So I was given a task of sorts by my girlfriend the other day. The topic was movies and transformers 2 came up. for some reason, she loved that film. I on the other hand could not stand that pile of garbage. We kept on debating about who was right on this particular subject and she gave me a sarcastic comment about how I should give her a written report (or essay I suppose) as to why I think that movie is so bad. she wanted it to be a joke of sorts, but I told her I was going to actually do it.
And so I did. Now, you must forgive me, because that movie is not something I keep fresh in my mind, and I really do not want to re-watch it again for the sole purpose to just bash it. So I go with the next best thing, the internet! It just so happens that when I type in Transformers 2 reviews, most of them are as i would expect. reviews that focus on all the bad aspects of the film. So at least I won't have trouble researching this report!
For the most part, I have never written a paper which main focus was to point out the flaws and basically talk down upon someones hard spent time. thing is, I am a die hard transformers nerd, and even the first one was enjoyable to me. the sequel did not deliver at all, and I have at times been known to go on tangents as to why and how this movie was so bad.
First, the plot. My lord what did Micheal Bay do here? there basically isn't one, and if you say that the movie wasn't supposed to make sense in the first place, then you are watching movies for the wrong reason. Any movie should have a decent plot that is easy to follow and makes sense from start to finish. this was a multi-million dollar project. Shame on the writers.
The next thing I wanted to focus on was the comedy. They needed to get one thing straight from the get go. is this or is this not a movie for children? I understand transformers is targeted for the younger audiences so most of the toilet humor that was thrown in this makes sense. Now, if that is the case and this movie is for kids, then why is there so much sexual scenes, dick jokes, and racism so overly abundant from start to finish? It's one or the other, it can't be both.
The fights were horrible too. If you are going to have two giant robots fighting, that is fine. Just please make them distinguishable! every scene where the Autobots and Decepticons fought each other was so confusing to me. it was just metal on metal moving around with horrible camera angles to boot. I couldn't tell who was winning and who was losing.
I guess the casual movie go'er doesn't really care about this or any of my other complaints. All they want is expensive explosions and pretty CGI effects. Weeeeeeeeee
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