I will make no bones about the fact that I absolutely adored Michael Bay’s homage to the Hasbro toys of my youth. The original Transformers was everything that you could want in a popcorn flick:
- explosions
- tons of action
- and giant freaking robots that transform into cars.
So. Awesome.
Look, if you pay to go see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and expect anything else than 2 ½ fun-filled hours of some combination of those three things, you will be seriously disappointed. Don’t expect a rock-solid plot. Don’t expect great acting. Don’t expect perfect logic. You won’t get any of those in this movie.
However, if you enjoyed the first movie for those three things, you will be entertained. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the flick. It’s a ten tons of explosive, effects-laden fun. There’s a typical Armageddon/Pearl Harbor love-story-buried-in-an-action-movie (Bay can’t seem to help himself). There’s an opening action/effects sequence in “Shanghai” that gets you ready for the rest of the movie. And there’s a lot of Shia Lebeouf and Megan Fox running. Running from robots. Running from explosions. Running from exploding robots.
Look, Transformers: ROTF won’t win any Oscars (maybe one nomination for effects, which are terrific), but it’s going to make Spielberg and Dreamworks a crap-ton of money.
This is the type of movie that is made for summer. And if you don’t enjoy movies like this, there’s just no talking to you.
Nice use of the term “crap-ton”. I might use that one
Thanks for the warning. I’ll wait for it to come out on my HDTV at home (like I did for the first one).
I am looking forward to seeing it.
i’m so pumped! can’t wait to see this movie. i love the 1st one, so i’m sure i will love this one! people who go to this movie expecting anything less than what you described are morons. it’s douchebags like this that give this movie a bad name. the guy is more concerned about how true they stay to the cartoon than how good & entertaining the movie actually is.
And in even more amazing news: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earned $60 million on WEDNESDAY ALONE.
Wow.
As an old fart who likes action movies, this should be fun!
Even from a lady – I will say how fun I thought this movie was and I enjoyed it as a perfect summer blockbuster!
Mom and I saw the movie, both loved it. Movies are to escape. This was total escape.