Мэган Фокс отъедает фигуру

Как оказалось, Майкл Бэй (Michael Bay) не любит слишком худых женщин, считая их непривлекательными.

Ввиду этого, режиссер второй части «Трансформеров» («Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen») поставил актрисе Мэган Фокс (Megan Fox) настоящий ультиматум: либо девушка набирает, по меньшей мере, пять килограмм веса, либо звезду оригинального фильма во второй картине заменят.

Несмотря на то, что 22-летняя Фокс недавно была названа самой красивой знаменитостью по версии «FHM», теперь актрисе приходится «отъедаться», чтобы не потерять роль в фильме, съемки которого начнутся уже меньше, чем через месяц.

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Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 4

Before sitting down to view this film, one has to understand what they’re about to see: a sci-fi action movie based upon a cartoon show based upon a toy. Given that, one cannot expect to be sufficiently awed by the screenwriting or character development, as that’s not why we watch action films, and that’s not why we watch cartoons.

Transformers is a re-imagination of the original concept of a race of hyper-advanced robots that can transform their shape into virtually any chosen object they come in contact with. The film takes the storyline of the comics and cartoons all the way back to the beginning, preserving the origins of the Autobots and the Decepticons from their beginnings on their home planet of Cybertron. From that point, however, writers John Rogers, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman elected to take the story in a different direction. The main point of contention in the film is over control of the “Allspark,” a cube that generates cybernetic life from seemingly normal technology. Given this, whomever controls the Allspark can dominate the world.

While accepting that this film was not made to win any writing awards, several scenes in the film feel out of place and almost filler to take up screen time and present other story arcs that have very little to do with anything else in the movie, but do relate in some way. To balance that, the screenwriting itself is solid, and even though some lines feel out of character for the actors, the sense that the events in the film play out exactly as they might in reality is ever-present.

Shia LaBeouf turns in an excellent performance as Sam Witwicky, the main protagonist of the film. His lines are well-written and even better acted as a teenager struggling to find his place in the world until it is handed to him on a silver platter, or in this case, a silver robotic hand. Megan Fox plays Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Sam, and does little other than walk around in tight clothing that clings even more when she sweats, which is how she looks for almost all of her screen time. It’s quite obvious why she was chosen for his role, but one would have hoped James Cameron would have helped her with her lines a bit more.

Easily the most disappointing performance in the film is displayed by Jon Voight, playing Defense Secretary John Keller. Keller comes off as weak, indecisive, and generally bumbling as the centerpoint of the American defense against the Decepticons. The impression for the character seems to

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Transformers 2 Revenge Of The Fallen – Official Trailer 2 [HD]

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Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen – Official FINAL Trailer [HD]

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Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 31

I visited my hometown, Charleston, WV, for the Fourth of July holiday this week. While I love West Virginia dearly, there is not a whole lot going on for young people. I blame this lack of social activities and the bad weather on the holiday for weakening my defenses such that I was easily convinced to go see Transformers. Even as I was buying my ticket, I couldn’t believe I was spending money on what was sure to be a monstrosity.*

Let’s just say I had the lowest of expectations for this film. While I don’t mind the occasional thinly plotted summer blockbuster, I couldn’t muster up any enthusiasm for a movie based on a line of action figures.

The movie stars Shia Lebeouf as nerdy high school student Sam Witwicky, who, of course, just can’t seem to get ahead in life. The girl, the popular friends, and normalcy are just out of reach for Sam, but he hopes his new car will change that.

That is until Sam discovers that his car is actually a transforming alien robot. Through a series of events that is still a bit unclear to me, several more of these transformers come to Earth, and good guys and bad guys are established. The good guys Autobots have to beat the bad gusy Decepticons to something that belonged to Sam’s grandfather, an Arctic explorer. They then have to find and destroy the mysterious “Allspark,” an energy source which was the cause of a tremendous war on the Transformers’ home planet, but is now located somewhere on Earth.

The U.S. government is involved in a massive cover-up in ways that are never really clear. It turns out that Sam’s great-grandfather had discovered the leader of the Decepticons Megatron frozen in the Arctic ice. The government retrieved the massive robot and kept him cryogenically frozen in the Hoover Dam. As you can imagine, this didn’t end well.

In an end battle scene I can only describe as epic, destruction reigns. Sam and “the girl” (Megan Fox in the role of Mikaela Banes) work with a U.S. military special ops group to protect the Allspark from the Decepticons, destroying an entire city in the process. You can’t tell the different transformers apart, but there are lots of really fabulous explosions.

The heroic Autobots are led by the completely badass Optimus Prime. While I was never into Transformers as a kid, I can only assume this guy was a big deal, based on the audience’s reaction.

Jon Voight delivers a supremely dramatic performance as the Secretary of Defense, who has been kept in the dark about the discovery of Megatron. Josh Duhamel plays a homesick soldier, just trying to do the right thing and get home to his family. His whole subplot seems a little unnecessary, so I think he was just thrown in to up the hotness factor.

When the film was over, I turned to my friend and said, “Well, that was dumb.” But then something strange happened I realized I was smiling. Never had I been so consistently entertained by a movie. Two and a half hours had flown by, and I had enjoyed every minute. I couldn’t really say exactly what had happened in the movie, besides of a lot of explosions and dramatic music, but I had a good time. I wouldn’t avoid this summer blockbuster just don’t expect to understand why you like it.

Rating: 8.5/10

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Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye

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