Transformers - Cast Turn Up At Screening

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Hollywood_Scarlett

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I went to see the new Transformers film at a screening in central London last night.

Just before the film is about to start, a spotlight hits the floor just in front of the screen, a woman walks out and starts to introduce the film.... this happens a lot at these things... but then she welcomes the director Michael Bay to the floor... the crowd goes wild...

Then the producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura comes out...

And then the cast of the film including Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and a woan who I think was Megan Fow (I didn't catch her name because everyone was cheering and clapping so loud) all get introduced and come up front too.

As they film starts they all take their seats IN THE AUDIENCE!

How cool?

The best Friday night I've had (with my clothes on) in ages.

By the way, the finished film is brilliant. Saw some footage a few months back and was well impressed but this is something else.
 
MeganTron :D

I'm looking forward to the movie, the designs have grown on me. Ironhide and Ratchet looked rubbish in their original designs, now at last these two chracters have been done justice.
It also seems to be very influenced by Simon Furman in some of its tone and the backstory.

Seeing Optimus Prime in all his CG glory, and hearing that magnificent, unforgettable voice by Peter Cullen (getting some well deserved recognition for his talent as a result) is reason enough to see it. I'm dissapointed Frank Welker is not voicing Megatron.

The thing that bugs me, from what I have heard, is the lack of interaction between Starscream and Megatron, Starscream is one of the great treacherous villains yet apparently this is barely alluded to in the film.

The Transformers are each individual characters in their own right, both Autobot and Decepticon.

Sam Witwicky's relationship with Bumblebee is pretty true to the spirit of the comics.

If they do Grimlock as the noble, Wolverine-like anti-hero of Simon Furman's comics, the sequel will be must-see.
 
I saw Transformers on Friday too, didn't notice the cast sit in the audience though (Megan paused to sign something in front of us so I kinda watched her for a bit then presumed they all left via the exit behind me).

I was there with my friend who is a total fan-boy. He had to ask me afterwarRAB if there were any bad bits cos he knew he was so overexcited about how good it was he didn't think he was being properly critical (there were a few btw, nothing awful, one out of place moment but it sets up something else so I could forgive it).

I, on the other hand, am not a fanboy at all. I have a nostalgic memory of the cartoon and was well aware of what a dogs dinner Bay could have made of it.

But thankfully he didn't.

It was, IMO, a REALLY good summer blockbuster type movie. Plenty of LOUD bonecrunching action, heaps of comedy and some honest-to-god touching moments (I welled up at one point but there was a good few other scenes which had the audience really being emotional towarRAB the robots).

The effects were simply stunning. I left being completely suprised at just how much I'd enjoyed it.

Recommended viewing this summer but make sure you go to a good quality cinema with a great sound system.

We both agreed that it won't be anywhere near as good on DVD unless you have invested in a huge flat screen TV with state of the art surround sound.
 
For some reason I connected more with Sam than with the robots, which was kind of... wrong (I kept wanting to get back to him and his adventures instead of all the machines scurrying around). Plus it was pretty incoherent, and too many wisecracks (a sense of humour is one thing, but when you've got Sam's parents acting like sitcom refugees...). And the action scenes were kind of hard to appreciate for the most part. Plus it was waaaaaaay too long.

Not a BAD movie, but I just couldn't get into much.
 
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