Transformers What did you hate about this movie?

[Drizzle]

- Hanging around kicking it ending. I'd much rather have seen clips of the Autobots integrating into day-to-day earth life (as vehicles) than standing around on the cliff with the make-out squad. Bumblebee was going to stay with the boy, not everyone. Send them off somewhere, the seemed... impotent in that moment, despite prime's posturing.

Yeah, at first I thought Ironhide was sent to protect Captain Lennox, since he took him back to his family. I didn't know why they were all together at the end.

 

[OverMyHead]

This is exactly how I feel about this movie. Beautifully written, finely crafted, and deeply moving critique by Scott.

http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/03/review-transformers-scotts-review/

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I agree. I said on another message board that this is a movie that will likely appeal to fans first andf foremost, it will have a hard time appealing to anybody else.

I've little experience with Transformers outside of Beast Wars, and although I was able to keep up having a cursory knowledge of the combatants and some of the more general concepts, outside of Megatron, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee I had a hard time keeping up with the other robots or things like the Allspark and such. At the end I felt somewhat lost in the visual assault that we were being fed that it was a bit hard to keep emotionally invested in the battle.

 

[Boiiinng]

This is exactly how I feel about this movie. Beautifully written, finely crafted, and deeply moving critique by Scott.

http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/03/review-transformers-scotts-review/

Same here. Although I don't think there was as much action as even he described. There wasn't much more than the trailers. Every time something was getting good, it went off-screen: Bumblebee blasting Barricade while Sam and Mikaela fight Frenzy, Prime speaking his big line and fighting Megatron while we watch Sam in a hole, etc. The cuts were bad.

 

[SuperJediHero]

People who doesn't like Action, or cars, jets, or think Megan Fox (Shia for the Ladies) is Hot will dislike this movie for sure.

I agree. I said on another message board that this is a movie that will likely appeal to fans first andf foremost, it will have a hard time appealing to anybody else.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Just having those things does not assure you of success. Look at the Matrix sequels for example. Tons of action, the cast was popular, special effects were fantastic and after Reloaded, most of the audience did not return to see Revolutions. In some ways the last fight in Transformers reminded me of the fight in Revolutions between Smith/Neo.

However, I didn't say, and I don't think, the movie will be unsuccessful, a lot of curious people are going to check the flick out, but I don't think it has what it takes to resonate with those simply not interested with the idea of giant robots fighting.

 

[Roughneck]

I hated all of the Minor Contiunity errors

Bumblebee's door being open then closed

the plate of Doughnuts continually changing

the size of the glasses

the size of te cube

and it goes on and on

 

[K.B.]

I don't think that if you Loved this movie you were going to no matter what like someone suggested.
I wasn't a fan of the new designs or where it was headed till I saw the first big trailer which showed stuff like Starscream attacking the city etc then I was like "ok this might be good"
Also I stayed away from spoilers and clips so when I did see the autobots/decepticons tranforming etc I was board with it (not that you could be)

 

[Jimmy, GL]

- Propotion problems with the bots. In the final battle OP's foot is as big as Solstice? That would OP could squish Jazz and just about any other TF. Sam was as big as BB's leg at some points (Standing) and at others he only as tall as BB's foot. Op was big as Sam's house and suddenly he's only as tall as the window.

- The crappy looking BB stand-in.

- The lady on Airforce 1 not seeing Frenzy in plain sight.

- magic doughnuts

- Pacing felt fast/quickened

- Plotholes for Deceps (Barricade, Scorponok, Frenzy, the mountain Dew Machine)

- Allspark only made evil things and couldn't heal any of the Autobots. Frenzy get a foot away from it and gets his body back but when BB is holding the dam thing his legs won't regenerate? WtF?

 

[XXTBWCXX]

1.) Scorponok didn't seem so b-a during his fight in that little village; he was beaten down too easily.

2.) Barricade wasn't shown enough and he left and didn't fight in the final battle.

3.) The movie should've been longer (longer fight scenes, but no boring scenes because I loved the fast-pace feel of the movie.)

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Other then the headache I got attempting to follow the last 30 mins, the one thing that pissed me off was the Transformers pretty much being owned by the humans. What was up with that?

 

[XXTBWCXX]

Yeah, at first I thought Ironhide was sent to protect Captain Lennox, since he took him back to his family. I didn't know why they were all together at the end.

