The newest (and perhaps last) entry into the Michael Bay version of the Transformers franchise came out last night – Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. This review WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS. If you don’t want to know the story come back after you’ve watched the flick.
Before we get started I want to remind readers that I’m a big Transformers geek so this may be a bit biased. If you want to get a historical perspective you can check out my reviews of the first two flicks in the franchise here:
I’m going to write this review in much the same style that I used for my review of the original movie. Before we get started realize that this will contain spoilers so if you want to watch the movie fresh skip this post and come back after viewing.
The Transformers
More of the same goodness that we got in the first movie. Optimus Prime kicks MAJOR ass in this flick. At one point he roars “I’ll take you all on” and I literally got goose bumps. That was of course until he went and got himself “killed”. Silly Optimus. … Continue reading
It’s summertime and that means blockbuster movies of the week! Last night at midnight, the sequel to Michael Bay’s Transformers hit the big screen. Already this morning the movie is being absolutely slammed in reviews. It’s being called slow, plodding, etc. And I can’t wait to see it!
For those that don’t know, The Transformers are robots that morph (transform) into vehicles and other objects to blend in to their surroundings. The property first came to us in the mid 80′s as a cartoon and has since spawned three (as of last night) theatrical releases, comic books, toys and and… Continue reading
The most prestigious award that any movie can receive is the “Academy Award For Best Motion Picture” — The Oscar. Once a movie has this distinction it goes down in history as the “best” movie of that year. The red carpet at the Oscars is a huge evening every year where all the stars turn out for the event. The Academy goes through some sort of review process and determines which picture is truly “the best”. Ol Chewie’s here to tell you that there are many times where they’re just DEAD WRONG.
2000 – Gladiator
Not sure that I… Continue reading
OK… I will take this step by step and keep this mostly spoiler free (in case you haven’t seen this flick yet). Please keep in mind that I saw this in a DLP theater so it was essentially like watching a high definition version of the movie.
First off… This is NOT a kids movie. Yeah yeah yeah, I know that it’s based on the kids toys from the early 80’s but this is a serious action movie (or as serious as one can get basing a story on robots from another planet that transform into other objects).
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A Rewatch In 3D
I recently reviewed the Michael Bay flick Transformers: Dark Of The Moon after seeing it on opening night. In that review I stated that I’d seen the flick in 2D and didn’t really see the value in 3D (or words to that effect). A good friend of mine Stan commented on the blog and said that I should definitely see the flick in 3D… so that’s what I did.
I loved the flick the first time around and the second time was no different. In fact, I think I may have enjoyed it more the second time, but I don’t… Continue reading →