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Transformers: Dark of the Moon |OT| - Bigger, Badder, Better?
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VisionaryQuest0
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Carbonox_Ratchet said:
This is definitely Bay's franchise, regardless if he's done with directing it. He'll probably stay on as producer.
Big Baybee
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Its mindblowing. So good.duckroll said:
Finally saw it. It was fine. Miles above the second. I thought pacing was decent enough. First half was all over the place but not nearly as disjointed as 2. Second half (i.e. the hour-long action piece) was incredible. Some of the battles were so much better than anything in the previous 2 films, specifically
. Just pure eye candy.
New chick was fine. She was pretty god damn hot. Dempsey didn't really have me convinced. Lack of the Twins in this movie automatically made it a winner for me.
I'll be seeing it again this Sunday with my Aunt (she wants to see it, haha). Wish I could watch it in IMAX 3D though.
Optimus vs Sentinel
New chick was fine. She was pretty god damn hot. Dempsey didn't really have me convinced. Lack of the Twins in this movie automatically made it a winner for me.
I'll be seeing it again this Sunday with my Aunt (she wants to see it, haha). Wish I could watch it in IMAX 3D though.
TUROK
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/transformers-dark-moons-powerful-visual-208967
It took a staggering 288 hours per frame to render the Driller along with the photoreal CG building that includes all those reflections in its glass.
Jesus goddamn Christ....
It took a staggering 288 hours per frame to render the Driller along with the photoreal CG building that includes all those reflections in its glass.
Jesus goddamn Christ....
HomerSimpson-Man
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TUROK said:
Holy shit. :O
TacticalFox88
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I just shat my pants. Holy freaking SHIT IM. Some of that shit is just insane. Like these:TUROK said:
Xia, just what in the flying fuck kind of computers does ILM have? From the way they're describing it, it could run Crysis at max settings without breaking a goddamn SWEAT
Story was still weak, still way too much cheese, but the action was pretty solid and this is one of the few times I've actually thought that 3D added something to the movie. I did notice the weird framing issues that someone mentioned that kind of screwed up the sense of scale, but still....quite a visual treat.
We enjoyed ourselves.
We enjoyed ourselves.
The Outsider
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I've seen this film three times and I'm not afraid to admit it. Come at me, GAF.
aparisi2274
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Saw it tonight in IMAX 3D and I loved every bit of it! This movie totally craps all over the 2nd one. I need to see this again for sure.
I have one question. When Megatron rolled up on his little outpost where those scavenger robots were, was one of them this robot? It looked like it...
I have one question. When Megatron rolled up on his little outpost where those scavenger robots were, was one of them this robot? It looked like it...
funkmasterb
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TacticalFox88 said:
On a good day
Thing was a cruel taskmaster!
demosthenes
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I liked it, much better than #2. The ILM stuff is just downright insane.
near
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I can't believe I wasted money and time on this piece of shit. I should have really learnt my lesson the last two times I gave this junk my time of day. It was terrible in every sense - the script was unfocused, the characters were literally disobedient to story telling, the directing was horrible with little sense and understanding of how to pace and cut a movie, and all-in-all a cluster fuck of retardation. There is only so much of ultimate destruction you can enjoy before it gets boring and old. For pure entertainments sake I guess I could have just enjoyed it if it was much shorter, but obviously there was emphasis on the story, its meaning, and mythology which was all planned and executed horribly.
Nostalgia~4ever
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Vyer said:
take out the humans and the movie is good. I just cant care for shia or that chick who is in the movie just for her looks.
Nostalgia~4ever said:
Personally, I think the movie still could have kept in most of the investigation stuff with Shia and Turturro and things would have still been fine. But there was absolutely no reason that half of this already long movie is filled with crap about how Shia can't get a job.
I've never really minded the inclusion of the military folk in these movies. Although, the second movie ended up being a US Armed Forces circle-jerk towards the end (with transformers occasionally doing stuff off screen).
VeryGooster
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MechaX said:
Dark of the Moon is like two movies combined into one with
Patrick Dempsey being the link where he goes from smug boss of Shia's girlfriend he's indirectly competing with to, uh, the villain.
Romantic comedy action film of the year...
