Reviews

I came into this movie with low expectations, but when I came out my face hurt from laughing so much. To be fair, this is a movie has an uninspiring plot and appears to be poorly edited. While the lousy editing may bother some, I thought it was intentional and actually worked well, poking fun at the hundreds of not-that-well edited westerns.

If you're expecting an actual western, don't. This movie put a lot of work into satirizing westerns, and I think it did a pretty good job. Personally, I'm a very casual western fan, just enough of one to understand a lot of the satire, but not enough of one to be "offended" that it "tainted the genre" or whatever critics are saying.

I saw one promo for this movie that claimed basically claimed: if you liked Ted you'll like this movie. I actually think that's a pretty good characterization. This movie is PACKED with R-rated humor that is ridiculous and over-the-top, and I loved that. The "serious" love story plot line is, to be fair, not that great (or serious). Charlize Theron did a great job, but Seth MacFarlane is no Mark Wahlberg. Seth is much funnier, but the romantic moments here don't compare to Ted. There's a reason MacFarlane usually plays voice overs, but his physical appearance didn't make him any less funny.

So in summary, if you like the idea of making fun of westerns, liked the humor in Ted, and can come in with an open and understanding mindset, I think you'll really enjoy this movie.

9/10

If there's one thing that will instantly deny a movie a 4 star rating its an entirely predictable plot. This movie certainly does not have that.

Yes, I admit, this movie is not for everyone. It's pretty gory, but don't go complaining about it as if you weren't expecting that coming in. Lots of people die, there's a lot of blood, but if you can take or even like that sort of thing, it works to the movie's over-the-top personality.

The one thing that stood out to me in this movie was the prevalence of really long, seemingly low-action scenes. The mastery of this film is that in these scenes, you are still entertained because the outcome of the situation is entirely in doubt, and you find yourself coaxing along the protagonists through their sticky situations. The opening scene of the movie is a great example of this.

I find the use of multiple languages interesting, I guess some might not but I certainly don't think it detracts from the movie at all.

The ending to the movie is yet another example of an extremely long scene, and is a true work of art in the way the plot keeps you guessing and emotionally invested in the outcome.

I definitely recommend this movie, so long as you can deal with a good deal of gore.

This movie is not in the same category as Knocked Up, Superbad, those types of movies. No, i thought it was too until i saw it. FSM carries some surprisingly deep stuff. The plot was not actually that predictable; i was pretty much wrong about what was gonna happen. The 4 leads do a pretty darn good job of acting their roles, though Kristen Bell's character is a little confusing, she does a good job in it. Seth Rogen is pretty darn funny in this movie, although i have to say, it wasn't THAT funny. There were some parts that i laughed a lot at but overall there was more romantic stuff than i thought there would be. A solid romantic comedy overall.

this movie is far and away the best visual achievement in any media ever ever ever. It is so unbelievable. Everyone is talking about how Michael Bay went too "over the top" with the visual effects. This is ridiculous. That's kind of the point! This movie was not meant to be some epic drama like the Godfather. No. This is like Star Wars, but 30 years better graphics technology. The only reason this movie isn't on Star Wars level was that the script could have been better. Looking back, there were some very corny lines, but in the moment of the action, they just work. I don't know how it didn't win Oscar for best visual, somehow the Golden Compass beat it, which is ridiculous, because the Golden Compass would have to be the best visual of all time to top transformers. I actually haven't seen that movie, but it has "Eragon" dreadfulness written all over it in that it will have 10 million new concepts every 5 minutes, no character development whatsoever, which Transformers actually did have, despite what the critics say.

This is the kind of movie that has so many dimensions. You'll watch it once, and you focus on the transformers. The next time you'll notice more things about Sam and Mikaela, then the next time you'll focus on the Army officers, then it'll be the Pentagon lady with the accent. Their characters are actually far more complex than you notice at first, because you're so zoned in on all the action. "Bring the rain" is now my favorite line of all time. This movie is so amazing you must see it i can't even tell you how much you need to see it. Even the drama-loving, detail-focused, picky critics will be awed by the action, despite what they will say about it's other "flaws" (i swear the script is the only one). This movie has something for everyone, and if you play COD4, R6V, or some other game like that then you'll really appreciate the weapons used in this movie.

Please see this movie, it should really get like 9.5 stars, because 10 is perfect, and the script could have been better, but really, it works in the moment, and there are some really great lines, mixed in with some bad ones.

This movie should have won, maybe 5 or 6 Oscars, and it probably would have if the critics had watched the movie 4 times, but they only saw it once, and only saw the action, thus, it wins no Oscars. I cannot stress enough how you need to see this movie more than once to appreciate it beyond its special effects, which are the greatest part about the movie, but you really should see it again, it just kind of all fits, it's kind of all wrapped up nicely. It's like a great book, everything just works.

Lastly i would like to comment on the use of lines/scenes/shots/ideas from other movies used in this movie. Transformers does use lots of that, such as the fighter pilot scene from Independence Day, the Bunker scene from Terminator 3, and there's more, but the thing is, these are great scenes/ideas/etc. that Michael Bay borrows, so it is actually a good thing.

Cannot say enough about this movie, you need to go see it, even if you don't speak English, it's worth seeing.