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Originally Posted by Vangelus  Generally Matthew can do some fun cynical commentary IMO- it's Stan who tries to one-up him all the time by becoming a hyperbole-wielding IMDB dweller that wrecks it for me. He's like some kind of massive bad influence that destroys subtlety and wit. |
Amen.
His review for the first one was somewhat entertaining even if some of his 'confusion' was just him being confused. This review seemed to just be frustrated anger because they didn't like it. I don't think many people can really disagree that the movie was lacking in substance or whatever.
The point about Megan Fox's role being diminished... huh? Seemed about the same to me.
The point about the CGI... huh? Seems like it's amazing to me. Maybe they shouldn't watch it on a TV from 1975 with the cloth netting for speakers.
The point about the liason... huh? I thought it brought in a character that I was supposed to hate and I did. He did what he had to do and actually made a complicated challenge that they needed to overcome. It was a little lame, sure. But I felt the role wasn't totally wasted.
The point about Agent Simmons I could kind of agree with.
I agree with the squishy humans part for the NEST thing too, to a point. I think it could have been slimmed down to a more specific special forces that did something other than rack up casualties in battle. Still, NEST did seem successful in being the index finger that pointed out Decepticons for the Autobots to go beat up.
They didn't mention the Twins or Leo, which seems like fodder for anyone who dislikes the movie.
I think Robot Heaven is silly to everyone.
Then they exalted Shia's ability to act. I have to disagree, since I can't see him other than his role in Even Stevens in anything I've ever seen him in.
I think they missed out on why the movie WAS so successful. It had a lot of action and robots beating the piss out of each other pretty brutally. Most of the review was them swearing at Micheal Bay and talking about how great other movies were. I was at least entertained by the first movie's review, this just made me want to yell at them to stop fondling each other and talk about the actual movie itself.
