Y'know, I remember when I started out blogging, it was after watching transformers for the first time. my blog existed way back before that in this magical land called Xanga and I was an emo boy. I'd have kicked my own ass back then. Nostalgia :)
Now, I'm going to attempt my review at this. I wanted to do a video style, but I'm still nerdgasming from it. Hint of what's to come. Also, spoiler alert if you've accidentally stumbled across my blog.
It was good.
I'll admit, the soap opera dialogue was REALLY pissing me off and watching shockwave get mercilessly killed was a mixed basket but it was GOOD.
At first, I was prepared to hate the movie for it's inclusion of MORE annoying characters. The wreckers were, funnily enough, not that bad. MUCH better than Skids and Mudflap. And there was no attempt to make them human, at all. Unlike skids and mudflap, who I so gladly announce did not appear at all. I wanted shockwave ripping them to pieces, but hey, they're gone. That's what matters.
But you know what I liked about said annoying characters? they die. all of them. I'm not kidding you. I literally shit you not.
For once, the Decepticons aren't these poorly written serial villains. Soundwave (who actually DOES something, thank god) actually EXECUTES one of the motherfuckers WHILE HE'S BEGGING in front of the camera. Talk about dark man. and his head rolls in front of the camera too.
The plot itself was meh. It was a very basic plot "bad robots attack. Good robots save day" kinda thing. But the twist from Sentinel Prime was really good. And I'm not quite sure WHY they needed the humans, since the space bridge was so obviously fully functioning. I THINK it was to rebuild cybertron, but I'm not quite sure. Re-watch? :D
I think Shia La Beouf actually did a pretty good job here. I mean, I preferred him as a smartass, which he still retains slightly, but he's like this kid who saved the world twice, but has none of the perks. No parade or platypus statue. So it's understandable he's a little bitchy.
aand that was all I'll mention on the humans. Because the curse of transformers movies is a CRAP supporting cast. Always. The only supporting cast I ever liked was Sam's stoner buddy in the first movie, because quite frankly he did nothing whatsoever. Leo and virtually everyone in this movie is just obnoxious and obscene . But the soldiers are awesome. Okay, that's it.
On to the robots. I LOVED them. Seriously. Eziotron (my new name for megatron) was awesome. His face is still totaled from ROTF (yay continuity!) and he now carries a shotgun. Yes, he found spare parts to build himself a SHOTGUN but not a new face. Apparently, we're taught here that Sam's new girlfriend is so hot even Eziotron is lured in.
I dunno, but the decepticons just feel more... Evil this time round. In Transformers 1 they were scary, but not that dangerous. In 2 they were just annoying. 3 got them this really dark feel. They destroy the autobot ship while it's leaving, they have an assassin killing off all their used spies (not eziotron) and as mentioned above, they execute their prisoners. Mention worthy: Starscream screams like Cow of Cow And Chicken before dying, since they share a voice actor.
I'm a little down shockwave does virtually nothing, he's just this hobo living in Russia who prime REALLY hates.
The new autobots were so so. Poor ratchet is denied ANY character at all this time, and I quite like that. I dunno, but they somehow made Ironhide's death a little muted but still pretty sad.
But generally, you're here for 3 main robots: Sentinel, Optimus and Megatron. Even Bee isn't really that important here, which is good. TBH, didn't really like him.
The decepticons were dark, oh yes but Prime is just a badass. a dark, gruesome badass. Apparently, his trailer is this giant weapons cache for more weapons than the Doom Guy and Duke Nukem put together. I'm not kidding. In fact, I think he uses a pair of Devestators from Duke Nukem Forever for a while. In ROTF he was violent, but without really much reason. It's just assumed he's a badass. But here, you really feel frustration out of him. But his final fight with Megatron coulda been SO MUCH MORE.
I can't think of what else to write, so I'm gonna stop here. In short, it's still short of Transformers 1, but more to ROTF done RIGHT. I'm so glad they killed off Wheelie, as well as FINALLY telling me where Barricade's been without resorting to "AHAHAHAHA PRIME I AM BACK, YOUR ARCH NEMESIS BARRICADE!". It's not what I'd call a deep exploration of the human (or robot) condition, but if you're here for a good time, then it packs a little more than that.
Also, Digital Animation or Bust.
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