Transformers

It was friday two days ago and after attending a meeting where few people showed up, me and Stephen decided to hit JP's place of atonement and peace. . . . not that JP was really there. After calling him for minutes (with the last finally confirming that he wasn't at home. . . probably scourging somewhere in SM, looking for girls with bangs . . . ), we headed straight for the mall.

It was a good day, and i was really planning to watch the damn movie for the past two days. . . or let's put it this way, since it was suppose to be shown (which it wasn't because it was a day late and i was ready to bust Gaisano's head for that inconvenience!). So yeah, there i was looking at the poster (finally!) of the movie with Prime and Megatron facing each other and my feet just woke up with brains of its own and told me "James whether you like it or not . . . ur coming to the ticket booth with me!". So it guided me (not that it needed eyes. . . or supposing my "smart" feet have eyes) with Stephen tagging along contemplating whether or not he should watch. . . though i know he most likely would.

Then as we neared the counter, Stephen made one of the worst judgments he did that day. "Piste nabilin akong eyeglasses" ---> that was the first line that went through his mouth. Of course he was cursing because I will not settle for a deluxe seat (did I spell that right?), knowing that he has to or else his vision will be too blurry if he sits with me at the premiere. So he took the seats below and I took the seats above, and I gave him free drinks. . . since he always gives me free drinks at home (Coke ehehe), and we agreed to meet at the end of the film. Btw, that was Cinema 1 and I was shocked to find as many people as the time when I was watching Harry Potter, not that I'm fond of the book (which I'm not . . . seriously. . . )

I loved the movie. light, no philosophical or moral crap . . . i wasn't in the mood to dig into a heavy storyline. Ok, so I was there because I had a dead brain that needed to lighten up. There . . . happy!? Anyway, the guy, Le beau (i think that's his name) did his job well. very funny, clever, sometimes a little over the edge with his mouth but it worked well to his advantage because he was portraying a washed out nerd caught in the middle of war between several two-story sized talking metals. And the girl . . . well, for one she was sexy . . . not my-type-sexy but sexy nonetheless. Then there was Bernie Mac who got fingered by his mother in the movie. It was a surprising cast that include the likes of Tyrese . . . the Fast and the Furious Tyrese (that's him) and John Voight (Jolies' father). One after the other these two surprising cast showed up and I couldn't help dropping my mouth, thinking "What the hell are they doing here!?". Hmmm . . . . There are some shady parts bout that movie that i want to review like, why was Bumblebee the only autobot to arrive first(before the rest came?) and how long was starscream and his gang been on earth? I've read the synopsis and I still missed something, like that plot that says there was suppose to be another probe(?) that went to space at the time Apollo 11 launched . . . I got dazed and decided to just watch the movie on a player again . (Curses!)

Anyway, as for the robots themselves, my fave would be Ironhide (the pick up) he was aching to shoot (and was hard at trying to find a reason to do so) and Jazz (the pontiac) whom Megatron tore in half at the end as the poor guy shouted "You want a piece of me!?" ---> that's for the Autobots. The Decepticons are far more interesting . . . well for one, they're well - armed military machines, and they got the attitude to boot. There's three of them and none include Megatron, though he was cool when he finally got freed from cryofreeze and proclaimed himself "I AM MEGATRON!", I'll give him that. Anyway the three were Devastator, (the Abrams tank) , errr. . . Bonecrusher, (Bufallo vehicle) the metalhead can skate very well for his size, and last and my favorite of the three. . . Blackout (the chopper --- MH53? i think?), the badass who redecorated a US army camp in one night's raid.

All in all the movie was worth it, and it's even worth a second watch if you're in the mood for light entertainment. One downside though was the cheesy robot lines. i hated it. So why didn't I include Optimus on my list? because he was too big to act like a gorilla! when he went hanging over the bridge (nevermind the fact that he was hiding), the poor dude's hung over a bridge like a chimpanzee . . . and I'm wondering how the bridge still stood after it got hung by such an enormous bulk. Hey Prime, weight check, YOU MAY NOT BE YOKOZUNA (OR MUDS!) BUT YOU WEIGH A HUNDRED TIMES HEAVIER!!!!!!(or more . . .pardon my math).