I'll Take You All On!

I am not sure what people expect when they go to a Michael Bay movie. An uber deep, sophisticated and emotional movie that makes you rethink your life? I don't have any idea. I personally go to a movie to be entertained. I go to be told a story. I go to be taken somewhere else for 2 hours. It is an escape. Michael Bay does that for me. And Transformers: Dark of the Moon is no exception. This movie was absolutely awesome! Completely blew my socks off. It had the best 3D since Avatar. It wasn't any of this post-conversion garbage. The movie was actually filmed with 3D cameras. Sucked you right into the scenes.

I am a huge fan of all three Transformers movies. They are the kind of movies I cam watch over and over again. I guess it helps that Optimus Prime has always been somewhat of a hero of mine. His selflessness. His Heroism. Just how he is always ready to step in when trouble starts. And ready to sacrifice himself for any of his friends. Maybe that is what impressed me the most about these movies. They really did an excellent job at bringing Optimus to life. Maybe it's also Peter Cullen's voice combined with some of the best CGI ever seen on film. Just creates something amazing. You really do believe that these huge transforming robots are real characters and have personalities.

The action scenes in Dark of the Moon are completely insane. Most movies don't make my jaw drop, but I had 3 or 4 moments like that during this movie. There is this one scene where some Decepticon Suburbans are chasing some Autobots down a highway. Sam is riding in Bumblebee and cars are flying all over the place! Bumblebee smashes into a truck that is carrying metal barrels and propane tanks. Sam and Bumblebee and the truck and its cargo are all launched through the air. Bumblebee is knocking and pushing tanks and metal debris out of Sam's way, all in slow motion! Bee grabs Sam in mid air, transforms with Sam inside of him still screaming. It's one of those scenes you just have to see. Crazy stuff going on all over the place.

There are quite a few great scenes in Dark of the Moon. Some exciting, some quite funny, some even sad and scary. It really was an all around great movie. There are a few very cool nods to the old cartoon too. One character named Que (Wheeljack in the cartoon) has a pretty intense scene with Bumblebee. I won't go into details, but it was just great how these two interacted together. After all they were the very first Transformers shown in the cartoon.  Awesome stuff. There is a scene with Lazerbeak sitting on Soundwave's shoulder, there are Space Bridges, and even a reference to Cosmic Rust. Some great homage to a great cartoon. All in all, this movie was an incredible ride. So many great scenes, ei; The very first shot of Prime driving with his trailer through Chernobyl, while a building is being flattened behind him. The first time Megatron transforms, and when a giant robotic worm destroys a huge building. Summer movie at it's finest! Don't go expecting to have your life changed, but expect to have a great time eating popcorn and enjoying a fun time at the movies. This movie really showed me why I love movies so much. Because they are loads of fun, if you let them be. Watch them for what they are meant to be; entertainment.

I Have A Bad Feeling About This.

Well I just wasted 1 hr 45 minutes of my life that I will never get back. And by that I mean that I just got back from the Green Lantern movie. And it was bad. Really, really bad. To be honest I had high hopes for this movie, but it was bad. This just proves how movie trailers can be quite deceptive. Green Lantern didn't work as a movie, the whole pace of the film was very sporadic. Every time there was excitement of any kind, they had to slap a scene Hal talking to Carrol about how he had too much fear to be a Lantern. These scenes (and there are a few) just drag the whole thing down. It felt as if the Director (Martin Campbell) was asleep through most of the movie. Editing was bad. Acting was bad. The attempt of humour was bad. (Although the kid next to me laughed hysterically whenever he saw the bad guy) The CGI was bad. Directing was awful, as if he didn't care how it all turned out. 

I have not been so let down by a movie in a long time. But this one takes the cake. It really felt like a movie from the 90's. But a bad movie from 90's. Strangely even the music felt dated somehow. So much potential was wasted and not used. Like you never really got to see the full Green Lantern Corp in action. Sinestro takes his "strongest warriors" to try and take down Parallax. The scene is built up, you see Parallax swallowing a planet. A PLANET! Sounds cool right? The group of Lanterns fly through space in formation towards him. They all shoot their green power rings at him, Parallax repels there attack and then the scene ends, you get nothing out of it. And almost every scene felt like that, build up towards... nothing. Hal and Carrol talk about stuff. I have never wanted to walk out of a movie, but I actually came close a few times during this one. The 150 million dollars that someone spent to make this movie should have been used for something else. So save yourself the time and money, and stay far away from this one. Go see Super 8, it is a far superior movie in every aspect.


PS. One redeeming thing from going to see Green Lantern, was that I saw a trailer for Transformers 3, and it was in 3D! It wasn't a new trailer or anything, but the 3D looked phenomenal! The excitement builds.

I Just Wanted To Show Him My Cannons.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is one movie I can hardly wait for! I am big fan of the first two, and I am positive that this 3rd movie will probably blow my socks off. It looks more and more amazing with every clip that they release. There is just something about watching giant alien robots fight each other on a huge screen, that just screams awesomeness! I can't wait to see Optimus Prime destroy some Decepticons, because you know he will. I can't wait to see Sentinel Prime transform into his huge firetruck form. I can't wait to see Bumblebee flip, roll and transform while saving Sam's butt numerous times. I can't wait to see Ratchet's new paint job in action. I can't wait to see Shockwave and his army of Decepticons destroy an entire city.  I can't wait to see lots of Autobot against Decepticon action. I am very excited! And the best part is, I am going to see it with my wife, and she can't stand these kinds of movies I like. But she likes (or is it tolerates?) these Transformers movies. She really is the best there is. Transformers: Dark of the Moon hits theatres on June 29, 2011.

Wipe Them Out, All Of Them.

So this week is E3 2011, and on Monday a new trailer for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was released. First off  I must say that, MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) games aren't really my thing. It's not that I don't like them or enjoy them. I just can't dedicate the amount of time that these type of games need. And we are talking 'life dedication', and I am just not willing to give up huge amounts of my life to a video game. Don't get me wrong, I love video games, but these type just aren't my thing.

But nonetheless, this new trailer is simply breathtaking. It makes this game look more and more amazing and epic! The new trailer really showcases everything I love about Star Wars. Jedi, Sith, space battles and lightsabers. Even if I never play this game, I can appreciate how great this trailer is. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Stay On Target!

I seriously had no idea this sort of thing existed! And I also wonder why it does? I also wonder what kind of people go to an event like this? I seriously thought this video was some sort of spoof, until I heard the clapping. I am surprised that this guy hasn't shown up on America's Got Talent yet.