus Prime in his willingness to risk his life to save the Earth as he felt responsible for bringing their Cybertronian war to earth.)
6) We may be very advance but dont underestimate others and be aware that there are other's more advance than us out there.
Casting (6 out of 10)
There aren't many big stars in this movies which is understandable as their main strength doesn't lie in casting but in their CGI robots. But their leads, Shia LaBeouf (Sam Witwicky) and Megan Fox (Mikaela Banes) are young and upcoming stars and works hard for their salary, all USD500K of it for Shia... And sexiness or "foxiness" works to pull in the crowd with Fox being voted #18 in the Top 100 sexiest woman list by Maxim Magazine (2007), and #68 by FHM in 2006.
Overall grading = A (33 out of 4o)
A definite must watch and I am sure it's worth every penny of the RM11 you dish out for the movie ticket considering it cost USD150 million to make this movie. Highly entertaining material and fun for the whole family. One of the best visuals I have ever seen. Do your homework prior to watching this movie as you may get a little confused over who's who as there's not much explanation of the robots in the movie, but rest assured that even without knowing who each of the giant robots are, you won't miss a thing. However, be reminded that it's rated PG13 in the US, and thus, remind your child that they are robots and not humans to avoid having to deal with extreme violence around the house later. Visit the loo before the movie as it's hard to enjoy the 2.5 hour long movie on a full bladder.
Scoring Guide:
31-40 A
21-30 B
11-20 C
1-10 D
Note: all pictures are sourced from http://www.imdb.com
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