Cowa-Bungled [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00MI1X58S][/pullquote] It's like candy, people love candy, says Vernon Fenwick (Will Arnett) to April O'Neil (Megan Fox) when talking about her disgruntled attitude to reporting on less-than-serious news. But like many pseudo-meta comments in this limp … [Read more...]
Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Robot Bores [pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00LA8H82E][/pullquote] Following in the footsteps of its commercial success juggernauts comes Michael Bay's latest blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction. Acting as a sort of reboot for the human cast, we lose Shia Labouef's Sam Whitwicky and gain … [Read more...]
Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
In 2007 director Michael Bay took the formerly popular children's toy franchise Transformers and turned it into a multi-million dollar film franchise. With the success of the first, a sequel was immediately green-lit and Bay given the reigns once again. Having introduced the main characters in the first film, he took the opportunity to expand the Universe considerably in … [Read more...]
Review: The Rock (1996)
1996 was a younger more naïve time for the film-going audience. Transformers was still a cool kids toy from the 1980s, Nicholas Cage had some acting credibility and no one had really heard of an up-and-coming director called Michael Bay. His first film, Bad Boys had kindly introduced the world to the next big superstar in Will Smith. There was some excitement about where this … [Read more...]
Review: Transformers (2007)
The original Transformers cartoon is widely considered a classic in children's programming. The Transformers animated film was a success among fans, so it's a surprise a live action film took this long. But in 2007, we got Transformers, a high-budget action flick directed by the manifestation of everything wrong with Hollywood, Michael Bay. His CV isn't exactly full of … [Read more...]
Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005A5YYN4][/pullquote] The mantra of anyone who reviews films must be that you go into every film with an open-mind. Whether that be a children's animated film, a bloody horror or a period drama. Regardless of everything that you think you know about a director, a … [Read more...]