Racist? To who? The only people in my theater who actually laughed at those characters were not of the white skin.
-- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://www.edwardcrosby.com ----- "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." Merlin Mann On Jul 6, 3:39 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > That's been a common criticism of the movie- some have gone so far as to > call it overtly racist. Apparently the dialect, the gold "tooth", and the > fact that they couldn't read was enough to really offend some. > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I saw this movie last Friday and I have to say that I was ready for it to > > be over with at about 1 hour and 45 minutes into it. > > I liked the first one, even though it had issues but this second one was > > just blah. The most annoying parts were the scenes with those twin > > Autobots. I cringed every time that "talked". > > > -- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosby > >http://www.edwardcrosby.com > > ----- > > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > > Merlin Mann > > > > What Cary said. By that standard, every comic starring Wolverine has > > been > > > comic book writing at its finest. > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Money != art. Pirates of the Carribean 3 made 1 billion including DVD > > >> sales. Like I said, I like some stinkers too; just be able to admit they > > >> smell. > > > >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:12 AM, matisleonhart > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> Yeah that why it already has 250+ mill! > > > >>> On Jul 1, 10:56 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > I can understand disagreeing with a critic, but unimaginative Ebert > > >>> > ain't. Biased? Maybe, but I don't think so. He's spoken well of > > >>> action > > >>> > flicks in the past; the only bias is against poorly made movies. > > >>> > Poorly made may have no impact on your enjoyment of a film (I loved > > >>> > Starship Troopers, but can admit it's a stinker). > > > >>> > Sent from my iPhone > > > >>> > On Jun 29, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Sionede <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> > > Critics are biased and unimaginative. The movie was very good. > > >>> Where > > >>> > > the first one focused on humans, the second one was more aligned > > >>> with > > >>> > > the cartoon and focused on the Autobots v Decepticons. It involved > > >>> > > great fight scenes, and the dialog did push the envelope for its > > >>> PG-13 > > >>> > > rating. No one in the theater seemed to notice the length of the > > >>> movie > > >>> > > until it was over. > > > >>> > > On Jun 27, 10:49 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > >> I'm sitting this one out; the bad ratings have turned me off of > > >>> it. > > >>> > >> The > > >>> > >> quote that did it was from Roger Ebert:"*Transformers: Revenge of > > >>> > >> the Fallen > > >>> > >> * is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly > > >>> punctuated > > >>> > >> by three > > >>> > >> or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot > > >>> > >> humping the > > >>> > >> leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. If you want to save > > >>> > >> yourself > > >>> > >> the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing > > >>> > >> the music > > >>> > >> of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. > > >>> > >> Then close > > >>> > >> your eyes and use your imagination." > > > >>> > >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:34 PM, matisleonhart > > >>> > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> > >>> Who saw the new transformers movie and what did you think. I just > > >>> > >>> came > > >>> > >>> back from seeing it in imax and I thought it was awesome. I did > > >>> > >>> however that there were way too many sexual joke in the movie for > > >>> > >>> that > > >>> > >>> to be pg-13- Hide quoted text - > > > >>> > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
