Transformers: The Last Knight | 6/21/2017 | Big Budget, Weak OW?

[JB33]

4 minutes ago, Elessar said:

 

Meh, there's more than enough dumb shit in today's blockbusters. I'd take something with a little more seriousness any day.

 

What does that even mean, they are just movies? Shindler's List is also just a movie. Entertainment is more than just laughing at stupid jokes. I can be entertained by feeling sadness or suspense.

 

What I'm saying is that the hyperbole around movies like this gets embarrassing sometimes. These movies are based on a toy line and most of us are adults. The world doesn't revolve around us.

[Barnack]

I also not sure what is the distinction that people are making when they are saying something like :

 

They're just movies. 2+ hours of entertainment. That's all they're supposed to be.

 

No one ever complained about a movie they did find entertaining, no one seek anything else from movie that are not documentary (entertainment is vast, it goes from crying when the dog in the movie die, to math challenge, to watching football drunk), the issue someone has with Transformer (or any movie) when they have one is to not be entertain by it.

 

That being said, it is a bit surrealist to read people, that seem to hate a series but still seem to watch all of them at the same time (is that some form of masochism ?, there is always 50 to 70 movies playing in theater if you are in city people. And like said above if you are an adults, those Transformers, Marvels, Valerian, etc... movies are not necessarily for you.

 

Edited April 12, 2017 by Barnack

[EmpireCity]

14 minutes ago, John Marston said:

They tried to make Transformers without Bay three times. Battleship, Pacific Rim, And Power Rangers. Didn't work out too well for them

 

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense and is completely irrelevant.  

 

Even with that said, I don't like Pacific Rim but it made $400m+, had decent critic reviews and got a sequel.  Pretty bad example to use.  

[John Marston]

1 minute ago, EmpireCity said:

 

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense and is completely irrelevant.  

 

Even with that said, I don't like Pacific Rim but it made $400m+, had decent critic reviews and got a sequel.  Pretty bad example to use.  

 

 

Pacific Rim was constantly gushed about how it was "how TF should be". It flopped everywhere but China and a few other markets 

 

 

some people werr were saying the same for Power Rangers 

[Plain Old Tele]

2 hours ago, EmpireCity said:

 

He was much better at it when he was a younger director.  There are scenes in movies like Bad Boys, The Rock and even Armageddon that have real emotional weight to them.  

 

IMO, it's because he didn't have all the clout back then. He was still beholden to producers and execs and had less ability to just ignore or change scripts. Even something like THE ISLAND has more emotional beats and interesting moments than the TF franchise. 

[Plain Old Tele]

50 minutes ago, John Marston said:

They tried to make Transformers without Bay three times. Battleship, Pacific Rim, And Power Rangers. Didn't work out too well for them

 

Two of those movies are better than anything in the TF franchise, though. 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

IMO, it's because he didn't have all the clout back then. He was still beholden to producers and execs and had less ability to just ignore or change scripts. Even something like THE ISLAND has more emotional beats and interesting moments than the TF franchise. 

we all know Tele cries while watching Transformers

[Plain Old Tele]

Just now, Ethan Hunt said:

we all know Tele cries while watching Transformers

 

In agony?

 

I actually haven't seen it since its OD.

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

In agony?

 

 

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I actually haven't seen it since its OD.

 

Sounds like you need to rewatch it and reevaluate

[Plain Old Tele]

1 minute ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Sounds like you need to rewatch it and reevaluate

 

I really don't.  What I've seen since ensures that. 

[That One Girl]

38 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

I really don't.  What I've seen since ensures that. 

 

The ending is pretty epic.  I'll give it that.

[EmpireCity]

1 hour ago, John Marston said:

 

 

Pacific Rim was constantly gushed about how it was "how TF should be". It flopped everywhere but China and a few other markets 

 

 

some people werr were saying the same for Power Rangers 

 

I've never heard a single person, article or trade publication that ever said Pacific Rim was "how TF should be".  

 

It made a profit and got a sequel along with mostly positive critic reviews.  This is a terrible example to use.  

[Plain Old Tele]

15 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

The ending is pretty epic.  I'll give it that.

 

From what I remember, I thought that was the worst part.

[Chewy]

5 hours ago, ddddeeee said:

I skipped the last one but this looks fun to me.

 

The last one is so hateful and mean-spirited, think it's worth a watch

[MrPink]

Just now, Chewy said:

 

The last one is so hateful and mean-spirited, think it's worth a watch

 

Yes, spending millions to off the comedic relief was harsh af.

[The Futurist]

It was always my theory Bay is the most deviant, rebel and deranged filmmaker of its time.

 

 

 

 

[Chewy]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

Yes, spending millions to off the comedic relief was harsh af.

 

Marky Mark being such an overbearing douche to his daughter, Laminated Romeo, Optimus ranting about how he should murder more, everything out of Kelsey Grammar's mouth

 

Bay unleashed, the full Bay

[aabattery]

4 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

Yes, spending millions to off the comedic relief was harsh af.

 

Obligatory gif.

 

[The Futurist]

Bay never told to the New York Times why he wants his 'Xplosions to look like freaking fireworks.

 

It is one of his weirdest constant artistic choice.

[Jake Gittes]

Why are you making me want to watch Transformers 4. Why