In recent years, after the sequel movies have become more and more excellent tools to support the previous work, "Transformers 2" has not made fans wait for two years in vain, although the plot of this episode is suspected of "learning from" "National Treasure" , but fortunately, the plot of "Transformers 1" is originally a primary school level, so the sequel is still a great improvement in the plot compared to the first episode - what's more, the audience enters the movie theater to see these huge steel Guys go to fights. Therefore, I believe that when it comes to "Transformers 3", Michael Bay will not make the plot too complicated. After all, if the brain thinks for a second, it is likely to miss the opportunity to watch thousands of metal parts move recklessly in front of your eyes. .
After the release of the first episode, some fans complained that there were too few robots in the film, and only a few came and went, including a few who were dead. Therefore, for the audience who are eager to see more steel guys in the film, Michael Bay can be regarded as enough to make them addicted this time. There are more than 40 large and small robots in the film, although among them Most of them still belong to the tricks of the dead, but these are extremely expensive tricks. Even though we can't see most of the "Dragon King Kong" in the film, and even most of the "Dragon King Kong" have no lines, but it is these dragon sets plus the familiar robots that make the "Transformers 2" visual. Compared with the first episode, the special effects are not as simple as doubled. In the first episode, in the first half of the film, except for Bumblebee, Vertigo, and Barricades, no other heavyweight robots appeared, and Optimus Prime arrived late after the film was nearly half hungry. After watching the whole film, Optimus Prime even has only two complete anamorphic lenses - this is the first episode that makes fans cry out after watching it. The hard disk capacity (1T=1000G), and "Transformers 2" makes this staggering number even more staggering - 140T, and the budget of its film has only increased by 50 million compared to the first episode. From this point Looking up, Michael Bay seems to be more "stingy" than the first episode. When at the beginning of the film, Optimus Prime completed his gorgeous debut with two almost complete transformation processes, the two and a half hours of visual feast began tirelessly bombarding our glasses. Judging from the effects presented by the film and from almost the same investment, Michael Bay has more clamoring capital than MCG at least in terms of special effects. "Terminator 2018" is completely the same as "Transformers 2" in terms of visual effects. Not an order of magnitude.
However, such a crazy visual bombardment also "blown up" the problems of this film. "Transformers 2" is a good-looking movie, a movie that makes people feel very cool, but it is not a movie that gives people enough aftertaste. I still can't forget the crap feeling of watching Optimus Prime and other robots collectively transform in front of Sam in "Transformers 1". Before watching "Transformers 2", I was ready to be excited again. I was ready to cry, but the film didn't give me such a chance until the end. I believe that there are not a few people who feel the same way as me. It can be said that success also has special effects, and defeat also has special effects - if this is barely considered a "failure".
The appearance of "Transformers 1" made the emotions of Transformers fans for more than 20 years to vent happily, and due to budget reasons, Michael Bay intentionally compressed the role of the robot in the first half of the film, which made entering the theater. But the fans who are eager to see Optimus Prime's transformation have enough emotional accumulation stage. After the fans have enough appetite, Optimus Prime's "Late Time" has become the most direct emotional explosion point in the film. It also made that bridge segment the most classic segment in "Transformers 1". It can be said that it is the special effects shots in "Transformers 1" that are not enough for fans to cherish the deformation process every time in the film, so every trembling of the tens of thousands of parts can make people feel full on the chair. Trembling, this is exactly the old Chinese saying "what is rare is precious".
In "Transformers 2", the transformation of robots has become extremely common, and except for Optimus Prime's fall from the sky, the film does not have enough rendering of the atmosphere of the robot's transformation process (in fact, the second episode did Can't focus on the word "anamorphic", after all, the center of the film has shifted from "advent" to the real "fight"), and in the first episode, even the first anamorphic shot of Bumblebee It's been a long layup. The creation of the atmosphere when the robot is deformed is weakened, and the fans are no longer unfamiliar with the deformed lens, which makes the appearance of the robots in "Transformers 2" not so exciting to the fans as they saw Optimus Prime in the first episode. In the film, the combination of Hercules, which is most likely to trigger adrenaline rush, is also far from what fans expected, making the scene more shocking but less passionate.
At the same time, with the increase of robots, the problem of unrecognizable robots reappeared in the second episode. In the first episode, fans complained that when the two steel monsters scuffled together in the film, the characters were often confused, and this problem became more prominent in the second episode with the appearance of a large number of robots. It is undeniable that the appearance of a large number of robots makes the final climax very exciting, but the face of the robot is more blurred in the many machine parts and shaking shots. Because the shape is not as human-like as the animation version, so the movie version has When the robot is in the play, the sense of substitution for the audience is far less effective than the simple shape of the cartoon. Therefore, it is impossible to imagine how much visual chaos will be caused if there are more robots, so the so-called want to see the robot big The melee, it seems, is just a good idea. When a bunch of robots fill the screen, we may find that the situation is much worse than we thought. In the construction of war scenes, due to the increase of scuffle scenes, there are almost no unforgettable classic scenes like the iron slow-motion leap in the first episode, which makes the final climax scene, the popularity is upgraded, but not left. The next shot that is classic enough.
The robot's face is blurred, which of course has something to do with Michael Bay's intention to increase the role of Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime has become the real protagonist in the second episode, and even the combat power has been doubled. At the end of the day, it is necessary to rely on the Rubik's Cube to defeat Megatron. In this episode, not only did he almost kill three robots such as Megatron and Starscream for the first time, but also killed the veteran of Transformers after combining with Skyfire. characters, which will undoubtedly make Optimus Prime fans hooked. With the emergence of a large number of robots and the need to maintain Optimus Prime's protagonist status, some "old faces" have to be wronged, so even Bumblebee has become an absolute supporting role. In addition to Optimus Prime, Michael Bay aimed more shots at several new robots, among which the little robot who was a cheap toy became the smallest "star" in the film, which involved the sales of toys related to the film. , is also unreasonable.
In terms of scenes, special effects shots, plots and even the humorous elements in the film, the second episode surpassed the first one, except that too many robots caused a little confusion on the scene, as a commercial film, "Transformers" 2" has done quite well, and this so-called flaw won't stop me from watching it again. As a sequel, it is indeed more difficult for fans to find the excitement that has been waiting for 20 years. After all, what I have been waiting for these two years is the sequel, not the return of "Transformers", regardless of the goal of waiting. And in terms of waiting time, this is incomparable, and no matter how spectacular the deformation scene is, it cannot be replaced. Therefore, after experiencing the almost crazy excitement of "Transformers 1", the calmness of "Transformers 2" (of course, this is relatively calm in the first episode) should also be what fans of this series of movies have to experience. What needs to be accepted, after all, the kind of emotion when Optimus Prime returns is only once. So in addition to continuing the visual impact of Michael Bay on us, we also have to wait for him to bring us a perfect trilogy. Now that we have experienced the excitement of "returning", we will be down-to-earth Enjoy the shock after the "return" on the ground.
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