Overall, it was an entertaining movie from start to finish, but I felt like it copied too much from The Matrix, Jurassic Park, Braveheart, Lord of the Rings, Starship Troopers, the Star Wars trilogies, Lost, Gorillas in the Mist, and every James Cameron movie. The 3D effects were good, especially the parts where you were looking through glass, but they still just look like layers of 2D. Make sure you get there early and get a good seat if you see it in 3D. Otherwise, parts of it will be blurry.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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4/ 5
Interesting even if you are not a fan.
PostedNovember 8, 2009
Brbnkseaj
from Los Angeles
This movie was done very well considering the short time in which it was made. It was interesting to see Michael at work behind the scenes, and not just in the spotlight. But even when he was with just his co-workers, he always seemed to be in the spotlight. Everyone around him was constantly worshiping him. Especially the director, who seemed more like a caricature than a real person. But I also thought that everyone involved in the production was incredibly talented and hard-working. It is a good movie to see if you are thinking about getting into show business.
This movie was fun right from the beginning, and never got dull. It is smart but not pretentious, and the humor is low-brow but not dumb. All of the characters become very likeable. The movie is very gory, but in a fun, not scary, way. The part set in a Beverly Hills mansion is already becoming known as having one of the funniest cameos of all time.
It's obviously not for the same age group as the book (it gets a little intense at times), but older kids and adults might still like it. Max Records gives an impressive performance for someone his age, the cinematography is amazing, the voice acting was great, and Spike Jonze is still a great director. Karen Oh's music blended nicely, but didn't really stick out except at the very beginning and end (I really liked the song at the end). The plot got a little cheesy at times, but there was still a lot of subtle nuances in the writing that I liked.
This movie is definitely NOT as good as the first one. The writing was terrible and stolen from other movies. The first movie had a good sense of humor, but this one was mostly just crude, juvenile, and offensive. All of the new characters were purposeless stereotypes. Do we really need another movie with an arrogant and cowardly government bureaucrat that shuts down the heroic soldier's operation? The special effects were more of the same from the first movie, but the fight sequences lacked the beautiful choreographing of the first film. There were so many little parts to each Transformer that I couldn't tell them apart, and their voices were so electronic in parts that I wasn't sure if they were speaking English or robot at times.