After watching "Transformers 7", I laughed: let the Autobots fight in the steppe? If you don't have money, don't shoot

"Transformers 7" actually showed me sleepy.

In 2007, "Transformers" directed by Michael Bay was released.

I was too young to watch it in the cinema, but I still remember the news flying.

Cinemas are rubbing shoulders one after another, major departments have formed groups to brush copies, reporters go to the cinema to conduct random interviews, and even see stars.

When the audience saw Optimus Prime transform in front of the screen for the first time, the complex movement of parts and the sound of metal colliding were no less shocking than seeing the train break through the screen in 1895.

I remember someone even saying:

"The Americans have already created Transformers, and this is the real shot."

Now that I think about it, this proves that Hollywood movie special effects have reached a point that domestic audiences cannot understand.

Released on July 11, it exceeded 22.42 million box office in a single day, breaking the mainland premiere day record.

Then it remained high, and the cinema even screened all night to take care of fans, and finally accumulated 281 million, becoming the second largest in the box office history of imported films in China at that time.

The first place is "Titanic" released in 1998.

Later the second, third, and fourth parts, each of which would cause a huge sensation in the mainland.

The media was overwhelming, the audience was dressed up to attend, and even the stars would spontaneously form groups to watch.

It represents the highest level of Hollywood science fiction, and of course the world's most valuable IP, and it is already a supreme honor to be able to cram in a few seconds of advertising and play a fleeting role.

However, as the reputation of the series continued to decline, this myth gradually collapsed, and by the time of "Change 5", it had to start again because of the poor global response.

After Nike's "Bumblebee", on June 9, "Transformers 7" was officially released.

The box office was not ideal.

The premiere day of 82.41 million has not yet exceeded 100 million, as of press time, the cumulative 220 million in 3 days of release, the final box office is predicted to be 600 million.

It seems to be okay, but in this inflationary today, compared with the previous work with a premiere day of one or two hundred million and a total box office of more than one billion, the IP of "Transformers" obviously has some lack of stamina and is in decline.

Of course, this time it was not without innovation.

"Change 7" gathers another classic IP, "Power Warriors", allowing Captain Orangutans to fight alongside Optimus Prime.

As a childhood classic from the same 30 years ago, it cannot be described as a blockbuster.

Near the release, the director also released a bold statement:

It is said that "Change 7" will reproduce the glory of "Change 1" that year!

But after watching the movie, I had another idea:

"Power Rangers" dragged down "Transformers 7".

Let's start at the beginning.

Transformers: Rise of the Power Warriors

The story closely follows "Bumblebee", set in the 90s, earlier than the version that sold copies, but the plot is familiar.

At the beginning, a new civilization has existed thousands of years ago, Transformers are not the only aliens, but two factions snatching fire, oh no, it's called "Super Warp Key".

Immediately after, Hollywood began to stack Zzzq again.

The male protagonist is Hispanic (Hispanic to be exact?). I didn't understand) American, still a veteran, the younger brother is seriously ill and needs a lot of money for treatment.

Good guy, as soon as he came up, he gave a quadruple buff of minorities + veterans + children + special diseases, and he couldn't stop it, he couldn't wait to donate on the spot, and he didn't cry that he was not an earthling.

Immediately afterwards, the heroine appeared.

She is not only African-black skin, but also has an obese physique, and feels that the humanoid Transformers can't beat her.

Image, looks like this --

There is a set of shots in the movie, first giving her a close-up, and then cutting to Captain Orangutan.

For a moment, I thought the director wanted to express:

The heroine is the daughter of Captain Orangutan.

It reminds me of a certain brand's models.

The whole world knows she's ugly, but you can't say it, it's "not free" to say it.

How can "beauty" be defined? I say beauty is beauty.

There are also aggressive white male executives, white female curators who just want to drink and don't want to talk about work, and even the Autobots have one who speaks with a Spanish accent.

This smells so right.

Don't look at the ruthlessness of the buff stack, but the screenwriter's little abacus is also stable.

We have the right personality, but we don't do the right thing?

In order to make up for medical expenses, the male protagonist contacted the old black neighborhood and went to the white man's charity show party to steal luxury cars.

On the other end, the heroine took advantage of the curator's opportunity to go to the charity party, stole the curator's ID card, and ran to the museum to study cultural relics.

Male and female protagonists, male and female steal!

Of course, if you can tolerate the above settings, then the correct concentration of "Change 7" is still relatively small.

This one draws on the experience of the failure of "Change 5" and greatly reduces the human scenes.

The two protagonists just play the role of threading the needle, and there are not many scenes.

What is more commendable is that they do not have a justified love scene, at most they just nod their heads, avoiding the audience's fear of human reproduction.

However, there are too few human scenes, which also makes the plot of "Change 7" too boring, too boring, and too child's play.

The whole movie is 2 hours, three battles, basically follow a structure:

Humans discover clues→ Transformers go to → natural disasters follow, followed by → big war bang

The car stolen by the male protagonist is the Autobot "Phantom".

By mistake, he was assigned by Optimus Prime to the museum to steal the Super Warp Key, and at this time, the heroine was secretly studying the key in the museum.

