REVENGE!!!1!
JoyIt was a mess of a film. It had a few solid sequences around the start and the middle, but it was kind of muddly everywhere else. The opening sequence in Shanghai was great...then we cut to Sam moving out of home and accidentally causing kitchen appliances to come to life...then we cut back to the robots...then to Sam...then to the robots...seriously, it was like lurching from an awesome party into a less awesome party until the two eventually just formed one massive party.
But it was also an AWESOME mess. There were a lot of kick-ass moments, mainly because of Prime and Jetfire.
Speaking of Jetfire, I freaking love Jetfire. He was awesome. I want his toy.
There were several moments which could have been awesome, but weren't due to either really confusing camerawork (if things like Cloverfield made you sick, don't see this film, it is worse), hi-then-die characters (oh hi there Blackout-lookalike, and Sideways, and Demolisher, and Rampage...), fights being pathetically short (there was a lot of ripping apart of robots in this), or all three. I'm looking at you, Devastator. Seriously, he just shows up, causes some devastation, then gets blown up. What the hell.
A bunch of characters I expected to see more of got little to no screen time. Sideswipe, Jolt, and the Arcee threesome have been hyped up a lot-the first two getting multiple toys, and Sideswipe looking extremely cool. But their total screen-time was less than an hour! Instead, the main Autobots were Bumblebee, Skids, and Mudflap, who, while rather cool and funny, were not really the guys I wanted to see the most.
Also, it was quite funny. While there were some things that just failed (i.e. Devastator's giant steel wrecking balls...NO, REALLY.), there were more bits that were hilarious. Wheelie, Jetfire, Mudflap, and Skids in particular brought the funny for me. Apparently the last two have caused some controversy due to apparently being racist stereotypes of Afro-Americans. I failed to see that-I saw them more as being parodies of the tryhards who tried to be black gangsta/rappers.
Overall, I think I'd give it 3.5/5, or a 4.
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Also, "Devastator's Giant Wrecking Balls"? D8
Devastator's giant wrecking balls was for me the worst 'supposed to be funny' moment in the movie. He's supposed to be a giant unstoppable avatar of destruction (hence, y'know, the NAME)-chucking in a ball joke undermines the moment.
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For me, the most impressive are Jetfire (man, his temper tantrums and malfunctioning body-parts amuses me), Soundwave and Optimus (he got perhaps the best lines among others).
Most disappointing are a lot: Devastator (not devastating enough to live up to its name), Sideswipe/Arcee etc. (very limited screen time) and Sideways (Another beautiful car destroyed!).
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Ryan: I can't see!
Prisoner: Take the waste basket off your head...
Ryan: *takes off waste basket* I still can't see!
Prisoner: Take the other one off...
From "Wrongfully Accused"
Most disappointing: Devastator (he just appears, destroys stuff, eats sand, then gets killed), the majority of the Autobots (not enough screen time), and the Fallen (he got beaten pathetically easily).
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I'm Sludge in the G1 Crew on DA
You'll kiss an Irishman, but it's the Scotsman you'll take to bed! 'Cause he's warm and huggable.
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