Meus Renaissance
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TUROK said:
Don't we have a Gaffer who works for ILM? I would love to know what the specs on those machines are. Are they running commercially available hardware?
I saw this movie today.
Fucking Michael Bay. It was cheesy as fuck in the beginning. It only really got good when Sentinal Prime kicked in. The action was the only good thing. Everything else? Shit.
How I would wish for a competent director to make a proper Transformers movie.... not some fucking Shia Labeouf drama or some other random shit.
Too bad it would never happen.
Is it better than TF2? Probably.. but I felt it took far too long for action scenes to kick in.
Fucking Michael Bay. It was cheesy as fuck in the beginning. It only really got good when Sentinal Prime kicked in. The action was the only good thing. Everything else? Shit.
How I would wish for a competent director to make a proper Transformers movie.... not some fucking Shia Labeouf drama or some other random shit.
Too bad it would never happen.
Is it better than TF2? Probably.. but I felt it took far too long for action scenes to kick in.
Its a better writer you want. Not director, writer. I honestly cant imagine many others directing the action scenes in these movies better than Bay. Fucker knows how to excite. I would love someone with a better handle on the material to write one of these movies. All that "I cant find a job" stuff and "humans helping robots" crap was so extra. It didnt even matter in the end.-viper- said:
A couple of shots with Sam working some mundane job wouldve gotten across the whole "I feel useless" story arch they were trying to tell. Sam saved the world and now hes just working at target? Thats craaaazy.
I don't know about that - there was a LOT of unnecessary scenes in TF3. The first hour was boring as hell. It was literally all talking. I honestly felt Resident Evil Afterlife is a better movie.
It's true action scenes were very good, but a lot of TF3 simply felt cringe and douchey.
edit: Statham + Transformers 4? Holy shit - I would love it
Dunno how they can make a sequel though - they've killed everyone!
It's true action scenes were very good, but a lot of TF3 simply felt cringe and douchey.
edit: Statham + Transformers 4? Holy shit - I would love it
Dunno how they can make a sequel though - they've killed everyone!
TacticalFox88
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Those machines have 40 GB of RAM. Take from that what you will.Meus Renaissance said:
Rentahamster
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You can commercially buy motherboards that accept 256 GM of RAM.TacticalFox88 said:
TacticalFox88
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That was in reference to a normal rendering hour.Rentahamster said:
BattleMonkey
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Talon- said:
Not much different from the awful shit we have seen in recent gundam series.
Kung Fu Grip
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Hope its the real imax.duckroll said:
TheVampire
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Damn Optimus was fucking brutal at the end of this movie.
DonMigs85
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I actually felt sorry for poor Megatron.TheVampire said:
I mean, he could have easily killed Carly in rage but he resisted, and he was addressing Optimus pretty politely. He didn't appear to kill any more humans or Autobots in this movie either. He was just chilling in the alley feeling sorry for himself, and he looked so happy when Cybertron loomed in the sky.
Got back from an IMAX 3D viewing. Loved the action and badass sequences.
The visuals were a treat and i enjoyed the 3D too.
You can't say the same for the story though but whatever.. i don't watch Transformers 3 for the story...
I would have loved less human and more robots though.
I want a Transformers film on Cybertron only and without stupid humans...
Also was there anything after the ending credits?
The visuals were a treat and i enjoyed the 3D too.
You can't say the same for the story though but whatever.. i don't watch Transformers 3 for the story...
I would have loved less human and more robots though.
Loved the sequence at the beginning on Cybertron. The setting just screams epic sci-fi to me.
I want a Transformers film on Cybertron only and without stupid humans...
Good thing they had a reference to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon too.
Also was there anything after the ending credits?
Well I finally saw it today. I think I may be the last of the regular posters in this thread to see it. Everything before the Chicago scene could have been cut down a bit. I understand that it's following the formula of the previous films. Slow burn with some flare ups followed by a big battle/climax at the end. Overall I enjoyed it more than ROTF but not as much as TF1. 3D was great and like Avatar proved when it's done right it can be very enjoyable.
Edit: Also forgot to add that Rosie looks better in motion than in photos.
Edit: Also forgot to add that Rosie looks better in motion than in photos.
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