Transformers The Movie - a dialogue review

"Love it or hate it?", my cousin asked me via Y!
My answer was "yes."
Without going through all the tedium of my usual movie review (I can do that at a later date), here is the transcript of my cousin and me discussing our thoughts about the new Michael Bay blockbuster.

Session Start (maddrewler:duts_1963): Wed Jul 11 14:51:57 2007

[14:51] duts_1963: you see transformers?
[14:52] maddrewler: yeah.
[14:52] maddrewler: last night
[14:52] duts_1963: love it? hate it?
[14:52] maddrewler: hrm.
[14:52] maddrewler: yes.
[14:53] maddrewler: i thought they kind of cheated too much with the transforming.
[14:53] maddrewler: i expect a little cheating, but I don't think those gears and gadgets were really going anyplace but disappearing. not like the toys which actually transform
[14:53] duts_1963: as in.... too complicated, u couldnt see wtf was goin on?
[14:53] duts_1963: yeah. i agree.
[14:54] maddrewler: the story was a little too basic, too.
[14:54] maddrewler: but bumblee was gay as usual. he always was.
[14:54] maddrewler: optimus was nails.
[14:54] duts_1963: i was hopeful of some energon cubes
[14:54] duts_1963: haha
[14:54] duts_1963: yeah, optimus was boss
[14:54] duts_1963: =P
[14:54] duts_1963: i actually like bb
[14:54] maddrewler: megan fox was SOOO not in highschool.
[14:54] duts_1963: minus the end where he developed an english accent
[14:55] maddrewler: yeah, that english accent thing was stupid. kind of anticlimactic.
[14:55] maddrewler: also, the way they killed megatron was lame and the battle between prime and megatron was weak
[14:55] duts_1963: she is only 21.
[14:55] duts_1963: 20 at time of filming
[14:55] duts_1963: =)
[14:55] maddrewler: she looks way too old to be a high schooler.
[14:56] maddrewler: but then, these days... who knows.
[14:56] duts_1963: i kept wondering why they focused on the army dudes when optimus was fighting megatron. "pan back to the robots, dammit!!!"
[14:56] duts_1963: yeah, they do make 'em older lookin these days.
[14:56] duts_1963: she looks older than i look. :-\
[14:56] duts_1963: not sayin much, but still...
[14:57] maddrewler: pretty good casting overall. I did also really hate those lame spy robots that transformed into stereos and crap.
[14:57] duts_1963: heh
[14:58] duts_1963: i thot it was OVERcast
[14:58] duts_1963: lots of pointless characters
[14:58] maddrewler: i love turtoro, usually, but he was really annoying in this one.
[14:58] duts_1963: and john turturro was lame.
[14:58] duts_1963: yup
[14:58] duts_1963: ditto
[14:59] maddrewler: also, optimus prime's mouth makes him look retarded. his battle shield mask is way cooler.
[14:59] duts_1963: tyrese was useless. as were the teenage superhackers
[14:59] maddrewler: totally
[14:59] duts_1963: and yes. prime w/lips is very very disturbing
[14:59] maddrewler: ha ha ha
[15:00] duts_1963: and jazz was super black
[15:00] duts_1963: even break dancing
[15:00] duts_1963: haha
[15:00] maddrewler: racists killed him off super quick.
[15:00] duts_1963: haha
[15:00] duts_1963: they made megatron HUGE
[15:00] maddrewler: yeah.
[15:00] maddrewler: it's kinda cool.
[15:01] maddrewler: everyone was like, 'it;'s megatron! F*! ReTREAT!"
[15:01] maddrewler: starscream was pretty awesome too
[15:01] duts_1963: yeah
[15:01] duts_1963: i loved the line from the cartoon movie
[15:01] duts_1963: =P
[15:02] duts_1963: one will stand, one will fall
[15:02] duts_1963: ha
[15:02] maddrewler: i didn;t remmeber that
[15:02] duts_1963: its when they fought to the death in the cartoon movie
[15:02] duts_1963: exactly the same
[15:02] maddrewler: i barely remember it.
[15:02] maddrewler: i did remember bumblebee dying in the first ten minutes. (didn't he?) that was the best.
[15:03] duts_1963: ha
[15:03] duts_1963: lots guys died in the first 10 min
[15:03] duts_1963: afk
[15:03] duts_1963: meeting...
[15:04] maddrewler: late.

Session Close (duts_1963): Wed Jul 11 15:10:36 2007