Movie Review: Transformers IMAX
In a summer of threequels and big budget tentpoles, Transformers was probably my favorite movie of the bunch (blockbuster tentpoles). And now the film is being rereleased on the IMAX screen with a few more minutes of footage, and a hell of a lot more screen space. For the most part, the IMAX version is not much different from the theatrical release from July. The extra added footage is also human centered. There is no new footage of big robots to be found.
I was able to count 6 extended sequences in the film which includes:
- An extra segment where Sam arrives with his new car at his friend Mile’s house before they go cruising for the lake party.
- The police show Sam the “This is your brain on drugs” advertisement before letting him leave the police station with his father.
- John Turturro’s character submits Sam to a eye lie detection test in the car before Optimus shows up.
- There is a short but funny exchange about Area 51 before they enter the Hoover Dam.
- There is a briefly added introduction to the Allspark sequence.
- Lennox is shown pleading with the owner of a pawn shop to give him some short-wave radios.
As you can see, there isn’t much of added value content in this IMAX extended edition. That’s not to say it isn’t worth watching, especially if you haven’t seen the film yet. Transformers is without a doubt a movie you MUST SEE on the big screen. And there is no screen bigger than the IMAX screen. I also found the film’s climax fight sequence to be a lot easier to understand, where I was quite confused by all the action during the theatrical screening. I’m not sure if this is a result of the excess screen space, or if the IMAX print was re-mastered for ultimate clarity.
You can read our original review at this link.
Ten Transformers Interviews: Michael Bay, Shia Labeouf, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, and More
Dreamworks/Paramount has provided us with interviews with all the non-robot cast of Transformers. You can watch the ten interviews which include director Michael Bay, stars Shia Labeouf, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight and John Turturro after the jump. Transformers hits theaters on July 3rd 2007 (the night of July 2nd in select markets).
Michael Bay
Shia Labeouf
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Josh Duhamel
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Megan Fox
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Anthony Anderson
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Rachael Taylor
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Tyrese Gibson
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John Turturro
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Jon Voight
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Amaury Nolasco
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Deborah Kara Unger Biography
Deborah Kara Unger was born on 12th May 1966 in Canada
Deborah Kara Unger most recently starred opposite Sir Ian McKellan in Carl Bessai’s upcoming feature film Emile, and screen legend Sophia Loren in Edoardo Ponti’s Between Strangers, with Mira Sorvino and Gerard Depardieu, for which she received a 2003 Genie Award nomination.
Since graduating from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art, she has co-starred in such films as Norman Jewison’s Hurricane, with Denzel Washington; Payback, with Mel Gibson; David Fincher’s The Game, with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn; David Cronenberg’s Crash, with Holly Hunter and James Spader, which received 1997’s Special Jury Prize at Cannes; and Istvan Szabo’s award-winning epic Sunshine, with Ralph Fiennes and William Hurt, which garnered her a 2000 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other feature film credits include The Salton Sea, with Val Kilmer; Signs and Wonders, with Stellan Skarsgard and Charlotte Rampling; No Way Home, with Tim Roth; Bette Gordon’s critically acclaimed Luminous Motion; and The Weekend, with Gena Rowlands, which received the 1999 Best Ensemble Acting Award at the Seattle Film Festival. Other films include Leo, with Dennis Hopper and Sam Shepard; Fear X, with John Turturro; Stander, with Thomas Jane; 13, with Holly Hunter; and 1.0, directed by Marteinn Thorsson and Jeff Renfroe. Ms. Unger made her feature film debut in the award-winning WWII drama Prisoners of the Son, with Russell Crowe.
On television Unger appeared as Ava Gardner in HBO’s 1998 drama The Rat Pack and in the award winning mini-series Bangkok Hilton with Nicole Kidman.
In May 2003 Unger was honored as the first actor to be the recipient of the Libertae Award at the Dubrovnik International Film Festival for her work in and commitment to the spirit of the independence in film.