adambatman82
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Joined: 15/12/2005 From: Sheffield
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I saw the film this morning, and its absolutely horrendous, truly terrible cinema. I agree with many of the points made in the TF review (Whitely is excrutiating), but don't think they're critical enough. The political rhetoric contained within is truly bizarre for a film made in 2011, and the misuse of 9/11 iconography is crass, tactless, unethical and downright nasty at times. There was one particular moment that really, really offended me, in which a very famous image from the events of 9/11 are channeled in to something very different, and to say that it left a bitter taste would be an understatement. Oh, and there are silly little robot sidekicks, that ride dogs and make "shit" jokes. Ken Jeung's character is as offensive a racial stereotype as anything in the second film and, contrary to what Bay claimed, Sam's parents are back, and more annoying than ever. Basically its the same film as Transformers 2, but on a bigger scale. On a more positive note, the 3D is great, the best I've ever seen, and the central premise, involving a mass scale conspiracy is nice, its just a shame about the execution. I'm writing my full review at the moment, it'll be up later.
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