bodhisattva wrote:
It did in fact rock.
A summer popcorn action flick with no pretensions of greatness, just balls to the walls action and flawless special effects. Which is actually what made it great.
The balls to walls action that came after the Herbie remake?
It had much better action scenes than any other movie of the year, but I do not believe it is actually possible for a movie to succeed (well ok maybe financially succeed) on action alone in much the same way that you can not have a good movie based solely on the quality of its make-up or lighting.
I can stand weak stories and I can stand nonsensical stories, but not when both are put together. After the cube was found their is no reason a slow, frail human should be ferrying it away instead of a gargantuan robot that transforms into a vehicle capable of exceeding 140 mph.
I also believe they tried to do too much to make it appeal to a larger audience. They had very forced comedy, love sub plot, drama, and epic movie tones. Were it just an all out action movie with a passable story I would have enjoyed it.
Edited, Jul 5th 2007 10:25am by Allegory