Review: Transformers

You know that feeling don’t you. You get to know a girl, and you start to hang out with each other. Friends at first, but soon you know that you have fallen for her. But you keep it cool. The lunch dates get a little more frequent. You become more thoughtful towards her. Sending her home after work becomes almost a routine. That awkwardness and anticipation. Watching her every reply, eye contact and body language. Going through every conversation in your mind before turning into bed with a silly smile pasted all over your face. You have to pop the question, all you need is the perfect moment.

So you get a table at a decent restaurant. Surprise her with flowers and she asks, “What’s this all about?” Stuttering through the shyness and blushes, you blurt out the inevitable and wait for her reply. Your heart is beating in your eardrums and your fingers in a waltz, unsure of when to stop fidgeting. And she says,

“I’m sorry, we can only be friends.”

Transformers (2007) – Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf

That’s how it felt watching Michael Bay’s latest direct. Produced by Steven Spielberg, Transformers is not short on action, comic humour and terrific camera work. It started well, building to a nice curve up to the point when Section 7 gets introduced. Then things start to go downhill from there. Not gradually, but with a big thud.

From then on, unnecessary scenes cost the movie considerably. Unresolved plot threads and the patchy camera work during final battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron spoiled the ending. Not withstanding that Amaury Nolasco (Fernando Sucre of Prison Break fame) just had to be ‘injured’ and cut out from the rest of the movie. He deserved better.

Transformers sort of redeemed the summer blockbuster season for me, but didn’t do just well enough. 3.5/5

For every 100 girls…

A very interesting site listing comparison statistics between girls and guys.

Excerpts:

For every 100 girls diagnosed with a special education disability 217 boys are diagnosed with a special education disability.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with a learning disability 276 boys are diagnosed with a learning disability.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with emotional disturbance 324 boys are diagnosed with emotional disturbance
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with a speech impairment 147 boys are similarly diagnosed.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with mental retardation 138 boys are diagnosed as mentally retarded.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with visual impairment 125 boys are visually impaired.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with hearing impairment 108 boys are diagnosed as hearing impaired.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls diagnosed with deafness 120 boys have deafness.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls with orthopedic impairment 118 boys have orthopedic impairment.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls with other health impairment 127 boys have other health impairment.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

For every 100 girls with multiple disabilities 189 boys have multiple disabilities.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm

There’s about a 1:3 ratio of girls to boys with an emotional disturbance. So who says that boys are the less emotional ones?