Go Skins Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 as I understand it, if you liked the first 3, you'll love this one. If you didn't like the first 3, you won't like this one. Never understood the major complaints with the franchise. It's not meant to be MacBeth. They're supposed to be fun summer action flicks. Outside of maybe the last 45 minutes of the 2nd movie, IMO the franchise has been top notch in its genre. One of my critic friends liked 1 and 3, and dis liked 2. He went 2 out of 5 on this, product placement and run time was his biggest issue. He also said the plot is confusing and hard to follow, and he saw it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 One of my critic friends liked 1 and 3, and dis liked 2. He went 2 out of 5 on this, product placement and run time was his biggest issue. He also said the plot is confusing and hard to follow, and he saw it twice. similar to what I've heard. 1 probably tops the list because of how groundbreaking it was, but 3 honestly may be the stronger movie IMO. As far as #2, its a shame the writer's strike happened (and man that writer's strike messed with so many movies and shows). The first hour and a half of #2 is one of the best action films I had ever seen up to date. Right after Optimus died though the plot slowed down and the badass action film turned into a comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I thought it was pretty good. Don't know where it would rank among the 4 as I've seen the others so many times now. This one had great action as the all do, but it didn't quite feel the same without Josh Duhamel and Tyrese. There's less comedy in this one, but the comedy that is there falls a little more flat than the last films IMO. Just a handful of jokes throughout the film that I don't think anyone laughed at. The new human cast for the most part is an upgrade. Once you get past the premise of Mark Wahlberg as a robotics inventor. Wahlberg, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, TItus Welliver, Nicola Peltz and Bingbing Li are all solid additions. They also were smart in adding recognizable robot voices in Ken Watanabe and John Goodman, who was one of the highlights of the film. Goodman and Tucci carry the film as far as successful comedy goes. As for the critics complaints that "the plot was a mess", I question their ability to follow a story. There was a bunch going on, but it wasn't that confusing and it all tied in. -Human family finds Optimus, who's been on the run for 5 years. -CIA Black Ops Team, led by Grammer, have been hunting both Autobots and Decepticons for those 5 years. -Human company led by Tucci has been buying scraps of the robots to reverse-engineer their own Transformers -Decepticon Bounty Hunter is hunting Optimus Prime - Grammer has deal with the Bounty Hunter to help catch Prime in exchange for a device that will create more Transformer metal, which he has a deal in place to sell to Tucci. I question movie critics who can't follow that. As for appropriateness for kids for those out there debating it, I counted one fuck, 1-2 shit's, lots of violence and guns of course, and one human even gets Pompeiied by a bomb (think charred half stone on fire). Something similar to this: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkLRf2.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.neogaf.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D430932&h=323&w=800&tbnid=4M7GQWc242Gj2M%3A&zoom=1&docid=i1gWqXpwBTPjsM&ei=AQawU7S1GqbesAT0yIGoCw&tbm=isch&ved=0CFMQMygsMCw&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=566&page=4&start=34&ndsp=14 There was a group of 7-8 year olds who ere there. I wouldn't take anyone under 10, but that's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Should also note that while it's long, it doesn't drag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalRep85-9 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I second 1181. I don't really understand the hate. I enjoyed the film quite a bit. Lots of action. Lots of transformers screen time and I loved the dinobots. For only hearing his voice, Goodman kinda steals the show. It is on the long side but you don't FEEL it, if that makes any sense. Also echo 1181 about Wahlberg as the smart geeky type. When I see him I think brawn, not brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Maleficent is really good. I liked it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Maleficent is really good. I liked it a lot. I thought it was an interesting twist on the original tale, but found it dreadfully dull. I literally fell asleep during the middle of the film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Maleficent is really good. I liked it a lot. I took my daughter to see it last weekend. She really liked it. It's not going to blow you away, but I thought it was pretty good and put an interesting twist on what may have been going on behind the scenes of the traditional tale everyone knows. It could have benefited from maybe 10 more minutes and a little more beef on it, but I get why they wanted to keep it short for kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I took my daughter to see it last weekend. She really liked it. It's not going to blow you away, but I thought it was pretty good and put an interesting twist on what may have been going on behind the scenes of the traditional tale everyone knows. It could have benefited from maybe 10 more minutes and a little more beef on it, but I get why they wanted to keep it short for kids. Dont have kids so its not a big deal, but from the ads it looked a little dark. Not too dark for kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Dont have kids so its not a big deal, but from the ads it looked a little dark. Not too dark for kids? Less scary than I expected considering Maleficent is considered the scariest Disney villain. I'd say 6 and up? Arguably less scary than the animated version of Maleficent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2aWqecTTuE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enon Bengal Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 My soon to be twenty-one year old daughter wanted to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. I can honestly say it's one of the better movies I've seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Saw "Edge of Tomorrow", was worried it would drag with all the repeating things but the pacing is really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I haven't seen that one yet. I hear its the surprise movie of the year. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is getting amazing reviews. Looking forward to that. Read one review that said, paraphrasing, "Dawn is to Rise (of the planet of the apes) what The Empire Strikes Back was to Star Wars." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Saw "Edge of Tomorrow", was worried it would drag with all the repeating things but the pacing is really good. I kind of want to see it, but I'm not a Tom Cruise fan at all. Anyone else and it would be on my must see list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I feel the same way about TC, but War of the Worlds, Oblivion, and Minority Report were so good... :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 it is crazy to me. Seems like the transformers movies (even if they don't get great reviews) bring in the bucks. Looks like 100 million in the states for the opening weekend. it did about 90 million in China (which is a record there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 My soon to be twenty-one year old daughter wanted to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. I can honestly say it's one of the better movies I've seen in a long time. I took my 4 1/2 year old to this and she liked it for the most part. (She did have a cold and was kind of out of it 1/2 through). She keeps telling mom that she got to go see it...so it must have been a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I took my daughter to see it last weekend. She really liked it. It's not going to blow you away, but I thought it was pretty good and put an interesting twist on what may have been going on behind the scenes of the traditional tale everyone knows. It could have benefited from maybe 10 more minutes and a little more beef on it, but I get why they wanted to keep it short for kids. How old is your daughter? We keep debating on taking our 4 1/2 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 it is crazy to me. Seems like the transformers movies (even if they don't get great reviews) bring in the bucks. Looks like 100 million in the states for the opening weekend. it did about 90 million in China (which is a record there). first 3 combined for $2.27 Billion. The fourth one is looking like it will add another $700M to that total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 How old is your daughter? We keep debating on taking our 4 1/2 year old. she'll be 7 in a couple weeks, and in general is mature for her age. I wouldn't take anyone that young, but that's me. I saw kids that young watching Humans blow up in Transformers Friday. And dang, your kid is 4 already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 she'll be 7 in a couple weeks, and in general is mature for her age. I wouldn't take anyone that young, but that's me. I saw kids that young watching Humans blow up in Transformers Friday. And dang, your kid is 4 already? She is actually going to be 5 in two weeks. We are in TROUBLE as well. I know I'm biased, but she is a sharp little kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorclaws Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I saw X-men and Edge of Tomorrow last week. I enjoyed Edge of Tomorrow way more, great mix of action and humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXFsrp6WBs That looks dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_PQhGHnU8Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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