not more than meets the eye
Did I really pay to see Transformers? Oh yes… I did. I had no desire to see the movie but I went along hoping it would be at least dumb and fun.
It was only half that. The Transformers were one of Remi’s favorites when he was a kid. I never watched the cartoon. I was into Rainbow Brite. Seeing all the concept art and trailers, Remi knew this movie was going to break his little kid heart and not do justice to the characters and story he loved. But we both figured it would still have cool special effects and be loud and silly and over the top.
And it did have some fun moments. But not enough.
Oh Michael Bay. How does this guy still get work? I guess when they want a guy to deliver the Michael Bay cliches. And he did, in spades.
As a Transformers movie, we knew this was going to be bad. And it was. In the end it wasn’t much of a Transformers movie.
As a Michael Bay movie, this was silly and stupid with his usual military fetish, slow-mo dramatic shots, and swinging camera angles (Hot Fuzz parodied this brilliantly.) There was just not enough funny though. I actually got bored and fidgeted in my seat towards the end there. Plus too many blurry action shots were giving me a headache. And it really started to drag in spots.
I could really rip into this more but it’s not like I went into this thinking it was going to be any good. At least in that respect, it did not disappoint.
