Garbage Day, Issue 7: Opinformers
Opinformers: Revenge of the Fangirl
So this past Tuesday night, I decided to go “get my ubernerd on” (unlike Bruno, I have no umlaut, but somehow I’m channeling Megan Fox in her recent Entertainment Weekly interview, where I think she almost overdosed on the injection of large amounts of the word “uber”) and watch “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. It was more like “Transformers: I’ve Fallen Asleep and I Can’t Get Up” (and yes, myself and another person in my party did start dozing off during the 144 minute film – but to be honest, that could be because we’re getting to be a couple of fogeys). While I blame myself for expecting characters to be developed and storylines to get better in a Michael Bay sequel (I love the dude, but damn), I guess I wasn’t expecting to walk out of the theater saying “WTF?!”
Maybe I just hyped it up too much in my mind, and when I undoubtedly watch it a second time, I’ll enjoy it more. Maybe I was just tired and having seen “The Hangover” (by myself, and I loved it) an hour earlier, less open to what “Transformers 2” had to offer. Maybe I was disappointed because we brought someone with us who had no prior knowledge of the Transformers in any form, and found myself embarrassed by the film in conjunction with bringing a first-time viewer (although she did say she believes she’d enjoy it “Half-Baked” style – I wanna talk to Sampson!). Maybe I’m using too many maybes. Or maybe the Decepticons got final cut – who knows. Even the pre-feature trailers were, in my opinion, poorly matched – for the most part.
I know “Transformers” isn’t for everyone in the first place, but as a lifelong fan and someone who enjoyed the last film, I’m just currently unhappy with the end result. The majority of comic relief seemed heavily forced, some things were out-of-character and over-the-top for no reason I could fathom (and if I’m saying something’s over-the-top, that’s gotta mean something), a few characters were annoying/bad caricatures (and I mean of the Jar-Jar variety) and there wasn’t as much of that great score that I enjoyed from last time. And there was no Lionel Richie, either. Bummer.
If anyone has seen it or plans to see it, let me know what you thought/think. Enjoyment is subjective, so I know one girl’s crapfest (okay, it wasn’t that bad) is another person’s bag blowing in the wind (the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen – oh, and by the way – my Dad just shot your Dad after finding out he got his down-low signals mixed!)…
As always, thanks for reading. Hopefully I’ll have more inspiring, thought provoking content in future blogs. For now, though, you’re stuck with this.
Winnie
WTF, so you’re sayin’ the new Transformers sucks? Shit, now what am I going to do this weekend. You know what F$#% that. I’ll pull out my old transformer toys and make my own damn movie! In this movie the Autobots start hangin’ out in the hood. Transformers: Optomis X rollin’ on 22′ s
CyberDog out.
Haha – I’d watch that, CyberDog! Call me when the bootleg is ready.
But honestly, I might be overreacting, and some might enjoy it/it might be a good movie (definitely didn’t disappoint those who like to see “stuff get blow’d up” – *raises hand*), I just didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as I did the first movie. After writing this, I went and read some other opinions – someone said it pretty well (in my opinion) when they said they amped up some things at the expense of the plot/characters/mythology. Someone else said, “why in the hell are you going to a Michael Bay/giant robot movie looking for plot/advanced characters”, which I did note above as having been my mistake.
If you do see it, I’d love to hear what you think.
Word.
CyberDog out.
Personally, I was surprised the first one was as good as I heard people say. I didn’t see the first, don’t intend to see the 2nd. Micheal Bay films aren’t my thing… I need a little more than what he has to offer. What can I say, I’m a woman that demands more!
Star Wars kicked @$$, I’ll see that again!
Return of the Jedi is my favorite of the “Star Wars” movies… [/nerd]
I get what you’re saying on Michael Bay (kind of like McG/Brett Ratner), but I think “The Rock” w/ Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery is a solid film. He’ll always have my love for the show “Miami Vice” and what it brought to pop culture (the movie – not so much). I’m like the Mikey (as in “give it to Mikey, he’ll eat anything” from the Life cereal commercials) of entertainment – I like to try to watch/read/listen to anything I can get my hands on… only to sometimes complain about time lost/wasted later. But to me, it’s generally worth it in the end.
Hey I went to see that movie, and I thought it was really good. If you want character development go rent the Notebook. Your right though, IT WAS LONG AS HELL. It should have been call, “TRANSFORMER: Every waking minute,” LOL.
My opinonformer,
(respectfully)
CyberDog
First, thanks so much for coming back to say what you thought after seeing it! And I’m truly glad you enjoyed it and got your money’s worth. Obviously, with the money it’s making, there are a lot more people who feel the same. And haha – you watched “The Notebook” (I’m assuming, since you noted there’s character development in it)!
