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Transformers (2007)
One of the worst movies ever
The only good thing about this film is the computer generated transformers. This film could have been very good, however there are some top actors in this who are given some of the worst dialogue ever and a story line that has more holes than a sieve.
I was extremely disappointed in the film (especially one from DreamWorks that has Steven Spielberg's name on it) and had to laugh throughout the film at the lame lines the actors said with straight faces. There were at least two dozen places where I had to scratch my head and make believe I was a ten year old to keep up with the story which made no logical or common sense.
If I had to guess at the age of the writers and director, I would say they couldn't be more than 13. Which is due to the level of writing for the dialogue and the lame scenario presented by the 'lead' teenager. His angst and horniness is on par with other summer films which try to only capture and appeal to pubescent boys and their elders who have never gone past the age of 14 socially, emotionally, or mentally.
The only redeeming value to my film experience is that I didn't pay to see this or I would have walked out and demanded a refund. Not even worthy of a rental for laughs.
Downtown 81 (2000)
Not very good unless only interested in NY music scene of '81
The only redeeming quality of this film is that it shows bands and their music when it was changing in NY during '81. As for the film itself it has at least three major flaws. First of all, there is narration throughout the film, which is not required at all. In the few places where there is some explanation necessary just adding a little dialogue would have gone a long way. Secondly, there was no obvious attempt to synchronize any of the audio, in fact it is quite apparent that most of the dialogue was recorded later with no attempt to match the film. The third flaw was in the ending. I will not give the ending away for those brave souls that would endure the torture of sitting through the film, but it commits a cardinal sin in screenwriting. Not worth the money or time it takes to see this, unless you are a fan of one of the represented bands.