Transformers

Subversion in Mindless, Silly Fun: Why Neutral Art is Impossible

I’ve heard the phrase “mindless, silly fun” bandied about a lot lately, most often in reference to Transformers 2, but not at all limited to it. I think that people who use this term are a little misinformed as to what “mindless, silly fun” actually is and how subversive and deceptively influential such movies and [...]

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“Are You Sure This Is the Movie?”: The Utter Awfulness of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

This is a guest post that my fiancée Jenn wrote up about the “utter awfulness” that was Transformers 2. While I thought the movie was terrible and bad (thus my Twitter review of it being “terribad”), she was much more appalled by the robotravesty that assaulted us IMAX-style than I was. Between her and Roger Ebert’s multiple [...]

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