Keeping it Reel: More than meets the eyes...

[jack_babalon]

Finally saw Transformers (not to be confused with 'Transformus: Pagans in Disguise')last night with Savannah & the Witch-Girl. All in all I would have to describe it as a CGI induced lobotomy, the equivalent of a diabetes attack only on a psychic level. At one point I could actually feel the dialouge scraping against my skull and dripping down my soul into a corrosive pool of . Okay, yeah I dig, in the immortal words of Doc Frankenfuter - "I didn't make it for you", so I asked the Witch-Girl what she thought of it. She looked at Savannah and imperiously declared: "It was the cheesiest movie I ever saw".

But I do know it's one of those summer flicks where you're supposed to let daddy brain take a nap while baby eyes gets to soak up as much robot-on-robot goodness as it can. So i'll step back from the four story tall Autobot hiding behind a tree from a gathering crowd or the wince inducing ebonics of the 'black' autobot "Jazz" and focus on what this movie really is - A snapshot of how America wants to see itself: It's a magical america where the Army is beloved by the freedom-loving-but-ass-backwards Middle Easterners (Wow isn't Qatar great... why couldn't we have invaded them instead?), where our Secretary of Defense is on the ball (could you imagine "Rum-stud" telling the military to stand down until cooler heads prevailed), where 90% of the problems facing our youth is procuring a car that'll allow teenage boys to score with a super model with a heart of gold (Fact: There are no over weight women in America anymore... they all moved to Canada apparently)and most importantly it's an America where token minorities are there for entertainment purposes only and have less to say than our cars.

All in all best Chevrolet commercial ever!

Comments

[re-animating.livejournal.com]

I'm quite fond of cheesy films, but more in the fashion of Army of Darkness, or even The Jerk. The trailers I've seen for this one come across as "eh, whatever" to me. I've become so tired of films that are basically all about the effects, but without a decent story line line, that I think my brain has begun to tune them out completely, as if they had never been made. Which is kind of sad, because I'm a huge sci-fi junkie.

The type-casting of America is a common theme. We live in a delusional country where a majority of the people use television as a babysitter, and then act surprised when teenage girls ask their parents to pay for cosmetic surgery. As for politics, I could type until the sun rises and still not be done. I could go on and on, but "magical America" is a good way to term it.

[daucus-carota.livejournal.com]

If only America could get a clue about where the real Magick comes from!!!

The movie did have one great line that I have already used a number of times IRL, "Hey, you there, in the training bra..."

Glad to hear Witch-Girl wasn't taken in!

You coming out to S4 tonight?
xxx