First off this ain't no 'Movie-verse is bad' thread, so if you are averse to Michael Bay, leave please ... cheers Now on to things, I was really impressed by Lockdown's *movie* character, he is a serious bad-arse [/Scottish], a proper bad guy, even the patter between the Autobots was really well done. John Goodman, you legend. If this is the shape of things to come, I cannot wait for TF5. It's really cool that Bay/Krueger is now spending more time on our Transformable-yet-not-mass-shifting heroes, as opposed to sharing time with us lousy mortals. Spoiler The exchange between Drift and Crosshairs during the Dinobot reveal scenes reek of TF magic. Galvatron is a blank canvas, in that we have a potentially major Big Bad in the making, plus the almost obscure definition of a 'spark' is potentially brilliant. More please! Even Crosshairs was a breath of fresh air amongst the righteous cause, aye, he's a dick, but it all helps with the dynamic, we can't have too many goody good-guys . And hopefully, the whole 'Knight' idea will be better explained re: Grimlock & co. All in all, AoE kicked it up a gear Thoughts?
In terms of what it meant for Transformers, yes, it was amazing. But even the best of potential can be wasted-the films need a better and clearer sense of direction (note that I didn't say better director) and a much cleaner script. I remember this man I met in Florida...an old man. Possibly Russian. Facial hair permanently set to stubble. What this man did was pour molten aluminum into ant hills and retrieve the sculpture. But he couldn't just pull it out and have a masterpiece. He had to clean it, remove the dirt and mud. That's what AOE was. It was an fresh anthill sculpture. It had too many pieces of pointless plot and unnecessary fluff. What Bay (mind you, NOT A BAD DIRECTOR. Just a bad storyteller) needs to do is clean his movies up. Then like the anthill sculpture, he can have something complex and beautiful. AOE felt like they got a quarter of the way through cleaning and said "Fuck it". Parts were good, even great, but much wasn't. I sense potential-I'd hate to see it squandered.
Indeed, the groundwork is there for some stellar Cybertronian shenannigans, but a much more refined and polished script would be more than welcome.
The thing is, the "problems" (a few)people have with the movie aren't affecting ticket sales. You're dreaming if you think the producers want any part of the Transformers equation to change at this point. I'd even argue that people love the problems with the films and that's why people who dislike the films are still in line at the cinema with the true fans.
