Sunday, July 3, 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon didn't suck, okay? Rosie did.

If you think it did, then Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's presence must have annoyed you big time. Or if not, you must have pre-judged the movie before you even watched it based on what critics have said all over the web, the same critics who seldom praise anything at all.

Fine, let's get over with the whole Rosie buzz. See, Rosie (Carly), the Megan Fox replacement wasn't bred to act. She can strut alright but act, she can not. Its not as if Megan is the best actress in the world but come on, at least she knew how to run, run like to run for her life. For choosing Rosie, I think the audition checklist looked more or less like this:
  • Can you pout?
  • Can you undress and dress up in a scene for only 10 seconds?
  • Can you pull off a white dress/or anything white in a near death situation?
  • Will you have enough strength to rip off the foot of a Bunny stuffed-toy?
  • Can you say "bitch"?
  • Are you a supermodel?
Obviously Rosie answered yes to all of those. To sum it up, in the movie, she kept pouting (well even effortlessly), she said "Lurk guys" (Look guys but in her accent), she posed in front of an chaotic robot fight scene, she screamed "Sam!", and she had to deliver the most "unmoving", or shall I say most unprovocative speech in history to Megatron but then the script says Megatron had to react upset and rebellious anyway after what she said no matter how she said them. How could they have settled for her? Is there a scarcity of actresses today?  It made me wonder about Spielberg's idea of an actress.

That's about it. What else is there to hate in the movie? That they used real 1969 coverage clips? (That wasn't  bad at all.) That it seemed like it was a US war against the Decepticons? (Hasn't it always been that way?) That Patrick Dempsey was there? (He is hot and he can definitely act, what's wrong with him being there?) That Sam had to act madly in love with Carly? (LOL. Yes, that didn't work out quite well but anyway, that's forgivable because Megan is the only one who can live up to the role of Sam's girlfriend.)

You'll love the movie. Optimus is still the great Optimus. Bumblebee is still Bee. Ironhide is, well Ironehide before Sentinel got uncontrollable. Josh is still the gorgeous Josh. Tyrese is still Tyrese. It is still action-packed as before. Watch in 3D if you want to be blown away by the effects. 

Don't let negative reviews hold you back from lauding or actually enjoying a movie. Besides a good movie for a critic is one that nobody else can understand and appreciate, so that we can all say that he/she has impeccable standards. Forget about Rosie because she is basically an accessory. Period. 




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