The way they said it just rubbed me the wrong way. Happy now? I'm sorry!
Marvin claimed "It was the only one he could watch again from 2009" as if it was the best movie released that year and superior in quality.
You are entitled to your opinion however.
wow, an apology on these boards, things must have changed since I left.
anyway we're all entitled to opinoins, it just seems whenever TF movies are the subject it most always turns into something else. Like when Ebert called the people(and there were lots) who enjoyed it "less intelligent."
That being said, I never said the film was the best of the year, just that it was the only one I could sit through again. Million Dollar Baby and Shawshank are among the films I consider "best" but I'd be hard pressed to sit and watch them at any old time.
EDIT:
Even if you claim it is propaganda you can't deny the fact that it was one of the worst and offensive movies released that year. It's not just bad, it's crude, sexist and racist.
Yet people tolerate this stuff, I don't understand why.
Horror and action films have suffered the same fate as of late becoming cheap and stupid.
This is where the argument loses me honestly, there is so much hyperbole thrown around when it comes to TF and bay in general(amost ironic considering how excessive his style is), but in reality there are actual films that hit the (negative) notes we all claim his films hit, and what's worse is that they usually get praised for it.
here are some of last years releases that are infact worthy of such sentiments.
{the very idea that this might get modded off is a testament to my point}
the hangover
crank 2
lastly district 9, nominated for best picture and perhaps the most offensive of all.
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as i recall they clearly use the name of a former nigerian president with reference to the cannibal gang.
I'm perfectly fine with everyone hating TF films, everyone is entitled to an opinion, I would just rather people be honest and agenda less about it. To claim that it's because the Transformer films are:
Racist,
Offensive,
Crude,
Tasteless,
Devioid of traditional plot,
Undermines it's drama with gags,
Shaky cam to the point of making one want to throw up,
Too Sex Driven.
..etc the list on goes on, to front that that is the reason why the film is the death of cinema and in the very same year give critical acclaim to films that actually have these "flaws" in spades is beyond lame. all said films recieved a fresh rating if I recall correctly.
I've had enough of the hyperbole surrounding TF criticism, if ppl don't like the films they should just say so, as opposed to attaching their dislike of the films to "real issues"
the question I would throw to everyone else is, did these films also "offend" you or was there just something special about the level of offensiveness in TF...
