Soldiers die by the droves, but we really don't get to know them despite Bay playing patriot with the caskets (yes, Bay, we know you like your military porn, stfu already). Transformers die, but since they have no character outside comic relief we have no reason to feel sorry for them. It all turns into so much background noise.
I'm all for military. I actually found it oddly uncomfortable that they were just bringing honored soldier fatalities in and that was an AFTER THOUGHT. The screen sort of panned by them and the tone at that point in the film wasn't somber so it felt like you should be sad, but that's not what was happening.
This movie has no realism because it has no character.
This. This movie was missing whatever it is that keeps us watching those awfully put together cartoons despite cringing at all their cheesey kid oriented lines. I've seen a few people say that this movie had no heart, and they're right.
We're never made to care about the characters. It reminded me a lot of the new Star Wars films. Where I had wanted, for years, to see the tragedy of Darth Vader's descent. Only to find that the tragedy was in the fact that I could not WAIT for that little pussy to don his black helmet and get on with the badassery.
There's so much going on that almost all of the characters are accessories. When the Derp twin 'dies' all I could think was 'Oh, thank god.' When Sam died, I didn't think much other than 'huh.' Sam was fine enough, but I couldn't care about Megan Fox since her shining lips don't make me wet enough to get over her bad acting and the fact that she is litterally there for nothing besides being the love interest. The only thing she did in the movie was bring Wheelie over and hold Sam's hand.
And Bumblebee is entirely drowned out by those twins despite the fact that he loves Sam so much, Sam almost ignores him so he can spoon with Mikaela.
I find it sad that the best character in the film is one who has no lines at all
Which character was this? I'm drawing a blank.
And the Starscream and Megatron moments were priiiiime. Except when Megatron was groveling and talking about his master. Then I was kicking the seat in front of me.
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Date: 2009-06-26 05:35 pm (UTC)I'm all for military. I actually found it oddly uncomfortable that they were just bringing honored soldier fatalities in and that was an AFTER THOUGHT. The screen sort of panned by them and the tone at that point in the film wasn't somber so it felt like you should be sad, but that's not what was happening.
This movie has no realism because it has no character.
This. This movie was missing whatever it is that keeps us watching those awfully put together cartoons despite cringing at all their cheesey kid oriented lines. I've seen a few people say that this movie had no heart, and they're right.
We're never made to care about the characters. It reminded me a lot of the new Star Wars films. Where I had wanted, for years, to see the tragedy of Darth Vader's descent. Only to find that the tragedy was in the fact that I could not WAIT for that little pussy to don his black helmet and get on with the badassery.
There's so much going on that almost all of the characters are accessories. When the Derp twin 'dies' all I could think was 'Oh, thank god.' When Sam died, I didn't think much other than 'huh.' Sam was fine enough, but I couldn't care about Megan Fox since her shining lips don't make me wet enough to get over her bad acting and the fact that she is litterally there for nothing besides being the love interest. The only thing she did in the movie was bring Wheelie over and hold Sam's hand.
And Bumblebee is entirely drowned out by those twins despite the fact that he loves Sam so much, Sam almost ignores him so he can spoon with Mikaela.
I find it sad that the best character in the film is one who has no lines at all
Which character was this? I'm drawing a blank.
And the Starscream and Megatron moments were priiiiime. Except when Megatron was groveling and talking about his master. Then I was kicking the seat in front of me.