Comments on: Steven Spielberg Tells Michael Bay 'Transformers 2' is 'Awesome'

By: garry

garry — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:21:59 +0000

thats right zman. transformers is actually a really well done movie i believe, even if people think its not up to their artistic standards. well whatever, i say to those people learn more about art and stop pretending you know what you're talking about

By: Zman

Zman — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:05:37 +0000

Garry-
I completely agree with you! Movies have to fit certain criterion for them to be categorized as such. This movie had good action, a small storyline to follow, and it was comical. What more do you want people?!? It was not meant to be a robot soap opera. Give me a break. The movie could not have been much if any better. It's more of a personal dislike of the movie. That's fine if you don't like it, but you cannot say that it sucks because it doesn't fit your personal tastes.

By: garry

garry — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:50:47 +0000

i enjoy all sorts of movies, they can be deep and character driven or just plain fun. you don't have to just like one sort of movie, how boring is that? i don't understand the backlash towards transformers and i don't really care. it's not a problem movie, it does what it sets out to do, entertain. its smoothly paced and well written for the subject material and its not trying to be anything else except a live action transformers movie, but thats not good enough, you have to get inside the heads of the characters of autobots and decepticons and have all their feelings and motivations explained, a transformers greek tragedy of sorts, sure, that would have made a GREAT movie, you dumbasses. there's a lot of people in the world that are ridiculously impossible to please and movies like this just bring those folk into the spotlight for me and prove it. for the rest of us who are in touch with our childhood, we are getting constantly entertained on a daily basis. micheal bay's transformers will be remembered and loved by generations, just like the first cartoon movie, which was hated by critics as well. see who really gets to give the middle finger in the end?

By: scorp

scorp — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:58:33 +0000

Lets be real people if Spielberg was not on the project do you think Transformer 1 would have been as good as it was, I' mean Bay is a good director, but he is nothing compared to Spielberg why would you even question his abilities. Michael Bay is good but Spielberg is a Legend.

By: Jay2

Jay2 — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:39:31 +0000

Transformers was not meant to be oscar worthy. Like most films its just there to be a fun form of cheap entertainment. And its funny, it seems that everyone just keeps jumping on the Micheal Bay sucks band wagon. Im pretty sure none of the people who posted negative comments could have made a better film, even tho you may tell yourself you can, most of his films have been pretty sucessful in terms of actual money being made, so he must be doing something right, and has anyone ever considered how hard it must be to direct a movie, when 3/4 of the film is CGI and has to be added after the initial shot? Maybe im wrong, im sure someone will say I am.

By: Fl8gry

Fl8gry — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:31:00 +0000

It's funny how the argument commonly used to defend Transformers is around the lines of "it's not supposed to be a masterpiece/oscar quality etc..," and they turn it around and call those who did not like the movie as "elitist snobs."

I think a good portion of those with utter disdain for Transformers-like me-only want the movie to have a semblance of depth and substance. IronMan, The Dark Knight, The Bourne Films, The first 2 Spidermans, and other recent summer fare have shown that summer blockbusters don't have to be all "junk food." While none of the aforementioned films were Oscar quality-except for TDK which was an anomaly-they were a hell of a lot more than just mindless explosions and idle comedic banter.

By: mostyharmless

mostyharmless — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:33:05 +0000

What the F was wrong with Transformers? I loved it. Looking forward to 2. Bay's the man!

By: JM

JM — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:34:58 +0000

@Ross: Well, I'm joining Roger Ebert and ropeofsilicon's own Brad Brevet in saying that "Knowing" was one damn solid fine movie. I'd see it again in theaters if I weren't so busy with end-of-year exams & stuff. So I'll just have to live vicariously through you guys and tell you to see it for me. As for "Transformers 2," I'll be there opening weekend. I'm not expecting a masterpiece. The first film was a marvel of special effects and, surprisingly, so truly fun characters (in fact, many of my favorite parts had to do with the characters and not with the CGI action). Its downside was that it was 5 or 10 minutes too long at the end; I would have appreciated less sound and fury during the third act. I hope "Transformers 2," despite its slightly longer runtime, manages to avoid that. Action scenes are only as great as the story they support, and if it's all action and no story by the end, then it's not much fun. All that top-notch CGI in "Transformers" would have been wasted had the characters not been so fun.

By: ricky047

ricky047 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:22:22 +0000

This movie will be awesome! I love the first transformers, watch it almost everyday. The movie is the reason I'm getting into the series.

By: pomme

pomme — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:59:43 +0000

he can't say it's a sh*t because he produced it!

By: ash

ash — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:40 +0000

We all know that making a movie better than the first Transformers isn't very hard. But when Bay mentions that this film is better than the earlier one, he's targeting an audience who LIKES the Transformers genre of films.

He isn't trying to make Casablanca 2, he's making Transformers 2.

