Transformers 2 review

I'll take it from the top. Let's start with trailers, since I work on them for a living anyways so I'm always excited to see what's up and coming.

TRAILERS:
Lights dim and the first graphic appears. "From M. Night Shyamalanadingdong" WTF?! my mind goes straight to CRAP! However, "The Last Airbender" could have some potential. It's a Nickelodeon film with M. Night behind the wheel? Could be interesting...or a disaster. He better not screw this up, I'm surprised that Hollywood hasn't blacklisted him yet for making total shit. He lost me after "The Village." Secondly, Sherlock Holmes! Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams. I CANNOT wait to see this. I was kinda surprised to find out Guy Ritchie is directing it. But I guess I couldn't tell from the trailer it was him, so that's a good sign.
They also showed Aliens in the Attic. Pretty funny trailer. It'll be a good family fun movie. It has the chick from High School Musical. That's really all you need to know about the movie.

REVIEW:
Let me start off by saying this. I didn't go into this movie with ANY expectations. I knew what I was in for. Michael Bay, Michael Bay, Michael Bay. It's written ALL over this movie. With the amount of explosions in this movie, I find it hard to believe that 1/4 of the Earth isn't missing. Story is about Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) moving out of suburbia and going on his own to college. He wants a normal life blah blah blah Mikaela (Megan Fox) fixes motorcycles and ride them. Autobots and Humans form a secret alliance and work together to track and destroy the decepticons. The Decepticons find out that the secret to destroying Earth and once again reigning supreme, lies in Sam's brain (big surprise) blah blah, chasing, explosions. You get the picture.

It's a typical formula. What Bay added to the mix of autobots this time were "the twins" 2 ghetto bots that only equal the annoyance of half a Jar Jar Binks. They bring the comic relief and just make fun of other characters to get laughs. I didn't mind them THAT much. They have big ears, can't read, have wandering eyes and one even has a gold toof. You be the judge about that. Sam's parents are actually a lot of the comedy in this movie. I think they hit closer to home because they bring a more human element to the movie. Also, I remember my parents crying when I moved away for the first time.

If you're looking for a deep, thought-out, intellectual movie that makes you question life? Then this is definitely not the movie for you. It's got something for the kids, the sentimental parents, the gear-loving action dudes and tweens. I think you should see it while it's still in theaters. See it in a good theater because the sound design is ridiculous ILM does a phenomenal job as usual with the special effects. Prepare for the top hits as the soundtrack. I heard Green Day's "21 guns" song 3 times and the instrumentals for Linkin Park's "New Divide" too many to count. Since midnight yesterday, the movie had already made $16 million! That's a scary amount of money for this. It won't beat "Dark Knight" but I'm sure it'll beat "Away We Go." I don't have some hip rating system of my own, but I'd give it 3.5/5.

It's a fun movie with a lot of cheese in it. I think that cutting some of the action sequences shorter would've definitely helped this 2 hours and 40 minute behemoth of a movie feel better. By hour 2 I started to get a little antsy. I leave you with the trailer.

Sorry for spelling. iPhone and blogger don't mix well

Do u remember when exceecising used to be so much easierr?!? I sure as he'll don't!

Rome, Italy. Day one.

Ciao Ognuno! (Hi Everyone!)

If you don't feel like hearing about my first day in Rome, I understand and I won't take it personally. That being said, Rome is a truly amazing place. For those who have been here, you already know this, but for those who don't, I'm sure you've probably heard someone tell you what you're missing.

Well, to start things from the top, We left LAX at 12:45 pm and we landed here in Rome at 6:45 pm (9:45 am your time). It was a long and pretty uncomfortable flight. When we got here we took a cab from the airport to the apartment office to pick up our keys. Well, the apartment office ended up being like an abandoned building with padlocked doors and walls that looked like someone threw bowling balls at them. Our cab driver said to Steph and I "Look, I don't care where you stay, but think of the rest of the family." We were pretty over this shady place and the cab driver (I call him Mario) was awesome and knew of another place in Campo De Fiori (i think that's spelled right) where we are now staying in a cheaper and really nice apartment.

Today we saw more than I'm sure some people will see in their entire lives. We went to a farmer's market in the Piazza and had an outdoor patio breakfast and absorbed the lives of the Italians. From there we walked to the Coliseum and through the Ancient City. From there we walked to the Spanish Steps. On the way there we stopped by the Celebration Monument and the world famous Trevi Fountain. Basically, if you watch the movie "Roman Holiday" that's what we did today.

Overall it was an exhausting day but we saw a lot. Were back in the apartment now and it's only 7:48 pm. I think I'm going to head out pretty soon and take some night pictures and see what the nightlife is all about. Until next time I hope you enjoy the pictures. I'll upload a gallery soon so you can see all of them.

Graci,

jZn

Rome, Italy 2/12/09