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Weekend Movie Reviews:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Alright, I know some of you are questioning, "why oh why did this summer blockbuster keep getting so many bad reviews", allow me to answer that! There was no valid plot line throughout the entire movie!!! There were soooo many ridiculous things in this movie you won't believe. Lets go down the list shall we, A girl who turns into a freaking transformer, that makes no sense, this isn't terminator my friends... What the hell is up with Michael Bay trying to stick his camera up megan fox's cooch? Michael ... a robot that humps her leg? Acutally showing "Robot Balls/Testicles" ....Really?? Not to mention two robots that reminded me of the way african americans were portrayed in the 1930's, with obvious sounding black street slang, and one of them ACTUALLY had a gold tooth. I mean really! Why not give them fried chicken and red kool-aid while your at it? I mean one of them confessed that neither of them were any good at reading. Are you kidding me? Michael Bay didn't see a problem with this? Steven Spielberg thought this was okay? WTF!! The whole movie is based on only and only trying to revive Optimus Prime - THAT IS IT ! They came up with ridiculous ideas in this movie, too much Walt Disney in embedded in this movie by attempting to characterize the robots as being humans. The Decepticons attempting to grow robots?!! WTF is that about robots that bleed when they are punched and feel pain? Come on man, This is Transformers not the animated movie "Robots", "Cars", or "Wall-E", with all these human similarities. I hope that the Transformers series gets a serious overhaul as it did the last Batman that blew away the screens ... with factual and more realistic everything and original Transformers. Who was it that directed this piece of crap? Oh wait silly me I should have known ... Absurd dialog, Pedestrian acting and... I've wasted too much time on this review already! ... I give it an ........... F-


Public Enemies
First off I'm hear to say I'm a huge Johnny Depp. I hate all those people who came on the Depp bandwagon after he did "Pirates of the Caribbean". The man is a great actor, Watch "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Benny & Joon", "Edward Scissorhands", & "Cry-Baby" to see this man at his best. Public Enemies showed yet again the versatility of Depp. A brilliant storyline showcasing classic characters in ways we've never seen. Do not bring the kids, Take them to see Transformers. The action in this movie is reminiscent of Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, with extremely realistic portrayals of gun battles. I can't remember the last time I felt so tense during a firefight. The cinematography was superb, but the sound editing really stood out to me. You feel yourself there with the gang through the whole movie. The movie stayed true to what really happened (The Facts) and made everything pretty realistic and believable. Michael Mann is one of the best directors of our time. If Heat, Collateral, Last of the Mohicans, Miami Vice, Ali, and The Insider didn't already prove that to you time and time again, then go watch robot testicles swing instead. Mann doesn't need car chases (although he's got them, and they're GOOD) or robots to keep you on the edge of your seat. He just lets Depp carry the film with the same swagger that made Dillinger a celebrity in his time. After letdowns like Wolverine, The Proposal, and Transformers 2. You owe it to yourself to see this film. The Academy has decided to have 10 Best Picture nominees from now on, and I have a good feeling this will find itself a slot on the ballot. And maybe Depp will finally win that Oscar he's been nominated for so many times ...... Possibly one of the the top ten best gangster movie of all times ... I give it an .... A+ ...