Jul 02 2009
Transformer ROTF
Yesterday I brought Ian to GSC 1U to watch Transformer ROTF. He is a Bumblebee and Optimus Prime fan. Initially I didn’t play to bring him, just wanted to watch alone, but DH said since he is a fan I should bring him. So, I thought why not?! I regretted, half way through the movie – too violent for him!!
Anyway, we were late to collect our booked tickets, coz they have 45 min condition, i.e. you must collect 45 min before show or your booking will be expired.
So, we had to queue up. I don’t mind doing that as long as the tickets are available. But then… the queue was just so long, even going outside of the designated area. What caused the queue so long, is not the number of patrons, but –> ONLY 2 PERSON WORKING out of the so many counters.
We queued for about 40 min. By the time it was our turn, it was already 3pm, so I bought 4pm ticket.
When we went in at 4pm, we watched 20 minutes of advertisements. Yes, TWENTY MINUTES. I could have picked up the 3pm show had I know this.
Ian kept asking when would they start showing. And at the end, the show ended at 6:50pm.
I don’t like this one, compared to the first. There are so many things that I don’t like about it…
First of all, the lady Decepticon – Alice (Isabel Lucas) is so out of tune. Okay, I’m not familiar with the original Transformer comic, but this woman does not look metal at all, right? I thought all Transformers are supposed to be metal based (except the tire, no?)? That character sucks.
Then, the ancient Decepticon that turned side to Autobot is also something for laugh. Okay, his sacrifice at the end is critical for Autobot’s victory. But this thing about him getting too old and rusty sounds really disappointing for one that adores Transformer so much – they are after all just like human – even using a walking stick??!!
The resurrection of Sam is also another joke. Ian asked why he can come back after death, I just had to lie that he didn’t die, he just fainted and slept, and that was just a dream… Geez, if the ancestors of Primes can ‘kick’ your soul back to your body after death, why can’t they kick Optimus Prime back to life? Crappy.
In addition, what made me nearly vomit (YES, REAL vomit) is the camera that keeps spinning around Sam and Mikaela. It keeps spinning around them when they hug lah, kiss lah, whatever lah. It made me so dizzy having seated somewhat near to the screen. It really made me nausea for a while. And then, it spends so much of time showing the couple. Sigh! I don’t want to see them lah, I want to see the Transformers. Also, Mikaela’s role is really a “flower pot”. She really doesn’t need to stick around with Sam when he runs away. “toh-sao-lan-giok”
Overall, I still prefer the first one. This is always the problem with second…








