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Author Topic: Transporter 3 (2008) Carey Barber Expert Film Handler Posts: 143 From: Newport News, VA, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 11-25-2008 06:54 PM                     This was not a good movie... The action sequences were not that great. And everything in between the action sequences was painful to watch. Very predictable and very cheesy. The relationship between Jason Statham and the damsel in distress was horrible. Every time it started in with their cheesy dialogue and romantic music I actually felt physically ill. One of the most annoying things about this movie are the stupid white flashes they throw in for some kinda hip effect. I could see them all over the print during build-up and I knew then that this movie was not going to be a pleasant experience. Grade: D [ 11-25-2008, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: Carey Barber ]  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 12-01-2008 11:08 PM                        CINEMA: Cinemark University Mall, Orem, UT AUDITORIUM: 8 PRESENTATION: Mystery Meat DLP PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Screen door effect on bright scenes, some brief sound leakage from Auditorium 7, masking motor is LOUD. RATING: Two and one half stars (out of four) This facility opened just a couple weeks ago. It still has that new cinema smell. The old University Mall 4-plex, right next door, is inexplicably still standing. The new building is a typical old style Cinemark layout with a couple of exceptions...the snack bar is on the left wall of the lobby and uses a single-lane variation on Century's self-serve format. The ticket window is in the lobby to the left of the snack bar. The arcade (which got the Century "Starcade" moniker) is on the right side of the lobby. The ramp to the auditoriums has moved to the left to make way for the arcade in space that would have been the snack bar in older builds. The lobby has a big Century mural, but the lobby and corridor uses Cinemark colors otherwise. It's NOT Cinemark's usual wallpaper though...it's all new and uses a lot of textures. Pretty nice, actually. The auditoriums are standard Cinemark with red curtains and the big antique looking sconces. The seat bodies are actually the ones Century was using at the end, but it's Cinemark fabric in them. The runner lights are red and green, and are REALLY bright. The exit door is at mid-level instead of down by the screen, so there's no doors or annoying exit signs down there. Sound is basic Cinemark, but the subwoofers here seem beefier. For now, at least. Projection is all DLP. The local paper says five of the fourteen auditoriums are 3-D capable. This auditorium had side masking and a curved screen. Oh yeah...They were showing a movie or two. THE PLOT: Frank Martin declines a job. Wackiness ensues. I liked this better than Transporter 2 (I'm STILL not convinced Transporter 1 actually existed, even though IMDB says it did). There are some action sequences and car chases, although there's two parts that are laughably silly towards the end. The believability factor on the car's survival ability is REALLY pushed. The relationship with the girl made little sense since she seems WAY younger than him. But I had fun anyway.  |  IP: Logged Blaine Young Master Film Handler Posts: 477 From: Kirkland, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2006 posted 12-02-2008 11:40 AM                     The part that pegged the BS meter for me was the inflating airbags to lift the car out of the river with just the air from the two front tires. Smacks of the wackiness that Universal pulled in "Airport '77". And the original "Transporter" is superior to either of the sequels.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-02-2008 12:31 PM                     quote: Sam Graham The relationship with the girl made little sense since she seems WAY younger than him. For that reason, and because the director of first two intended for him to be gay.  |  IP: Logged

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