With the general release of Transformers 2, it’s time to open up the floor to comments and find out what you guys thought of it. We’ve already shared our thoughts in our extensive review: Movie Chronicles Transformers 2 review.
Some questions to prompt debate
Did the new robots add to the film?
Which was the best new character?
Which was the worst?
What would you have done different?
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long?
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny?
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?
Comments 33 Responses to “Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen — What did you think?”
Spoilerfree Review
2 out of 5.
Went to the midnight showing, was first in line. Loved the first one, considered it a 5 out of 5. Being a long time avid Transformers fan, I went in expecting alot of the throwouts for the long time fans. Well that it had. Unfortunately, they seemed like throw aways. There was more focus it seemed on the trailer park boys level of humor, then the epic, on the edge of the seat flow that the first had. Every time a good flow did get started, it promptly ended rather melodramatically, or was interupted with humor on the level aforementioned.
Now, the first one had humor in it, it really provided a different flavour and a near natural implimentation in between key moments of the movie. This one, it was anywhere but, and was much more excessive and crude. On top of that, with an excellent cast of popular and well personified characters from the 80’s, the only ones with any actual character development or major screen time are a pair that parallel that of bevis and butthead.
Summation: If you like random action without any linear development combined with trailer park boys, you will enjoy this move. If you enjoyed the first one for a smooth and engrossing story and series of action mixed with a level of emotion and tension; compare to michael bay’s epic Terminator 2, you will most likely not like this and is better left for the cheap seats.
Did the new robots add to the film? The new robots was perfect and suprise tha hell outta me but since its been 2 years it makes sense where they came from,Jolt and Sideswipe was sooooo awesome even though they didnt have much screen time.As also the decepticons can revive or make the same robots cause as they rule cybratron so all the enemies makes sense.I LOVE THE MOVIE
Which was the best new character? The best new character was Sideswipe,Soldier like,Slick like,Worrior like,he is just sooooo cool.I LOVE THE MOVIE
Which was the worst? The worst is that i wanna watch it again and again hehe.I LOVE THE MOVIE
What would you have done different? Giving Sideswipe more screen time or Hot Rod coming stepping in.but I STILL LOVE THE MOVIE
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long? The Movie was a perfect length.perfect to make every understand that Michael Bay better make the new one soon enough coz i cant wait!!!!! OMG i had the best 2 and a half hour of watchin it,sooo much excitement and difference. Emotions and Happiness,the movie had soooo much suprise that made it sooo well good.I LOVE THE MOVIE
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny? They where ghetto funny as and also suprising how strong they are when they get pissed off,a good twin and team.they did a good job.I LOVE THE MOVIE
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part? There’s no disappointment,just a lil minor problem with the screen time with Jolt N Sideswipe oh and Sideways. But my favourite bit was the whole entire movie haha,well to be real,my favourite bit was when Optimus Prime says ” then,I’ll take you all on” and the battle sequence as part 1,they made Optimus look a lil weak.This one,Optimus was the real deal,also the next favourite bid that made the best end to the movie is the transformation with Optimus and Jetfire.Jolt Resembling the parts was just terrific.OMG OMG OMG OMG,the symbol like what Sam had in his head,Im getting the Movie Images,its sooooo good i can still picture it and once N for all, I LOVE THA MOVIE Transformers 2:revenge of the fallen
As for most peeps,the movie was very inspirated towards directors and producers to make more platinum movie like this one. Michael Bay is now in the books for my best Director. Now Michael Bay should do Dragonball as they need hope for a good director. Well anyways peeps,the movie has been awesome and its a must to watch if not seen yet,and also its movie you can watch over and over again. thank you
I saw it and i loved it!! Loved the part wher Bruticus turns against devastator and wher the fallen fights with megazarak
1.) yes, the robots did add to the film, it made the film more interesting and more actiony and dramatic which was cool.
2.)ooohhhh, well there were many new characters that were awesome, my oponion remains between sideswipe and devastator, they were both insane and cool in their own ways.
3.)the worst of the movie that i didnt like would have to be that little romote controlled truck. i just felt like he wasnt suppose to be part of the movie.
4.)well i thought the film was done pretty well, but idk what i would change. probably given the new autobots more screen time.
5.) i thought the movie was in between, it covered what it had to cover in proper timing.
6.)i thought that the twins were perfect, they were hilarious and awesome.
7.)my favorite part would have to be when prime gets an “upgrade” with the parts of that elder robot and kicks the living crap out of megatron and the fallen.
Ok. The movies is pretty much PERFECT 9.5/10 until jetfire transports the humans to egypt, Then all of a sudden, Plotholes start creeping in, And the movie starts going in a slow mannered, less humour direction!
I loved every miunte untill a little after the forest fight. It had good humour, Good battles, And good “girls”.
Wtf were the constructicons doing when Devastator was formed. How could the big green truck constructicon be fighting the military when he should be on Devastators right leg.lol. So now constructicons can be duplicated aye? Lame!.
And did you see that decepticon on TF1 where Prime fights him on the highway? That decepticon(bonecrusher?) is having a stroll in egypt when they have the big battle.lol
Poor soundwave. Not only did he sound like shit. But he only had like 10 lines.
Devastator was a let down. I guess i just didnt like how they made him.lol.
If only the fallen got his “power”, Devastator didnt get obliterated. Then the writers could have gone in this direction:
Decepticons dominate the autobots but decide not to kill them in exchange for Sam. But a severly damaged Prime tells a fairly injured but mobile bumblebee to take Sam n Megan Fox and try escape from the fallen and co. As bumblebee and co try to escape the decepticons, Prime yells with a mighty roar, GET GRIMLOCK!!!!. Then the movie stops and says “To be continued”!!. Then all of a sudden there will be so much anticipation for the 3rd movie. It will be crazy!
