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Originally Posted by Ark2
. What makes these movies unwatchable for me is Shia Labeouf and the terrible cast of characters that they use for comic relief. I actually found myself thinking I would go see this one, and then I remembered Sam's mom and the guy that played Jesus in The Big Lebowski and whatever other ridiculous, unfunny characters that they would add into it.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
IMO, Sam was the biggest problem. They tried to show him as being restless because he isn't making a difference anymore. Instead, he came off as a whiny, self-absorbed and completely unsympathetic character who, in the real world, would have been thrown out on the streets by his girlfriend long before the movie started. When a movie makes you hate the protagonist without meaning to, it's doomed from the beginning.
Hell, every single human character was weakly done. It was left to the robots to try and save the film and Bay never figured out how to make them the star of the movie.
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Just my 2 cents.
I haven't watched the 3rd one yet, but I watched the first one in theatres and the second one on Air Canada flight
There has been a couple of posts already that share what I'm thinking.
Michael Bay's Transformers will never capture my attention or live up to my expectations compared to what I grew up with because they fail to make the Transformers the point of the movie.
In the cartoons, it's all about the transformers. In every episode, the autobots defend the Earth and the humans from a decepticon plot and save the day. The humans are don't factor much into the story except getting rescued.
The movies, it's all about Shia's character. I don't care about him getting a real job. I don't care about the military guys. If I am going watch a movie on the Transformers, I expect them to be the stars and it's them that saves the day.