Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 40

Personally, I feel that Transformers are really just a Big Boys kind of a film. It has all the classic elements of what hard-core action packed movies that men love should.

While there is no need for me to illustrate the plot behind Transformers, I’m sure everyone knows what it is about (males and females alike, the ladies probably heard the story many times over from their male fanatics). But maybe you’re thinking about catching this movie and you’re not sure if it’s actually worth the ticket. Well, my advice, if you like ACTION and military power, and you just can’t seem to get tired of the all-traditional good versus evil plot, then Transformers is your movie, baby!

However, you want to be prepared to get your reading glasses ready because the movie not only requires you to read subtitles of the dialogues of the Decepticon (pardon my spelling if it is wrong!)FAST, you also have to have a sharp eye to figure out which Transformer is fighting which throughout the movie.

Unfortunately, I was caught unaware, and I spent half the time trying to figure out which machine was fighting which.

Nonetheless, as I have mentioned, this is an All Boys movie. There’s two residual hot chicks (one’s a blonde and the other’s a brunette, so take your pick), there’s a lot of firearms and missles flying around, sufficient blood and gore (it is a children flick after all, so definitely no SAW sequels materials) and basically being able to relive your childhood dream of seeing the robots in disguise.

My rating: 3 out of 5 Popcorns!

 

Movie reviews: Cloverfield – Part 1

Rated: PG-13

Running Time: 84 minutes

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Written by: Drew Goddard

Cast: Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman

Opens: January 18, 2008

0 Mitch Slaps (Based on how bad a film is 0 is great, 3 is horrible)

Cloverfield is not just a movie, it’s a phenomenon!

What began as a teaser trailer which played to audiences prior to the summer blockbuster Transformers has grown into a tremendous cultural icon. The teaser was a party scene, where a group of people are saying farewell to a good friend that is heading to Japan for a new job. Suddenly, there is a tremendous sound from outside and an earthquake. They head upstairs to the roof where they are witness to a huge explosion. The last thing we are shown is a view of something hurtling through the air at the camcorder and bouncing off buildings as it comes. This something ends up being the head of the Statue of Liberty. There is no name given for the film, all we see is 1-18-08

The beginning of one of the most successful viral campaigns was on it’s way.

The trailer was followed by the web site www.1-18-08.com and was quickly discovered by fans of the trailer. The sites only feature, was a few still images, but over the course of a few month’s the site grew to include a dozen or so, the last of which was what looked to be a horrific night time sea battle being waged, complete with battleships and missles.

Than a web site for an imaginary Japanese drink named Slusho hit the web. At www.slusho.jp you could read about revered, fictitious beverage maker Noriko Yoshida, who died while on a deep sea research trip for a secret ingredient. Further along in the site you can find out that Ganu Yoshida, her son, took over the family business after finding that “secret ingredient.”

Ganu is also supposedly, the CEO of Slusho’s parent company Tagruato, a deep sea drilling company. If you visit www.tagruato.jp you will find an interactive map that shows its worldwide drilling operations, especially the newest one, Chuai Station, which is located just off the East Coast of the USA. Deeper within the Tagruato web site, there is a press release that informs the reader that there has been a recent attack by an eco-terrorist group named, T.I.D.O. Wave. There are even news reports which can be found on “You Tube” that are supposed to show the actual attack.

Next, if you jump on over to www.tidowave.com, you will find out that the group