But anyways… going back on topic, I’m not saying the Ratatoo-er…however you say it, I don’t feel like looking it up… is bad, it’ll probably turn out fine. I’m just rather surprised that’s there’s been so very little advertising for the film. I’ve not seen any commercials for it on TV, and only the 1 theater preview. It could just be bad timing on my part, but for a Pixar film I would’ve expected the over the top Disney treatment for getting word out to audiences. Maybe Disney doesn’t want so much to be involved in this film. Could be why it’s doing so well among critics? However it premieres this coming weekend along with Bruce Willis with Transformers and Harry Pothead to follow next. In my opinion they should’ve waited a little bit or released it in earlier June. There was nothing worth seeing in early June.
Um, that link you gave does not say OP does not have lips.
In fact, in the latest issue of Wired (with Transformers on the cover) in the article they talk to Michael Bay. OP has lips. They said it was Bay’s artistic decision.
But anyways… going back on topic, I’m not saying the Ratatoo-er…however you say it, I don’t feel like looking it up… is bad, it’ll probably turn out fine. I’m just rather surprised that’s there’s been so very little advertising for the film. I’ve not seen any commercials for it on TV, and only the 1 theater preview. It could just be bad timing on my part, but for a Pixar film I would’ve expected the over the top Disney treatment for getting word out to audiences. Maybe Disney doesn’t want so much to be involved in this film. Could be why it’s doing so well among critics? However it premieres this coming weekend along with Bruce Willis with Transformers and Harry Pothead to follow next. In my opinion they should’ve waited a little bit or released it in earlier June. There was nothing worth seeing in early June.
Um, that link you gave does not say OP does not have lips.
In fact, in the latest issue of Wired (with Transformers on the cover) in the article they talk to Michael Bay. OP has lips. They said it was Bay’s artistic decision.
I am siding with Ebbe. I consider Transformers as a movie worth seeing along the lines of Snakes on a Plane. Also, it’s Michael Bay, it’s not going to be amazing or anything. Just go watch some explosions and robots killing robots. Stuff like this is why Japan was invented.
Edit: For those that can’t stand the lips idea, maybe you can get high before watch it so you can laugh it off like normal people.
I saw Ratatouille today and was impressed. I loved it, I really did, it wasn’t as intense as Live Free or Die Hard or as pure awesome as my alltime favorite the Great Escape, but still very worthy of those reviews in a day and age when kids movies generally suck if you are older than five, but this, this was pretty great, very much worth going to see.
Don’t you guys fucking dare macerate a Pixar discussion into Transformers. The aesthetics of Micheal Bay offends my undying soul. Pixar’s treatment of talking cars, no matter how stylized some how looks more plausible than this shit.
I just got back from TRANSFORMERS. I capitalize it because after seeing the movie, regular type does it even lesser justice.
Simply put, the best fucking movie of the year. I was skeptical going in. I was stupid. I don’t know what is fucking hotter about the movie, the robots or the chicks. It is also one of the funniest movies in recent memory. I laughed my ass off (trust me, if you’re skeptical about humor in a transformers movie, don’t be).
There is also tons of witty social commentary. I can’t say enough just how fucking badass this movie is. I remember reading one review where the guy said, basically, once it’s over you’re going to want to go to the ticket counter and give them another $10. I couldn’t agree more. I just got back from a late showing, it’s 2am, and I’m pumped. Don’t see the movie too late. You won’t be able to go to sleep. It’s that fucking sweet.
There are tons of geeky references in the movie. The transformers are superbly done. It has the fucking sound. Some of the best SFX I have ever seen. Bay didn’t fuck it up. I counted no less than 5 times the audience burst out into clapping and whooting.
Probably should have put that in a new thread rather than desecrate Greg’s thread any further, even though I don’t know how much further it could possibly go already…
1. I liked that preliminary picture of Megatron’s face.
2. A movie would have to buy me dinner, have sex with me multiple times, and then leave my place without question, but leaving the door open for repeat dinner/sex escapades, for it to make me want to give the theater another $10 without seeing the movie again. Period.
I have to call that statement into question, I mean we all have opinions but this seems like a bit of overstatement.
I think its important to separate experience from the actual content. I just can’t see anyone reacting to it as “Movie of the year” if they hadn’t waited in line opening night, and had ample time to bask in the excitement of others or isn’t some sort of transformers fan. Surely had you watched this in an empty showing 4 weeks later on a tuesday with one other friend at a matinee you’d had a different take. Even my dork friends who saw it with MC Chris just thought it was “Enjoyable” and described as being entertaining, better than expected but not the best movie ever.
My brother said it was “funny” and “decent” but complained it had zero downtime in action to really string much of a story out of it.
