Review: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

“Transformers 2” is where Michael Bay brings out all his movie ideas into one completely unstable film. This movie can sum up so many things on what not to do, and what to avoid in a sequel. The first film, in my opinion, was actually entertaining with the effects and storyline. But many fans were disappointed from (what they called) the lack of actual robot battles in the film. I thought the final climactic battle in the last act was worthy enough to say there was a lot of robot action put in. But Michael Bay seemed to have thought it’s a good idea to put more and more robot fight scenes instead of focusing on story or character development. The first film worked because it had a human main character that guided the story. This film is completely different and lacks any characters to care about. At the start of the film, I already couldn’t follow what was going on, who was fighting who and for what reason. It was literally just a big battle with a huge bicycle looking transformer. The main plot seemed to be that an ancient decepticon transformer (The Fallen, which is a stupid name in the first place) was hibernating in space and could only come back if no Prime transformer was left because those transformers are the only ones who can stop him. But then the Sam Witwicky plot is not to be forgotten, of him going to college and becoming something of a cube information surrogate. Honestly at the point this was explained, it felt like the movie was done by filmmakers under the influence of hard drugs. Nothing really made sense, and so much screen time was spent on cool looking robot transforming. And giving the robots different stereotypical personalities didn’t help anything. So many unnecessary things were shown with the robot and human storyline. At the beginning they showed that a satellite was a transformer, I got completely uninterested and thought they went too far. Then they bring in a girl who is actually a transformer…with a very long metallic tongue. Another point in which I couldn’t believe this is actually a real movie. The only beacon of hope I could get was when John Turturro came on scene. He’s probably the only actor in the whole movie I was entertained by. But the movie’s plot-lines kept making the movie more hard to enjoy, where these characters are doing so many random things so quickly it’s hard to follow. One of the last straws was when Sam went to robot heaven and was told of his (really dumb) “destiny” to save Optimus Prime. Looking back at this movie, I can see how this would all work in a cool transformers graphic novel with great detailed artwork to appreciate. But not everything can translate from comic to film, and this movie is a main example. Michael Bay with his explosions and random battles is kinda cool to watch with the hard work the animators did, but its not supported with anything if the plot is nowhere. And with news of a third film, I don’t know how Bay can do any better because in his eyes he made a great film better than the first one. I think he’s made one of the worst films I’ve ever seen.

The Verdict

  • Must See!
  • Not Bad.
  • Rent It.
  • Must Miss!

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