Their appearance looks like junkyard throw-up
although never in the history of science fiction has an alien been harmed by gunfire.
goodcow said:Saw a free screening yesterday.
6/10.
Way too fucking long.
Why does the CG in Transformers look like shit? It's poorly animated and often blurry.
Story was retarded.
You could tell it was a Michael Bay film though, by the style and comedic elements.
Would've been a lot better if they cut 30 minutes from it.
Movie was way too fucking long.
SonicMegaDrive said:He needs to re-watch 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'.
Dead said:There is tons of silliness in Beast Wars, especially in regards to the shows humour.
Also, Beast Machines doesn't exist
goodcow said:Saw a free screening yesterday.
6/10.
Way too fucking long.
Would've been a lot better if they cut 30 minutes from it.
Movie was way too fucking long.
chubigans said:Roger Ebert gives one star to Transformers (he gave the first movie three stars):
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/REVIEWS/906239997
Roger Ebert said:The plot is incomprehensible. The dialog of the Autobots, Deceptibots and Otherbots is meaningless word flap. Their accents are Brooklyese, British and hip-hop, as befits a race from the distant stars. Their appearance looks like junkyard throw-up. They are dumb as a rock. They share the film with human characters who are much more interesting, and that is very faint praise indeed.
There are many great-looking babes in the film, who are made up to a flawless perfection and look just like real women, if you are a junior fanboy whose experience of the gender is limited to lad magazines.
I...how did y.......wait, what? Was the projector crappy at your screening or something?goodcow said:Why does the CG in Transformers look like shit? It's poorly animated and often blurry.
XiaNaphryz said:I...how did y.......wait, what? Was the projector crappy at your screening or something?
XiaNaphryz said:I...how did y.......wait, what? Was the projector crappy at your screening or something?
I find it amusing that creatures that can unfold out of a Camaro and stand four stories high do most of their fighting with...fists. Like I say, dumber than a box of staples. They have tiny little heads, except for Starscream®, who is so ancient he has an aluminum beard.
I have yet to see an IMAX screening, but I saw no issues at our work screening on a digital projector. Granted, our equipment is also likely to be not typical of what you'd see in an average theater that undergoes a lot more usage or may not be as top of the line.Jim said:I agree with this. On the IMAX screen there were definitely some noticeable, softer, "blended" looking CG scenes especially when off to the sides a bit.
Due to embargo I cant say what I thought of Transformers 2. But I can say that I'm going to go watch Trans 1 now and marvel at its coherence
XiaNaphryz said:I have yet to see an IMAX screening, but I saw no issues at our work screening on a digital projector. Granted, our equipment is also likely to be not typical of what you'd see in an average theater that undergoes a lot more usage or may not be as top of the line.
That's a fake IMAX screen right? And crowd control, why?goodcow said:AMC25, with NYPD there for crowd control.
Jim said:Goodcow.. were you at Lincoln Square IMAX last night?
chubigans said:Roger Ebert gives one star to Transformers (he gave the first movie three stars):
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/REVIEWS/906239997
Did he even see the first movie?Their accents are Brooklyese, British and hip-hop, as befits a race from the distant stars.
Aliens, Independence Day, Transformers, Predator, Predator 2, The Day The Earth Stood Still beg to differ...The humans, including lots of U.S. troops, shoot at the Transformers a lot, although never in the history of science fiction has an alien been harmed by gunfire.
Starscream®, who is so ancient he has an aluminum beard.
gutter_trash said:okay how about the Deceptiocns this time?
do they freakin' talk this time?
gutter_trash said:it is clear that Ebert got disconnected and does not care about the individual names of the Transformers (like mistaking Starscrem for JetFire/SkyFire)
Thanks for the feedback, Jim. Wow, about an hour too long, eh? The first one had its silly moments (John Turturro's character comes to mind) but this one sounds like double those moments.Jim said:If they stitched all the IMAX parts together and cut out an hour then I would have really liked it. Other than that it was kinda all over the place, drawn out and a little too silly at times (hah), at least compared to the first.
And I see what people mean about the twins (After looking back into the thread)
Gantz said:He's referring to the gawd awful character designs and piss poor cinematography. Even ILM couldn't help the movies.
SecretBonusPoint said:The Optimus Unleashed forest fight is worth the price of admission alone.
Cold blooded!There are many great-looking babes in the film, who are made up to a flawless perfection and look just like real women, if you are a junior fanboy whose experience of the gender is limited to lad magazines.
giga said:Cold blooded!
:lolSonicMegaDrive said:That bit was particularly nasty.
If he had an evil, villainous mustache while he was writing that review, you can bet he was twirling it.
PhoncipleBone said:Character design is love or hate it, but piss poor cinematography? WOW. If there is one thing that is consistent in everything Michael Bay, its fantastic cinematography. He hires the best DPs and knows how to make a good looking movie.
Their appearance looks like junkyard throw-up.
PhoncipleBone said:Character design is love or hate it, but piss poor cinematography? WOW. If there is one thing that is consistent in everything Michael Bay, its fantastic cinematography. He hires the best DPs and knows how to make a good looking movie.
Schattenjagger said:for those that saw it, how accurate is the portrayal ofSoundwave
That was one of the things I'd forgotten I hated about the first movie.gutter_trash said:okay how about the Deceptiocns this time?
do they freakin' talk this time?
I wouldn't say it looks like shit, and it seems to be better lookingin T2 as well, but I do know what you mean. In T1, when I was watching it in theater, it either looked like there was too much motion blur on CG or too little, and the animation of robot's closeups seemed a bit jittery when they would move slowly.goodcow said:Why does the CG in Transformers look like shit? It's poorly animated and often blurry.
Lord Error said:I wouldn't say it looks like shit, and it seems to be better lookingin T2 as well, but I do know what you mean. In T1, when I was watching it in theater, it either looked like there was too much motion blur on CG or too little, and the animation of robot's closeups seemed a bit jittery when they would move slowly.
Now as I said, all this looks better to me in T2 from the trailers, but I was also really surprised at how much better the CG looked when I was watching the movie on TV. The problems with jittery animation seemed to disappear and the blur didn't seem that bad either. Maybe the 3:2 frame pulldown actually helped here somehow.