As for Spielberg's comment … he's the executive producer isn't it? No exec producer of Spielberg's standards will tell his director that the film is cr@p and be stupid enough to let slip his comment to the internet. Except of course in cases like 'Babylon AD'… but that film had a dumb cast and crew to begin with.

By: Batman98

Batman98 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:43:19 +0000

Any way people Public Enemies will by far be the best film this year plus its also based on a true story , unlike transformers the whole film might as well be in CGI .
all those for public enemies say " Bale kicks ass " lol .

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:30:03 +0000

Phil…Oops… (Unfortunate you feel that way though, specifically about the acting, because looks are subjective but screen presence is not…)
I do love the accent though, even if I completely missed where it was from by just about three-fifths of a planet!

P.S. – Very interesting that a lot of people who are kind of meh or down right loathed to this news are using Indy 4 as the weapon of choice. It's got to be the Shia connection right?

By: Mac

Mac — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:07:50 +0000

yeah right, whatever you say steven.

By: UlyDo

UlyDo — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:06:06 +0000

Of course he's gonna say it's awesome, he is the producer. That's like a parent telling their kid that he/she is the most hansome/prettiest kid in the whole world. After the first one, my expectations are as low as can be for the sequel.

By: Robb

Robb — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:04:25 +0000

Indy4 was a mess, and imho, they completely phoned it in. I expect the Transformers sequel to be like Bad Boys2, which really doesn't say much

By: Jed

Jed — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:01:14 +0000

He also said The Phantom Menace was awesome when Lucas gave him a sneak peek.

By: Proman

Proman — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:56:49 +0000

Indy 4 was an imaginative and amazingly well put together film despite the screenplay. Needless to say, it's better than anything Bay will ever hope to do. And as for the actual praise from steven I'd rather wait till I haer it from the horses mouth.

By: DDK3

DDK3 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:48:49 +0000

Steven Spielberg said Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would be awesome too. The 1986 animated Trasnformers film-despite it's outdated visuals-is still THE Transformers film in my book.

By: Batman98

Batman98 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:34:08 +0000

Ross im glad u have an arguement gainst me thank you . and yes i agree Rachel Taylor is better than megan fox.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:39:27 +0000

@Ross: Tasmanian/No not really

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:19:10 +0000

Batman 98, not to step on any toes here but I think you maybe slightly delusional. Not that I think this or any other giant robot movie is a masterpiece but your top 10 list…
I am not too sure as to whether you mean top 10 grossing or top 10 most beloved, but in either case the buzzer has sounded and you got this answer wrong my friend.

Knowing is not setting records with either critics or patrons and while myself and many others including site patriarch Brad and king of all critics Roger Ebert liked it that simply isn’t the majority opinion.

If the list is top grossing, I expect HP6 to be more than a little higher. And Public Enemies would be lower.

If its critical reception I am going to go out on a limb and say 0 of these movies are regarded all that highly outside of internet criticism because we all know that the prestige flicks don’t really hit the screen until late in the year (Gran Torino missed the boat last year) (and not to say these movies wont be good. at the end of the day they will be regarded like most summer tent pole movies are… I think we were more than a little spoiled last year with its crop of awesomeness)

But at the end of the day I 100% think your assessment of the actual movie “Big Robots 2: We’re bigger and breaking more expensive things” won’t be any kind of cinematic epiphany. What it will be is what the 1st one was: fun nostalgia for people who were fans of the series but didn’t take it too seriously and fairly good action/splosion’ movie with good T&A from Megan Fox.

P.S. Am I all alone in thinking that Rachel Taylor (who played Maggie, the hyper smart, remarkably sexy and British hacker in the first movie) is both better looking and a better actress than Megan Fox?
Just a thought…

By: Batman98

Batman98 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:19:52 +0000

The Tranformers movies are just not quality films !! to much CGI and the overall acting and story is boring. i hope harry potter 6 will beat it at the box office . ( althogh that also will be awfull ) Plus michael bay thinks hes made a masterpiece but it will never happen , the godfather was perfect titanic was perfect the dark knight was almost perfect but the transformers movies are far from.

The top ten films this year in no order will be :

1. Public Enemies

2. Wolverine

3. Star trek

4. Sherlock holmes

5. T4 : Salvation

6. Gran Torino

7 . Knowinig

8. Angels and Demons

9. New moon

10. Harry potter 6

these movies will be top grade film and will be loved buy all ( hopefully )

P.s : transformers 2 wont be the worst film this year Dragonball the movie has already achived that LETDOWN OF THE YEAR AWARD !!! thanks people.

By: rattler76

rattler76 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:50:08 +0000

The first one was perhaps not a masterpiece but it made me feel 12 years old again.
If this one can do the same then I'm fine with it.
Look at it for what it is, an action extravaganza aimed at kids and 'old' guys like me just reliving their childhood for a few hours.