The Whole Plate Ep. 3 - Why Is It So Hard To Remember What Happens in the Transformers Movies?

Chanting "affinity of continuum of movement, contrast of continuum of movement..." is going to be part of my vocal warm-up from now on.

Captain Disillusion

Rewatching, yeah my post does agree with your video considering all points brought up. In a scene like Sam screaming after he's situated in the car, I can mainly clock the humor of people that find humor in that kind of stuff. People getting overly excited doesn't really humor me, but I notice when it makes other people laugh. I feel like this kind of scene will work for people that aren't absorbing the action fully, but also for people that will have more undivided attention to the action. It services both sides of the coin. Idunno, you're right, but the scene just kinda makes sense to me.

Callen

Briefly, how does a spectacle movie like Pacific Rim compare to Transformers?

Mister CPU

Please post the text!

Mister CPU

I personally don't get a sensory overload in Bay movies. While I've never really found the gag of Bay having an explosive fetish "too" amusing, I wouldn't say Transformers came off as the most appetizing of action sequences. I'm thinking I need more scenes with the guy in the control room looking at the radar screen or something to add perspective to what's going on either way. Don't really remember if Transformers had that kind of stuff, but Sam's perspective doesn't quite get there for that. Coming to thought, I think extended action shots work well when they're simplified with, say, two discrete people simply fighting, perhaps without music or something (along the lines of what you were saying with limited visual stimuli). Super-CGI robots with Michael Bay music and transitions to human character perspective gets a bit much.

Callen

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Awesome video! This was a similar problem in Adventures of Tintin. Don't know if you ever saw it, but in that movie, the camera NEVER, EVER stops moving. Even when the characters were sitting down and talking, the camera was panning ever so slightly. I think there were only 3 seconds where it actually stopped. So by the time I got to the paper chase scene that was one long tracking shot, I was so utterly underwhelmed.

Bonsha

Yes, but isn't the forgetting ultimately a mercy?

De

BRING THE TEXT BACK!!! WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?!?!?!?

Paul Grodt