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Originally Posted by Metal Gear SS
But, I just saw Transformers 2 and yes, there are a few holes in the story which could be told better, the story was kinda rushed, and the part in Egypt was kinda dragged on.
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They had NO CHOICE but have holes in the story.
Movies are not filmed in start to finish order. They do it a little more at random. When Shia went and broke his hand HALF WAY through filming, that ruined several scenes they already filmed. Now they had to add a broken hand into filming.
They did this by teleporting to the desert. The fall onto the ground was what "broke" his hand.
This is also why the Egypt part drug on.
They cant go back and use the other scenes because it would have been odd for his hand to suddenly not be bandaged up.
Not to mention too expensive to go shoot all over again because of his hand.
They had to work around it and keep it all in Egypt, for the most part.
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Originally Posted by Metal Gear SS
Also, they have got to stop "hiding" the action. For example, when Ironhide first transformed, it was so fast and unclear even though it took like 15 seconds. And the fight scenes are always kind of short and skewered by trees, pillars, walls, etc.
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They didnt hide the action. All those fights were cartoons basically. Drawn on a computer. You can only do just so much that way.
Yes we would all LOVE to see more, but they had a budget in there somewhere and couldnt go on forever drawing.
They had to cut corners somewhere.
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Originally Posted by Metal Gear SS
The camera is always in the wrong place.
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Yeah, again, the fights were drawn. When the camera filmed, there was nothing in front of it except actors and explosions. The transformers where then drawn in around it. So dont blame the camera, there was nothing to point a camera at.
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Originally Posted by camaro_corvette
I agree with the hiding the action part. WTH! Back off of them a little bit so I can see what's going on. I'm watching a fight with two twenty foot robots from three feet away!
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same as above, it is easier to draw the transformers close up, than it is to draw every little bit of detail that is going on.
I blame 2 things here:
1. Shia breaking his hand and making them spend extra budget money to work around him.
2. 1080P HD. Now that they have to be soo much more detailed, they have less room to for errors. They have to master every little possible detail for every frame of the movie
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Originally Posted by Supermans
They really made this one for the kids.. It is not meant for adults to enjoy as much in my opinion..
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Well now if you think about it for a second.........
Who was the ORIGINAL cartoon made for????? Not adults.
Now I know that all of the 80s kids think this is THEIR movie.
They grew up watching the cartoon, and this is being given back to them.
I dont know... MAYBE, just MAYBE, this is just Transformers being brought back for TODAY'S children.
Yes, all of us that grew up with the cartoon will hold this movie more near and dear, but I think they are trying to attract the youth with this movie, not so much the 26-34 and up age range.
I think the movie was pretty damn good.
Yeah things could have certainly been a whole hell of a lot better, but with as many issues as they had during filming... I think its understandable.
I just wish I could have seen the movie the way the director intended, before they had to work around Shia's broken hand, and busted face.