The two thieves, oh no, are the confluence of male and female protagonists, natural disasters follow, and a big war is about to break out.

The key was snatched, and immediately after, the heroine found the other half of the key in Peru.

The group crossed the mountains and seas to South America and gathered with Big Mac (Super Warriors).

Natural disasters followed, and a new round of wars followed.

Finally, the keys merge into one, and the Cosmic Emperor appears.

The humans also discovered the way to destroy the teleporter, and the soldiers went in two ways.

Natural disasters followed, and bang bang again.

It's really boring.

It feels like you've been back in '80s to Hollywood, and the script is so classical that it can't be any more classical.

You don't have to guess the plot, because he doesn't want to hide anything at all, and even says that the overall script is not as exciting as an episode of an American drama.

I'm wondering, humans, Autobots, Big Macs, natural disasters, and universe emperors, there are 5 camps if you calculate a little, right?

Random compilation will not come up with such a bad story, right?

This is the first time I've fallen asleep in the cinema since watching Transformers.

Although it was only for a few minutes, the sudden hanging head accompanied by the smirk from the neighboring seat was enough to make me unforgettable.

So hypnotic, the plot is boring on the one hand, and the action scenes also account for a large reason.

We watch Transformers, what are we watching?

It's deformation, it's machinery, it's the dust on the highway.

Of course, the most important thing is the steel giant that covers the sky, the absolute dominance of human civilization.

When Optimus Prime jumps in the middle of the floor, when the Red Spider plays with the F22 fighter in mid-air, when the Autobots ride the steel Tyrannosaurus rex across the streets of Hong Kong...

When we think of huge buildings, vehicles, and weapons, they look like toys in front of Transformers.

This kind of game on earth, like crushing and violence like straying into Lilliput, is the essence of Transformers.

It is both a science fiction film and a disaster film.

In the previous "Transformers" series, although there are occasional other scenes, the final Armageddon will basically be in the city, thus highlighting the deterrent power of Transformers in human society.

But "Change 7" in order to take care of "Super Warriors" (no budget), is it only a modern scene in the opening museum battle, or a night scene.

Then immediately turned to Peru, with a primeval forest as a backdrop.

The green plains of Ichima Pingchuan have no modern buildings and few cars.

Even if there are dozens of Transformers fighting, you can't feel any heartbeat.

You don't even know how big it is.

Even if they are considered a group of 180CM people, after all, there is no reference at all.

There are only two protagonists who can be referenced.

But it is not so much to set off the "big" of the Autobots, but to contrast the "small" of human beings.

The two protagonists not only did not add points to the image of the Autobots, but were more like a pendant, dragging the Autobots everywhere, Optimus Prime several times in order to protect the male protagonist into danger, just like ordinary people strayed into the country of adults.

Of course, in the end, perhaps the screenwriter felt that there were too few human scenes, and suddenly let the male protagonist inherit the mantle of phantom and transform into Iron Man to save the world.

But at this point, the taste of "Transformers" is gone.

The whole movie, from the plot to the battle scenes and even the shape of the Autobots, there is nothing to understand, and I am always half-asleep during the watching process.

It wasn't until the last 30 minutes that Captain Orangutans' classic transformation lifted his spirits.

But then another problem was exposed:

"Change 7" is set in the primeval forest for the super warriors, but there are very few scenes of super warriors.

Captain Orangutan has a classic transformation, and the rhinoceros and yellow leopard transformation are not seen clearly, and they flash.

The flying arrow warrior is even worse, the whole time is in the state of an eagle, and he does not even have a personal form.

Except for the Arrow Warriors, everyone else appears in the second half.

Captain Orangutan as the second male protagonist still has a little line, rhinoceros and yellow leopard have been invisible since they reported their home, and the yellow leopard is obviously a word, but he is stunned and changed to dumb, and it is okay to give him half of the phantom's lines.

Let's put it this way, the scene of the super warrior, after watching the trailer, there is basically 15% left in the main film.

epilogue

"Transformers 7" opened with a score of 6.9, and after two days of training, it has fallen to 6.3.

At this rate, I believe that it will soon hit the 6-point passing line, and it is not impossible to fall to 5 points.

Not to mention recreating the glory of "Change 1", I am afraid that I will challenge the downfall of "Change 5".

Before writing this article, I deliberately rewatched "Transformers 1" in an attempt to find the successful password of that year.

As a result, I couldn't stop watching it and watched three in a row.

Bright rhythm, humorous lines, action design of synchronous collaboration between man and machine... Every paragraph is addictive.

Don't say sleepy, it's like eating a certain mai and can't stop.

Selling copies knows how to shoot robots.

Under his upward gaze, Optimus Prime was always so tall that we felt as if we were standing at his feet and could clearly hear the machine running.

But 16 years have passed, selling copies can no longer be filmed, Transformers have been rebooted, the protagonist has become black, and childhood has changed taste.

"Change 7" is more like a Hollywood mass-produced product -

The advantages and disadvantages are obvious, not obvious, you can see it, but you can't see it, it's a pity to abandon it without taste.

Just like Hollywood today, in self-deception, it has long lost its dominance.

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