Megan Fox NOT Returning for TRANSFORMERS 3 – Updated

I will not miss her. While I was at the Dallas International Film Festival I got an opportunity to talk with Glenn Morshower. He had said he had just finished his stuff for Transformers 3. He’s an incredibly nice gentleman. I love Transformers for the visual effects and the story. When I watched the first movie, I was surprised to find a lot of humor in it.

The real question is if she is going to ruin Jonah Hex, a good comic book – I hope Josh Brolin’s epic acting can outshine her failure to do the same.

now if only Micheal bay could also not return…this might just become a movie worth watching.

LOL @ all the people expecting Transformers to be art house Oscar caliber films. And I really don't think those twins were racist caricatures. They were just stupid. I also don't think anybody really hates Michael Bay. It's just trendy to say that you don't. Films are escapism, folks, did you all forget that? Michael Bay does what does best: makes escapism movies, and makes them well. If you like “real-life” so much, stay out of the theater and go watch History Channel, and stop being pretentious film-scholar-wannabe's.

There was a new link on IMDb saying that she chose to leave and that there will be a NEW love interest for Sam (not just Mikaela re-cast). If I had to guess, I would say that she has a cameo in Transformers 3, as she did shoot some material with just bumblebee. Perhaps she gets driven somewhere after her and Sam break up. *shrug*

You guys can say that Transformers has bad acting and is Robot-centric, but I like Shia's acting. He may not be oscar worthy but he isn't unbearable, like most people are making him and Megan Fox (and every other actor in the franchise) out to be. I find Shia to be quite entertaining.

theres no point in seeing transformers 3, the only reason i saw transformers 2 was because of fox…
its not like transformers came out and everyone went to see it because it was bringing back old memories … now without fox.. man i dunno

I only watched Transformers for her too, not that she was in it alot but it was worth seeing her sexy ass projected onto an Imax screen. Now I'll watch it at home on my HDTV if at all *Shrugs*(

i've been waiting for someone to say this lol.

Shia is awesome. He's an excellent actor. I see him really going places. I can't wait for Wall Street 2. He may turn out to be this generation's Robert Downey Jr or Harrison Ford.

There's nobody who expected or wanted Transformers to be “art house Oscar caliber films.” Nobody. That's a phony argument made up to defend it because you can't defend it based on it actually having any good qualities. Just because it's a genre movie doesn't mean you have to settle for lowest common denominator inept moronic garbage that insults your intelligence. Nobody expected “art house Oscar caliber films” out of Star Wars, Alien, Predator, Die Hard, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and literally hundreds of other classic, well-made movies. But the people who made them still bothered to do a good job of creating characters and telling stories with pictures.

If you seriously believe the argument you just made then you're not a movie fan, you're just a consumer who actually prefers to be given slop. I'm not sure why you bother to read about movies before they come out if you're offended by other people asking for them to be well-made and entertaining.

Put it this way: do you see a difference between The Dark Knight and Batman and Robin? If you do, then stop making that “what did you expect, Shakespeare?” argument. It's total bullshit.

no offense bud. It just needs to be said. Retire that one, please.

Vern tells it like it is

i agree with monsterCow you all faggots should watch more history chanel and leave the reviews to smarts people like us

micheal bay forever!!!!!

No. What needs to be retired is people looking at the screen and seeing giant robots battling for some ridiculous macguffin and expecting stellar story lines. Your argument between Batman and Robin vs. The Dark Knight is an irresponsible analogy. Those were two completely different eras of movies made by two completely different directors. When you see 'directed by Michael Bay', you know what to expect. Had Transformers 2 been directed by say, Christopher Nolan, then yes, I would've expected better.

I'm sorry if your idea of a good time at the movies is spoiled by your lack of imagination. These movies were based off of a toy line, for Christ's sake. Raiders, Star Wars, etc., were all original ideas and had stellar talent behind them. Michael Bay isn't stellar…he's the go-to guy for commercial 'boom' movies. I know what to expect from his style. Apparently, you don't. Now…who's not the movie fan?

No offense, “bud”. But your shoe appropriately fits your mouth. Stick to Wes Anderson films, you'll be fine.

So your argument is basically 'I knew it would be stupid and bad, so I wasn't disappointed. Whoa, hey, what's all these people on the internet saying it was stupid and bad?? WHAT DID THEY EXPECT???'

I don't expect Shakespeare… I just expect a good movie when someone has hundreds of millions at their disposal. And there are many blockbuster movies that have story, dialogue and plot. But if you are saying i'm too high brow for films like Transformers then at least we agree on something.

And I don't recall admitting to homosexuality either but feel free to ramble on about your macho insecurity.

PS – I believe it's “reviews” not “reviuws”.

So…you hate Michael Bay's style and yet you watched Transformers 2. Okay, let's get into this.

Your analogy of the 'Batmen' movies is still null and void. You chose to pick the absolute WORST Batman ever, 'Batman & Robin' for comparison to obviously superior Dark Knight. You literally dug up the lowest common denominator to validate your reasons for comparisons. Why didn't you choose Tim Burton's Batman? Compared to the Dark Knight, it's visually inferior, but both films are equally as awesome, even if Batman is dated. But you picked the most hated Batman of 'em all, to excuse your lack of a better argument.

