I saw her comments and laughed. But it didn't make me want to go out and see the movie.
You know, I am a big fan of the Fun-Stupid movie and I thought the first Transformers movie was pretty good. But this new one wouldn't be the first sequel to an entertaining Fun-Stupid movie that was bloated and uninvolving. I offer up the Pirates of the Caribbean as a prime example, the first feeling odd and quirky and light on its feet, thanks to Johnny Depp's wholly original choice about how to play the lead. But the sequels were, well, awful -- bloated, boring carbon copies of the first ("carbon copies." Boy, there's an expression long past its sell-by date. I haven't used carbon paper to make a copy since high school.)
Anyway, I'll keep Michael Bay in mind if I ever drop in on avant garde film again.
No carbons since high school? Damn. That means I'm older than Mr. Parker. I freaking hate it when that happens. Hmmm ... you know, that would make an interesting movie. :-)
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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Ms. Morgan explains in her review of Transformers 2 that Michael Bay is a surrealist.
She suggest the next instalment be entitled Un Chien Andalou LaBeouf. . . .
I saw her comments and laughed. But it didn't make me want to go out and see the movie.
You know, I am a big fan of the Fun-Stupid movie and I thought the first Transformers movie was pretty good. But this new one wouldn't be the first sequel to an entertaining Fun-Stupid movie that was bloated and uninvolving. I offer up the Pirates of the Caribbean as a prime example, the first feeling odd and quirky and light on its feet, thanks to Johnny Depp's wholly original choice about how to play the lead. But the sequels were, well, awful -- bloated, boring carbon copies of the first ("carbon copies." Boy, there's an expression long past its sell-by date. I haven't used carbon paper to make a copy since high school.)
Anyway, I'll keep Michael Bay in mind if I ever drop in on avant garde film again.
No carbons since high school? Damn. That means I'm older than Mr. Parker. I freaking hate it when that happens. Hmmm ... you know, that would make an interesting movie. :-)
I don't know -- on these days when all the nagging aches and pains keep me awake half the night, I'm not sure anybody is older than me.
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