Less than meets the eye...

I just saw the laziest movie I have seen in a long time. Not that I was expecting anything more than a fun action flick, but this was the perfect example of why so many sequels go bad. Transformers 2 had all the incredible special effects and mayhem you would expect from a summer blockbuster, but the producers should be ashamed of their pathetic effort in filmmaking.

The overall plot could have been so much more, but instead the history of the transformers get a brief mention and is given very little importance to the actual plot. The characters were flat and uninspiring. And the biggest bummer of all for me was how much they focused on the humans rather than the interesting story of the transformers themselves. Sure Sam is living every geek's dream, and Megan Fox is pretty, but if that's all they wanted to make the movie about, why bother having the transformers. Aside from Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, most of the transformers aren't distinguishable enough from each other to even care about them. The big bad guy, the Fallen, was barely on screen and did not seem all that intimidating when they did show him. Basically, I felt like the whole movie was just a chance to show off a bunch of gaudy special effects and Megan Fox's (and the creepy decepticon femme-bot's) curves.

Then there's the humor. It has to be some of the most juvenile humor I've seen in a movie in a long time. I mean, seriously, how many jokes about male anatomy and dogs (or robots) mounting things before it stops being funny. It's like they couldn't actually think of anything funny, so they just threw a lot of vulgar junk in there to get some cheap laughs. And don't get me started on the twins...

All in all, it was a fun movie, but just could have used a lot more thought in all aspects. It's really sad to see movie-goers rewarding Michael Bay's lazy filmmaking with so much money, but people are easily distracted by big shiny objects on the movie screen.

Style

So, for the few of you out there who actually follow my blog, you will notice I'm trying a new template. I'm still tweaking with it, using my limited, trial-and-error based understanding of html. Not sure why I thought it was time for a change, but just thought I'd like something a little different. Hopefully the style suits my random assortment of thoughts and topics.