Also, you negated your whole argument by proclaiming that it upsets you when “people disrespect the potential of commercial movies by saying that it's not reasonable to expect them to be made with any kind of craft”. Was that line meant to be taken seriously? Really? You just explained exactly why people go and see “tripe” like TF2, because it's commercialism! Not everyone wants to sit through a Tarantino movie wading through 2 hours of dialogue to get to the visual excitement. And don't even misread that. I love Tarantino.

You are far too rooted in your existence to not find joy in escapism. There are equal reasons to love each and every movie made, but not by the same people. It's cool that you don't like Michael Bay, really. Most people respect that, I know I do. But to come to a message board and make very unstable analogies about two completely different genres of film renders your opinion moot. Your never too old to take your kids to the movies and laugh at the ridiculousness playing out onscreen.

I mean, c'mon. How seriously did you really want a studio to take a movie about giant alien robots, based off of a toyline/80's cartoon series? Yes, the Dark Knight was and IS great, because the tone of the movie is so deftly serious. But look at the source material: Batman has always been depicted as dark and serious. Transformers has always been depicted as colorful, action packed fun. You then take Batman & Robin visually witness the rape they did to the original material. At least Transformers attempted to stay resourceful.

Was I disappointed in TF2? Yes, very. But there's nothing wrong with enjoying eye-candy. I have other movies I can go to for intellectual stimulation. I don't want every film I see to challenge my brain, for God's sake. You sound like a smart guy, Vern. Don't let a good time at the movies make you feel that are in any way inferior to the snooty P.T. Anderson snobs.

If that's the case, you've said it yourself. You are seeing movies because they represent commercialism. More power to you, but if that is the case, you really don't care about movies one way or another. They are product to you. Why would you discuss or defend this to or with anyone else? Nobody's getting in the way of you enjoying crap. It's still unforgivable crap, however.

How anyone can call this movie 'escapism' is beyond me… What the hell are you escaping from that you would try to place yoreself into the torturously dull world of Transformers that Bay has created… If i spend my days being beaten with a rubber hose by a pcp crazed thug, i'd sit and watch this movie thinking, hmmm I wonder what the pcp crazed thug is doing at the moment, I hope hes got the hose warmed up… I seriously thought about leaving the cinema and going home to do the washing up…

Lets not put this movie on a pedestal is what i'm saying, lets not put it up in the lofty heights with films like Batman and Robin… That actualy entertained me with such classic lines of dialogue as when Ice man said “Ice to meet you”… Lets not try to raise it to the level of mindless entertainment… Of pure drivel… It takes so little to reach this low plateau and Transformers just doesn't have what takes… Lets all watch Gi Joe instead!

“I mean, c'mon. How seriously did you really want a studio to take a movie about giant alien robots, based off of a toyline/80's cartoon series?”

The studio did take it seriously. They poured $200 million into the budget, attached the most hyped Director / Stars and virtually all of the summer blockbuster marketing of 2009… all for a film designed specifically for the adolescent male market. The problem is they also pitched this juvenile film at adult demographics, manufacturing a demand that shouldn't naturally exist.

Testicle jokes, racist robots, masturbation humor, cheesecake models devoid of nudity, light cursing, ineptly staged violence and sitcom-bad dialogue is all too old for kiddies/families and too young for people like us. Even for trivial entertainment it earns the title of Most Inferior Alternative.

There's a difference between carefree whimsy and being functionally retarded.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that people that apologize or defend shoes-on-hands stupid films like Transformers 2 are really the ones unjustifiably attributing maturity to the movie. You're too old to be entertaining yourself this poorly and if you want escapism done better go watch Black Dynamite (or another unguilty pleasure).

Transformers 2 doesn't get to sit at the big kids table of film discussion.

Peabody and others said it better than I did. But my simple point is that “But there's nothing wrong with enjoying eye-candy. I have other movies I can go to for intellectual stimulation. I don't want every film I see to challenge my brain, for God's sake,” could be used as a defense for BATMAN AND ROBIN, GODZILLA, WILD WILD WEST and every other piss-poor summer movie that could've been better. In fact, that argument WAS used for those movies and will continue to be, unfortunately. I'm just saying if you like it (sounds like you don't that much) there must be something better you can say about it than “what did you expect, something that wasn't utter garbage? FUCK YOU ELITIST SNOBS.”

(and jesus I'm getting old if the American directors of the late '90s and early 2000s are now the go-to directors for who a hypothetical movie snob is supposed to like.)

Monstercow,

Either you're a troll – or you're just real, real dumb.

You JUST SAID in your most recent post that TF2 “disappointed” you.

The word “disappoint” means literally this:

verb [trans.]
“fail to fulfill the hopes of expectations of (someone).”

So, in other words, Monstercow, TF2 failed to fulfill your expectations (whatever they may have been) just as it failed Vern's expectations (in general) for big-budget, summer-release movies.

Follow up question: Does admitting that you were disappointed make you trendy or pretentious?

this is bulshit