They did 3 things right that were incredibly important:
3) No-name actors. Spend your money where you need it, not on getting big names that won't really enhance your movie.
2) Use CGI to its best advantage. If you watch any 'making of' they used real people and real cars and real crashes as much as possible (even when the guy is on a car and Megatron steps on the hood next to him, they used a real car and the real actor with something really dropping next to him). CGI was only used where it was absolutely necessary and avoided the acting with ping pong ball problems you often see in movies of its type.
1) Humanize the plot. The plot wasn't just about giant robots duking it out (which would have interested a small percentage of people out there). It was about people who encountered the 'transformers' without making it something completely different or cheezy.
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I cant' wait for the second one to come out.
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3) No-name actors. Spend your money where you need it, not on getting big names that won't really enhance your movie.
2) Use CGI to its best advantage. If you watch any 'making of' they used real people and real cars and real crashes as much as possible (even when the guy is on a car and Megatron steps on the hood next to him, they used a real car and the real actor with something really dropping next to him). CGI was only used where it was absolutely necessary and avoided the acting with ping pong ball problems you often see in movies of its type.
1) Humanize the plot. The plot wasn't just about giant robots duking it out (which would have interested a small percentage of people out there). It was about people who encountered the 'transformers' without making it something completely different or cheezy.
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