Well, the Sydney premier was today and some reactions are starting to come in. All seem to be positive.
From Don Murphy's boards:
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bassbot wrote:
I can't believe the bitching from so many that haven't seen it, but i guess that also comes from bliss not giving heaps away!
anyhow, I saw it and Bay tonight!!!
what can i say, spoilers.
Frenzy talks heaps, it's in a quick, jumbled way, that suits him, and he's cool.
Barricade has a go for Sam, and is foiled by Bumblebee, who has a quick line at the end that isn't that memorable. This is my one negative point.
People want to know the names --- SPOILERS ---
Much of the Decepticons communication is through their Cybertronian "digital" (not accurate term, but i can't remember what the techies say in the film) language.
THere is a roll call of sorts where the cons all target the Allspark, and yes i was shocked but not worried about Devastator. Maybe it was a mistake, but in my mind, 'Devastator' as a noun worked for the character, when you see him, far out!!!
This movie hits all the beats that stooges that have been on here a while (for me almost three years) have been expecting. But guess what, what i wanted came true.
This film had heart. It hit me (and my wife) with an emotional tug that we both agreed was huge - all imho.
(Spoilers warning!)
CAREFUL READING - SPOILERS MAY HURT YOUR EYES!
We couldn't help but want to scream with Sam when Bumblebee is attacked by S7, and then taken away.
Ironhide and Ratchet are great. Cool new voices.
The voices weren't recognisable by me, BUT they worked, Jazz has a few cool quick lines and Ironhide probably has the most for any transformers after Prime and Bumblebee (if u include the singing)
Sam and Mikaela, and Glenn are cool humans. Lots of funny scenes.
But the connection of the boy and his car worked. This movie leaves a lot open - a direct call for any autobot to come to earth.
3 COOL CLIPS DURING THE CREDITS!
TWO of funny scenes with Sam's parents being interviewed about aliens.
PLUS ONE AWESOME CLIP OF STARSCREAM LEAVING EARTH and our atmosphere!
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all in all. this is Transformers. it's freakin awesome. Action scenes are very sweet, Prime is Prime for a reason. He can dish it with the best, and Megatron, for the little he's in is great.
There will be more.
Bliss81 wrote:
this movie sets it up for more....i'm kinda glad they didn't show too much..b/c now i'm thirsty for MORE!!! and will have to see a sequel...
Bliss81 wrote:
opinion about the movie: i had such low expectations...that this movie was better than i expected...by far the best "action" move i've seen this year...
i liked it better than pirates III and spidey III
bassbot wrote:
all in all. this is Transformers. it's freakin awesome. Action scenes are very sweet, Prime is Prime for a reason. He can dish it with the best, and Megatron, for the little he's in is great.
bassbot wrote:
Weaving sounds good. Not quite like Hugo, but i could tell a bit of Elrond in there (Lord of the Rings character) though. Would have been good to have him and Peter at the premiere.......
crank wrote:
The movie was brilliant. 9/10.
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Shia LeBeouf on the Tonight Show with new clip:
