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Audience unmoved during ‘Transformers 2’ preview
Summer movies elicit screams, chortles and cheers. Not “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” previewed Tuesday at the Bullock IMAX.
Bay even took a lame crack at the Obama Doctrine of considering all strategies in a crisis and civilian control of the military.
The audience didn’t bite. Except for a few snickers about the write-by-numbers script — was there a separate author for the taglines, which erupted every five minutes? — this mixed-age crowd bit their tongues.
It’s not painful, but it’s a mess. Believe every word of Chris Garcia’s review. Like me, he praised the first edition, dismissed the second.
OK, now for my pet peeve: Geographical inaccuracy. Petra, Jordan is a few clicks from the pyramids of Egypt, which you can see from the Red Sea? Please. Generic U.S. geography, play with that, but don’t confuse the masses about the Middle East. It’s already complicated enough.
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By girl
July 2, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this
ALl the guys in my class told me this movie was amazing but i think that is just beacuse they are all obsessed with megan fox.
By teed off daddy
June 25, 2009 9:17 AM | Link to this
i'm not here to bash Michael Bay, however i personally was let down by the movie. As a father of 2 young boys, who loved the 1st Transformers, the use of poor language is not appropiate for children. i cannot support the movie for that reason and definitely will not purchase it when it's released on video.