roger ebert on the transformers

Roger Ebert's Journal:

The action scenes can perhaps best be understood as abstract art. The Autobots® and Decepticons®, which are assembled out of auto parts, make no functional or aesthetic sense. They have evolved into forms too complex to be comprehended. When two or more of the Bots are in battle, it is nearly impossible to distinguish one from the other. You can't comprehend most of what they're doing, except for an occasional fist flying, a built-in missile firing, or the always dependable belching of flames. Occasionally one gets a hole blown through it large enough to drive a truck through, pardon the expression.

I was thinking about quoting the whole damned thing.  It's that good.  Go read it.  

Comments

[Mena Trott]

My favorite line from the review: "At last we see what a four-hour erection looks like."