kilroy - Transformers

Review | 2007.07.04

Transformers

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Eight reasons to like it:

It had giant talking robots that kick ass.
They didn't do the comic book movie thing where a hero/villian can will shot, blown up, and thrown through a concrete overpass and shake it off. But in the next scene he'll die from being thrown through a brick wall. (See: X-Men and Spiderman)
The action sequences were intense and myriad, but no single sequence is dragged out. (See: Pirates, Matrix)
The movie was just as long as it shoulda been. It's not short, but it's not full of unnecessary, longwinded scenes. (See: Pirates)
The teen awkwardness moments were more goofy than tired situation comedy. (See: Any movie that involves hot cheerleaders)
They spent a buttload of money on stuff that wasn't cgi. Putting too much money into a movie is like having too much beer at a party, is anyone going to say 'dude, your extra kegs are getting in the way'?
No shameless setup for a sequel.

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Arthur

Just saw it and I'm convinced that we need to stop global warming otherwise megatron is going to kill us all

Single finger salute!

1) The female lead is a less annoying version of Le Lohan.

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