Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
by movieguy45 on Oct.30, 2009, under 2 stars, Action Movies, He says...
So with the recession and the crumbling state of the American car companies, there is only one thing GM can do….Go back to the big freaking robots and drum up some convoluted storyline that no one really cares about to make another big budget commercial. Get Michael Bay on the line. But seriously, they’re back. And this time there is a really old transformer that was beaten down by humans in the Stone Age and wants revenge. So, much like the first one, there is something on Earth that has unmeasurable power that he is after to make him unstoppable. To stop him, all of the old guys are back and they brought friends. Because in this film, Michael Bay’s theory is big explosions in last movie = success, then bigger explosions = bigger success. Sorry to burst the bubble Mr. Bay, but your calculations to a good movie just don’t compute (hah a little robot/computer humor there – bad joke). As the movie progresses, more and more transformers are being added and fighting to a point where its hard to tell what’s going on. Sure you have crazy explosions but which robot is which. You need to be able to cheer for the good guy, but how can you when they look all alike? I think fewer robots and a little more attention to building those characters would have been a better idea then throwing more metal at the screen. Hell, pretty much everything in this movie turns into a transformer, even people. Which made me think, when did I start watching Terminator? And now it makes me think, in the 3rd installment of this series, Megan Fox will finally reveal her true identity – robot bitch. Although, anyone that hasn’t figured this out from her acting by now, hasn’t been watching her act (look up people, look up). My consensus for this movie is that it is another big budget action movie made by Michael Bay. But compared to the first one, it seemed weaker and boring. Hopefully in the third one, they trim some fat and focus on a few robots…Or maybe they can ditch the whole car thing and hit up Beast Wars – I loved that show.
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