The movie can be summed up in three words: LENS FREAKING FLARE!
Apparently it would have killed them to pan a shot without having some flare in it. 10 minutes in, it started to annoy, and it didn’t let up for the next 1:50.
Also, a lot of love for the magic shaker. That’s a industry-wide issue though. I’ll be glad when we can watch and follow an action sequence again. One day a pioneering director will say, “Hey, maybe the audience would like to see the fight. Let’s put the camera on a tripod.”
Other than that, quite enjoyable, would watch again. I was kinda sad when I realize that they were wrapping the movie up, they could have put another 30 minutes in, I think.
What was with the water? In the future water is dehydrated and stored out of the way, not laying around in tubes or cargo bays.
The end credits were awesome.
Also, I hold out no hope for GI Joe. Transformers 2 may be okay, but based on the trailer, the plot and dialogue is crafted from 100% American cheese.
I remember thinking the same thing about the lens flare (and the abandonment of the steady cam) while watching it. It’s funny…we all hated that kind of thing when it happened on an actual lens and now they are going out of their way to produce it in digital shots (so they don’t look digital I guess)…and they created the steady cam and tripod and such to avoid the crazy camera movement, but now it’s all the rage to have crazy camera motion….Grrrr…I suspect it just helps to hide poor fight scene choreography…anyway….loved the movie overall, but still…as a side note, I always wondered how you “dehydrate” water…I mean taking the water out of water seems complicated to me…
By the way…I agree completely about GI Joe and Trans 2….but I’ll still see both….I mean, live action Snakeeyes and giant robots…how do you not watch that even if they suck?