Optimus Prime said he was grateful for the humans in helping the Autobots and when Bumblebee asked to stay with Sam, the Autobots decided to stay too...and if Lennox is in the sequel, then Ironhide will probably be his guardian.

 

[XXTBWCXX]

Other then the headache I got attempting to follow the last 30 mins, the one thing that pissed me off was the Transformers pretty much being owned by the humans. What was up with that?

Am I the only person who didn't have trouble following the the final battle?

 

[Roughneck]

- Propotion problems with the bots. In the final battle OP's foot is as big as Solstice? That would OP could squish Jazz and just about any other TF. Sam was as big as BB's leg at some points (Standing) and at others he only as tall as BB's foot. Op was big as Sam's house and suddenly he's only as tall as the window.

- The lady on Airforce 1 not seeing Frenzy in plain sight.

Well when Optimuswas looking in the window he ws crouching

And I know....No one saw Frenzy, he was reading th newspaper behid that one guy and another guy walked right by him, and then when it anded you'd think everyone would be on alert watching for this intruder to escape, but a little robot putting his hand over his face and walking funny seems to make him invisible.....he should have been seen at Hoover Damn too.....Man he was crafty.

 

[Warhammer]

My cons:

- Too much humor/comic relief (95% of it was genuinely funny, but I just felt that it was a bit too much.)
- Plot holes (Barricade, Xbox 360 and Mountain Dew Decepticons, Scorponok, the Allspark)

That's about it.
Other than the Allspark problem, the other plot holes are very minor and shouldn't be blown out of proportion.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Am I the only person who didn't have trouble following the the final battle?

I would guess so. When I saw following it isn't so much who is fighting who, but what exactly they are doing. When a character does an arm drag and it is hard to make out you have a problem.

The only clear fight scene was the highway scene.

 

[Golgo-13]

Hated the fact that we didn't get a GOOD look at Blackout in robot mode.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Hated the fact that we didn't get a GOOD look at Blackout in robot mode.

Actually we do get one on the base. But it's quick, and if you blink you miss it. You actually see it better in the trailer.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

My Problems
- The Decepticons never come together as a group. They seemed like a series of disjointed lone wolfs, thereby it never really seemed like Megatron was a great leader.
- The humor was funny, but too much. And by "too much" I mean Turturro. Turturro was actually surprising good when acting serious ("this is a do whatever I want and get away with it badge" "you said your car transformed")...had he continued just to act snarky and wise, but serious, it would've improved his part dramtically.
- Starscream has too few lines.
- The Autobots could have used one more super serious member, like Prowl or Hound.
- The characters like the army and hackers were unnecessary as characters, despite being logically consistent with the movie. I felt like the soldiers actually should've been given less character to help move their story along quicker.

 

[DaneShobe]

Not one of the autobots was in character. Gangstabot Jazz. Blood thirsty Ironhide. Old man Ratchet. Nagging daddy Prime.

All but one of the Decepticons were killed by humans.

Decepticons weren't given distinguishing voices.

Jazz reenstates the stereotype that the black guy does, and very anti-climactically at that.

Bumblebee peed on a man, folks. Okay? He peed on a man. Proudly. He posed while doing it. That is not cool.

Starscream had 2 lines and there was no hint of his hatred for Megatron.

Did I mention I hated everything regarding Jazz?

Overall, this movie was a disgrace to the Transformers. It did nothing but look good, and I honestly don't see how any of you could have even liked it.

 

[Killing Joke926]

I wanted IronHide to blow that fur-ball away with his cannons; and Sam's parents.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Not one of the autobots was in character. Gangstabot Jazz.

Jazz always spoke like that.

Blood thirsty Ironhide.

I'll grant you this...but c'mon this movie is a new continuity, not G1. Ironhide has been a hotheaded teenager as well.

Old man Ratchet.

Ratchet was originally voiced by Don Messiach, who was very old. He was always depicted as being old.

Nagging daddy Prime.

That's simply not true. He spoke in monologues and was very protective of the characters. As for his impatience and "naggy daddy" attitude. He told Blaster and Jazz to "shut up" in the old cartoon frequently when they played music, would get very pushy when he was given medical attention and in the comics was known to lose his temper. He was quiet in character, and if you disagree with that statement why don't you ask Peter Cullen who himself said Optimus was the same character he always was in the film.

 

[Warhammer]

Shadowned!

I had to say it.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

it was a lil cluttered in a bunch of scenes....and sometimes the robot voices annoyed me...thats pretty much it

 

[Lando81]

Jazz's death. thats bout it.