transformers

So I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Transformers movie next week for well over a year now. I am still very excited about it, but I have basically resigned myself to the fact that it will suck. Odds are I will go, be somewhat entertained by it.. but ultimately disappointed with no real interest in ever watching it again. Pretty much the reaction that everyone had to Spiderman 3.

I guess that's ok... but not really what I wanted. This had the possibility of being the next huge franchise.. multiple movies, all summer blockbusters... but they picked michael bay as director, and that immediately turned it into something else.. huge blockbuster yes.. but not for the right reasons. It will be all based on hype, but it will have no staying power. That's sad to me. We are talking about a franchise that I LOVED as a kid. So much so that I still watch the old movie from time to time. Now I will have this, with the weird designs for the transformers, and the human oriented plot, and probably REALLY lame lines delivered by Tyrese and Josh Duhamel.... can't wait.

I'll still be there the day it comes out, but I'm expecting the worst with this one. If they work it out, great.. but it may just be that this director can't actually make a good movie.. it is very possible.. I might be overwhelmingly satisfied, it does happen.. but usually movies that fly under the radar a bit and make it big based on merit.. Think the 300 here... that movie was advertised a bit, it looked pretty awesome with the visuals.. then the movie was EPIC.. just awesome... Too many summer movies go on all hype like the transformers movie is.. I tend to find that the more hype a movie gets, the worst it will be. They are hyping it to try and cover other shortcomings. The big shortcomings for this one appear to be the overuse of CG robots that become muddled and confused, especially when you blend that with the impression I get of this is that you will only really get glancing views of these things.. almost as if they are a teaser for a majority of the movie.. I could definitely be wrong on that, but still... unidentifiable CG is always bad.. never a good thing that's for sure.... then there is the complete lack of attention to the fact that robots are the stars and not the humans.. the really awesome part about the cartoons is that it was the robot characters that lead the way.. they were given real human emotions, but in the form of this huge hulking cold metal machine.. it was interesting and fun.. but too much of this looks like it will make the robots too much like in the terminator, where they have a complete lack of emotion and act well... robotic.. that's what made the transformers different, and it looks like the director and producers really missed the boat here... ah well.. I'm still going on the first day.