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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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How are you gonna fit four kids in your stang?!

I'm finally gonna see it on staurday! I hate crowded movie theaters!
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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Took my son to see it. We really liked it. The Saleen police car had to be my favorite, but I had to admit the Camaro was bad a$$. When Bumblebee got his feelings hurt about being called a piece of junk and turned into the concept camaro the packed theater roared with applause.

"This car's got feelings, and now you ****ed him off!"
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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saw it yesterday for my bday...very cool!!
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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hahaha. it is super stupid and cheesy.

but you just let yourself enjoy it. and it was a very entertaining film.

high rise double pump carb? hahahaha. next mod, for sure!!
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by n00bstang
it is super stupid and cheesy.
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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Ah the Nay sayers to each our own.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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I saw it yesterday and it was awesome! Definately two thumbs up from me!!
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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Just saw it today and it was pretty **** cool. As for the new camaro, ya, I'd buy one. Looks a lot better in motion than just in pictures.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Man this movie absolutely kicked a$$. All I have to say after seeing it is that Im happy I own a muscle car.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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It's a POS.

Whoever wrote the script must be a a high school dropout along with the two bimbos who didn't fare any better specially the one with the over done English accent.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:08 PM
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And the toys are out .
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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Funny how people either loved it or hated it. In my opinion , one of the best movies I have seen in a LONG time.

Definitely blows any other movie so far this year out of the water.
I was laughing at the "cheesy" "corny" scenes; they were hilarious.

Only complaint I have on this movie is the fight scenes you really had to pay attention to see who was who at times. But the fight sequences rocked.

My son loved it as well as me, and we are 11 and 36. Reaches all generations, not just the kiddies .
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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I thought the gane cover looked familliar !
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 1 BULLITT
It's a POS.

Whoever wrote the script must be a a high school dropout along with the two bimbos who didn't fare any better specially the one with the over done English accent.
An utter POS. Actually, I doubt they even bothered with a script. More likely they just made it up as they went along.

Don't believe me? It's now officially listed as "rotten".
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by GottaHaveIt
And the toys are out .
And you bought them! The Michael Bay marketing/brainwashing/merchandising machine is working.

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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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my son gets Bumble bee I wanted the Barricade for my collection. It's a toy on a shelf I have the choice to buy it or not ,That's my choice no brainwashing involved on me.
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GottaHaveIt
my son gets Bumble bee I wanted the Barricade for my collection. It's a toy on a shelf I have the choice to buy it or not ,That's my choice no brainwashing involved on me.
No sweat, dude...just funin' with ya! It's all good.

Hell, I still have plenty of toys, models, etc. from my childhood proudly displayed on shelves.

You can take the man out of the boy, but you can't take the boy out of the man.

I have no idea what that means.
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Hollywood_North GT
Hot, sweaty, tanned chicks won over by nerdy guys, sophomoric humor, cool cars that turn into robots, violence, plenty of action and stuff that blows up, militaristic jingoism, video game pacing...and lots and lots of CGI. It’s every 16 year-old boy’s fantasy wet dream come true. It’s also a steaming pile of crap. Makes Pearl Harbor look like Bridge on the River Kwai by comparison.

I can hear Michael Bay now: “Story? We don’t need no stinkin’ story! We have an entire warehouse full of Silicon Graphics workstations for crissake – now let’s make a movie!”

Maybe I'm just gettin' old.
It's a live action adaption of a cartoon series! Were you expecting "Ghandi" or "Driving Miss Daisy"?

I saw it with my wife and kids we all had fun watching it;even my wife and she usually doesn't like any movies except chick flicks. Was it deep and thought provoking Oscar material? No. Was it action packed, fun entertainment? Heck yeah!
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Vermillion06
It's a live action adaption of a cartoon series! Were you expecting "Ghandi" or "Driving Miss Daisy"?
Of course not. What I was expecting was some coherence; something beyond juvenille - "The beach is over there" - humor that made me groan; not seeing every cliche that's ever been used; and action that while fun, doesn't thoroughly insult my intelligence. The cheesy dialogue and glaring story holes, coupled with the A.D.D., videogame-inspired editing of the action – the kind that marred Spider-Man 3, IMO – really killed it for me.

Truth is, I was actually looking forward to this thing. But all Hollywood makes now are remakes and videogame adaptations for 17 year-old boys. And I guess the problem is that I'm not 17 anymore.

Originally Posted by Vermillion06
Was it deep and thought provoking Oscar material?
Things don't HAVE to be either/or, you know. They could have dispensed with the human cast in this film altogether - in fact, it probably would have been better. Even Live Free or Die Hard was better than this, mostly because Bruce Willis has enough acting chops - and his McClane character is well-developed enough - that it made it a fun romp, even though the action was, once again, physically impossible.

MY idea of a movie that has a great balance of story, suspense, characterization AND action is The Hunt for Red October. That's a great example of a movie that has it all. But once again, I guess that's an action film for adults. Transformers has been totally marketed to kids.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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My offical take on it is... if you get past three things, it's bad ***:
1) The small Decepticon that is always muttering stuff really fast. Too Jarjar.
2) The Autobots all have the same personalities that they had in the cartoon. There is the cool one, the tough one, the nice guy, etc. It's a little cheesy to see their personalities come out through their badass robot exteriors.
3) Optimus Prime saying, "My bad."

I'm a little biased because I grew up on the cartoon. In fact, it's the only cartoon I really remember loving. So to me, it's worth seeing twice.

My only regret is that James Cameron wasn't the director. Why oh why wasn't James Cameron the director?? Sigh...
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