Does anyone not hate the Transformers movie

[ChildofGallifrey]

The first one isn't terrific, but it's at least entertaining without being total, IQ-lowering crap. The second one, on the other hand, is a convoluted mess that has almost no redeeming features to it. The story jumps around, the camera work during the fight scenes could have been shot better by my 10 month old, and the 2 'ghetto' VW bugs added nothing to the movie, and were only there to attract the 'gangsta' demographic.

Michael Bay has a severe, deathly allergy to substance. He doesn't know how to work with anything other than one-dimensional stock characters. As long as there's plenty of explosions and t&a on display, then he'll feel he's made a good movie. He's likely the kind of person who would watch The Godfather and think "Wow, people say this is a good movie? But there aren't even any 50ft. explosions?" He's a hack, plain and simple.

 

[Syntax Man]

I enjoyed them. They weren't phenomenal but I don't regret the time lost watching them.

Pretty much this, some people call the story incomprehensible and the action hard to follow but I don't actually have that problem.

 

[Foxbat Flyer]

Liked the first, hated the 2nd

 

[Free Thinker]

The first one, I was excited for. I grew up with the Transformers. Not the 80's, but 90's Beast Wars. Once the internet was established in my home, I journeyed on to YouTube and discovered the originals. Giant robots were in my blood. To see my favorite transforming truck on the big screen was exciting. The first one was pretty good. My enthusiasm was still as high for the second. But I was terribly, terribly disappointed. The Transformers don't mine Energon from suns, Jetfire was never a Decepticon even when they weren't evil, and optimus Prime ALWAYS had the Matrix of Leadership from Cybertron! *cry*

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

The first was okay.Then Green Day comes around for #2 and probes my ear with sharp transforming blades

 

[SturmDolch]

The first one was ok, but not as good as most of my friends said it was going to be.

The second one was a movie I really didn't like. I wouldn't say I hated it; I reserve that for movies with absolutely no point at all to them. This one had at least a couple of good robot warfare scenes. But everything in between was just so useless. The comedy sucked. The two stereotypical black robots? The wrecking "balls"? No thanks. And I got to see more of Shia LeBeouf's face. I really can't stand that guy. Every millimeter of his face screams asshole.

I don't mind Michael Bay, though. He has a couple of good movies. Armageddon and Pearl Harbour were very well done. The Bad Boys movies were hilarious. And The Island is one of the best movies I've seen.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

I really enjoyed the first one. Aside from a terrible anti-climax of a final battle, it was pretty much everything I expected from a Transformers movie/Michael Bay movie. Giant robots fighting padded by some cheap laughs. Good blockbuster, but not a movie I'll watch often.

The second movie on the other hand was crap. The comedy was awkward at best, and the centerpiece battles were very lacking with the exception of Optimus Prime's battle with Megatron and crew near the beginning. The ending with the non-stop slow motion battle in the desert between the Army and indistinguishable decepticons was just a drag. People didn't rag on the first one much, but hate for the second is perfectly understandable.

 

[The Root Beer Guy]

I actually enjoy both movies. I just skip all the parts with the humans.

 

[Stalk3rchief]

I hate the second one, but since I saw the first one when I was a bit younger it appealed to me, and that stuck.
Michael Bay in general just displeases me, he's so separated from reality that it's annoying to watch his movies sometimes. He's one of the worst offenders of a mistake lots of action movies make; Overzealous grenades.
For some reason that bugs me in Hollywood, hand grenades that blow up as if they consist of 10 pounds of C4 or something, decimating houses and incinerating people, sending flames far and wide. And Michael Bay, well he out does everyone else...with everything...all the time.

I think this sums up my frustrations pretty well:

Spoiler

 

[Double A]

Micheal Bay is kinda a one-trick pony it seems.

Yes, if ponies could explode.

 

[Mad World]

I actually enjoyed both movies. I probably preferred the first, but I didn't dislike the second.

 

[StrangerMouse]

I enjoyed them both, but I enjoy them more with liberal use of the fast-forward button. Because, Micheal Bay, we didn't line up outside a giant robot movie to see lukewarm adolescent conedy.

 

[Something Amyss]

It seems like every member of the Escapist has a strong hatred towards Michael Bay's Transformer movies, and while I understand they are not the greatest interpretation of the series, I wouldn't call them garbage. So Escapist does anyone actually like these movies or are they just that awful.

Ifthe sole requirement is you don't hate them, I qualify. The part about lking them? Meh, I'm pretty indifferent.

 

[Slenn]

I thought the first one was alright. Didn't see the second one though.

Although I didn't like the idea that the cube was the secret behind the development of the microchip.

/Sarcasm
Yeah, sure because we totally didn't understand how to dope silicon to create a semiconductor material and knew nothing about electronics.
/Sarcasm

 

[Jodah]

I didn't hate the first one. Not one of my top ten of all time but it wasn't bad. I have yet to see the second one.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

The first one is a well loved and appreciated cult classic in the making. The balance is there although I nerd rage that the little human knocks off Megatron instead of Optimus Prime.

Revenge of the Fallen however, made my blood boil beneath my skin: I watched it a couple of times to see exactly what the fuck was going on. The script was woeful, the story a complete mess and every time I see those two retard twins I'm not sure I should be grateful that it wasn't Sideswipe and Sunstreaker or angry that we could have had two corvettes with arm blades and penchant for cutting Decepticons in half.

 

[WOPR]

It seems like every member of the Escapist has a strong hatred towards Michael Bay's Transformer movies, and while I understand they are not the greatest interpretation of the series, I wouldn't call them garbage. So Escapist does anyone actually like these movies or are they just that awful.

Just to state this, I've been saying they were garbage and crap long before I even knew of this site (and Movie Bob)

Mainly because of how much they got wrong, and the fact that the movie was about an unlikable kid and NOT THE FREAKING ROBOTS!

...I then saved myself the money/trouble/time and played an Armored Core game; better robots, better gunfights, and best of all YOU'RE A PART OF IT! (and you get to build your own custom mech! woo!)