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06-27-2009, 10:19 PM
cobralalalala!
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The flick is disposable entertainment; a popcorn movie if there ever was one. Which is fine, if that's what you want to create and put out there for the world to enjoy in its moment of release. I would like more, however.
The Transformers has a rich 25 year history of characters, battles, and interactions. Virtually none of this is incorporated into this movie or its predecessor. Rather than getting nuanced interactions between millenia-old sentient robots, we merely get skin-deep development of the human characters. Why explore the history and hierarchy of the Autobots when we can have jokes about bodily functions and private parts? Classy.
I don't take issue with disposable movies; ones you watch, enjoy for the couple hours you're there, and then just as easily forget. Escapist entertainment pandering to the lowest common denominator can be quite enjoyable. I just don't see a franchise as being of that ilk. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Indiana Jones and Star Wars movies made prior to 1990 all are incredibly fun movies that stand up to repeat viewings and are both character driven and special-effects laden.
Maybe that's the difficulty here. It's easy to use the giant robots as set pieces and cannon fodder, while concentrating on the human characters if you don't know the history inside and out. Whereas if you really know the characters and history of the Transformers, one can see what fully realized and fleshed out characters already exist and can be pulled into a new, exciting story.
Develop these characters and you'll also get the human perspective. The Transformers themselves are full of love, loyalty, hate, betrayal, hunger for power, empathy, anger, humor, doubt, etc. The viewer can recognize parts of him or herself in the characters and create that connection needed for a believable story if the "special effects" have the solid script and direction needed. Recognize this and one could possibly create a movie that people will enjoy watching again and again even thirty years in the future. Not one that's good for two hours and ultimately forgotten.
Though I personally liked the film, you made some beautiful points regarding the rich history and mythos of Transformers. If the writers made more effort to develop the autobots and decepticons characters, they could easily stand alone without the need for telling the Human side of the story. However I will add one point, as long as the Transformers choose to wage their war on earth, humans are and should be a part of the story, it is "our world, their war". One thing I never liked about the old cartoons is that other than spike and family, all the humans were nameless ants running around screaming. Still, nice points you made.
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