Second, Hey! I admitted (twice) that I was (partly) at fault for trying to find plot and character development in a Michael Bay movie, but I was focusing on the standards (don’t laugh at my ludicrous comments) set in the first movie. I went to the first movie expecting to be blown away by effects (effects only – the “turn your brain off and watch stuff get blow’d up” time) and enjoying my childhood love of Transformers (and Shia) and ended up feeling the characters and the plot rocked, too – I say THEY set the standard, not me. So I don’t think it’s unrealistic that I thought the sequel would keep up with that.
It’s like marrying someone who put themselves out there as one way (fun, intelligent, attractive, kind), and once you put the ring on, you find out their brown eyes you fell in love with are gray (colored contacts – not that gray eyes aren’t pretty), they’re bald under their wig (not from a disease – from using Amway products! – ever seen “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”), that nice apple bottom turns out to be padded, they’re pissed off all the time at any and everything, and they’ve got a glass leg with kool-aid in it. So basically, even though you likely would’ve accepted them originally how they actually are (as I would have if “Transformers” was like “Transformers 2″), they “pulled the okey-doke” and you’re disappointed.
And really, you liked the new robots? The ones they hyped up so much that fans were amped about got little time, and the (new) ones you saw all the time were annoyingly overused. The Mom being the source of most of the comic-relief was overdone, too. I may not smoke, but realistically who starts feeling effects in 3 seconds off of weed brownies? But hey – the good thing is, when I see #3 (and there will be one, I’m just not sure if they’ll get my opening night/sneak preview money), I’ll be thinking of the 2nd one and so my expectations will be more what they were pre-first movie.
Okay, relax, breath……. Its a movie about giant ass robots. Not a documentry on the politcal situation in Yugoslavia concering the whales trying to enter a landlocked country, and Obama approving money for lasers to fight off the whales using money from the stimulas package.
Just have fun, and you win everytime.
My Opinonformer,
Cyberdog out.
Wait, you know what. Maybe I loved it ’cause I’m a guy? It really was a guy movie. Shit, Megan Fox might as well been naked the whole movie with as much as the camera was up her butt.
Huh, yeah, it was a guy movie.
Final Opinonformer,
CyberDog out.
We’re cool and all, but your reasons (read: excuses) as to why I should bow down to “Transformers” are cop-outs. I can’t stand that “if you’re unhappy with it, it wasn’t made for you/go watch ‘Beaches’” stuff.
1. I’m a girl, so I can’t like it/enjoy it? Okay, so I guess I borrowed some balls for the first movie, or loving the Animated Series and robot figures as a kid. Damn – glad you reminded me I shouldn’t like this movie because I have breasts. *Winnie tells the Wonder Twins to break out of here* It would be a mistake for you to pigeonhole me based on my gender – as I’ve said before, I love a lot of Michael Bay movies/productions, so I don’t see why that even is a part of it. Go to imdb, and you’ll see there are just as many dudes complaining about this film and enjoying this film (if you need other males to validate your opinion). It doesn’t take testosterone to enjoy movies such as “Transformers”, but if you’d like to release a statement on behalf of the male gender stating females can’t and shouldn’t go see this movie (or any other movie deemed as such by you), you go right ahead.
2. I’m breathing just fine – There are plenty of people who thought this movie was lesser in comparison to the original, too. If someone gives you/you purchase a good quality item, you reward them with going back and buying another one, and you open it up to find it looks like something in the box exploded, you’re gonna complain. If I went to Warrior Born, and from now on, all I saw were gunshots, but I didn’t know why or who got hit, after you’ve set up the ass-kickinest (I’m making it a word) webcomic I read with a great story to it, I’d be underwhelmed. However, if I came over and read and you’d always had only gunshots and ass-kickin’, I’d be happy reading it, too, because the quality stayed the same – it didn’t drop.
3. I didn’t say I didn’t have fun – I can always find a way to enjoy myself in whatever task – I said I was less than impressed upon the first viewing. I went to the theater expecting to have fun and enjoy it even more than I did the first one, and came out disappointed. And with the number of times Obama was mentioned by name, maybe it was about that which you referenced, but you were too busy counting the length of time “the camera was up [Megan Fox's] butt” (and yeah, agreed – but she’s hot) to notice.
That being said – I hate when people ask for your opinion, and then they jump on it with their already stated opinion like you’re going to change your mind and be like, yeah, I didn’t like it even though I just said I did (not what I expected at all). So if I did that in my previous response (not this one – this is all me), I apologize, and note that wasn’t my intent. Are we having fun yet?
LOL, my bad Winne. My bad