Transformers

For the first time in a very long time, I saw a movie; and for the first time in an even longer time, I saw it alone! I saw Transformers in our friendly neighborhood SM.

Being a weekday, there was barely anybody in the theater, which was perfect for me. And being alone, it was the perfect time to choose the exact seat that I wanted - close enough to the screen to almost not see the edges. It's supposedly how you should really watch a movie — after all, if you wanted to see the entire thing in a box, then you're really just watching TV. So the best way to see a movie, according to my film introduction teacher (whom everybody feared but is actually a pretty nice person, and I like her, she's very good) is to settle on the row wherein your peripheral vision will practically not glimpse the edges of the silver screen anymore. Think of it as letting yourself be overwhelmed by the movie. Larger than life. Makes sense to me!

So I saw Transformers in just such a way, right smack in the middle of the 6th row. The robots were huge!

There's nothing much I can say about the movie except that it was a good escape from reality (except the whole Sector Seven bit, and especially the Sector Seven guy — very jarring in its uncoolness). I enjoyed it. It was very faithful to the cartoon, especially in the comedy feel.

Very Michael Bay-ish.  Sometimes you begin to think, if a director's movies all look and feel the same, is it because that's their style or they simply don't know another way to do it?