The third movie will be titled
“Rise Of The Dinobots” Arghhh i can feel the anticipation already. Only to realise it aint gunna happen
What happened to SoundWave’s voice? It’s Frank Welker but they need that robot synthesizer from the cartoons to make him sound robotty (same with Cullen, I want my cartoon voices back with the robot twinge in their voice as their is a difference!) I want my Unicron for part 3! Now that Optimus merged with the Matrix (hence indestructible) Megs needs an upgrade.….cue Unicron making Galvatron!
Did the new robots add to the film?To a certain extent I believe they did, the downside is they added sevral new robots, and only gave a few decent screen time.
Which was the best new character?I have to say, that I really liked whelie, and that comes as a suprise to me lol
Which was the worst?Im not really sure to be honest
What would you have done different?I would have incorpurate alot more back story. I felt that was lacking in the film, especially considering The Fallen being in there, I was expecting more back story explaining more mytholgy of the Transformers
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long?I thought it was a pretty good length and timed fairly well
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny?They were funny
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?lack of story was the biggest dissapointment for me
Saw the movie last night, thought it was awesome, but at the same time thought there were a few gaping holes that didn’t make a lot of sense..
Firstly, the autobots — Clearly the financial link with GMC has been expoited to add the new line-up, but they had a relatively minimal impact in the film. Sideswipe had a cool battle sequence at the beginning, slicing the Audi R8 in half, and that blue one (Bolt?) had a part to play in combining Jetfire with Prime, but other than that they were pretty irrelevant. I don’t actually think that Sideswipe, the blue one, and the other two bikes were named during the movie, which is a bit of a shame. Would have like to have seen more emphasis on the importance of these characters during the fighting sequences than concentrating on Sam.
Secondly, the decepticons — During the final showdown in Egypt, three decepticons appeared that were killed in the first movie — Can’t remember any of there names, but it was the big grey truck with the freaky arm, the helicopter, and the tank. All of these reappeared with no explanation — now given the difficulty in resurrecting Prime and Megatron, surely this guys couldn’t have just magically respawned?? Also, until the constructicons formed Devastor, like the new autobots, they had a minimal role. Also thoroughly disappointed with Soundwaves contribution — he appeared 4–5 times just to pass messages on! I appreciate he was always a recon character, but it would have been good to see him get involved with the battle. Also, what happened to Barricade (Mustang cop car)? I’m pretty sure he survived the first one, but there was no mention of him in the sequel.
Hopefully more emphasis will be put on the new characters from ROTF in the third one, rather than introducing more new characters that play bit-parts, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see. It’d be good to see more of the original characters (Prowl, Sun streaker, Smokescreen, Hound, Thundercracker etc)
All in all tho, deff loved the film. Contemplating going to see it again tonight, it was that good! Thought it was a lot better than the first — for me the first film was ruined with the cheesy punchlines and dialect.
Did the new robots add to the film? Yes, but I wish Sideways would have lasted longer.
Which was the best new character? Definitely Soundwave
Which was the worst? Jetfire, I didn’t like how he was old and crazy
What would you have done different? I would’ve gave Soundwave more screen time
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long? It was a little longer than I was expecting.
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny? Pretty funny
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part? Soundwave didn’t get enough screen time, Sideways was killed off early, Jetfire was old, and I can’t find any pictures of Soundwave on the internet.
Did the new robots add to the film?
Yes, the new robots were awesome in the film. The new additions helped give the robots a personality. Sideswipe was the coolest bot in the movie and Arcee and Chromia were really unique in comparison to the other robots. Soundwave was pretty intense just hanging up in space and even the Fallen was interesting, it was cool to see what transformers looked like in the past. Isabel Lucas’ character was pretty interesting but felt little too much like Terminator. Finally, the twins Mudflap and Skid were both funny and annoying but it wouldn’t matter to me if they show up or not in the next film.
Which was the best new character?
Ha best new character was Sideswipe. His opening scene where he splits Sideways in half was awesome, the way he slips and slides around was amazing.
Which was the worst?
Hmm this is a hard one but I think Jetfire. He was a good idea but making him old and cranky made him unappealing to me and you only get to see him twice in the movie.
What would you have done different?
Haha well there are a lot of things Iw would change, I would give Sideswipe more time in the movie. I would also make battle scenes longer, the one with Optimus Prime and Demolisher and the final battle with Optimus, Megatron, and the Fallen. I would also have had a team of Autobots battle the Devastator rather than it be shot down by a naval gun. I would have also described the robots history and how they went from living on Cybertron to living on Earth. I would have also had more car chases, that was one of my favorite things about the first movie, they definitely could have done that with Sideswipe and Sideways.
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long?
Neither, the movie flowed very well but at times the story did drag but not for too long.
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny?
They were both funny and annoying but just mostly funny. Too much gangster slang made them sound dumb and juvenile, which I’m guessing was the point but not a good idea but parts when they start talking smack to other people, like when they called Leo Spitz a “pussy” was really funny.
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?
I’ll give you both, first my disappointment. I didn’t like how the plot was all over the place, putting the focus on so many different robots for little amounts of time, especially the new ones that you wanted to get to know (Sideways, Chromia, Arcee, Jolt, Sideswipe). My favorite part was when Optimus Prime took Jetfire’s parts and blasted off to battle Megatron and the Fallen. Optimus looked awesome and the whole scene had me pumped.
I have been a big fan of TF since I was a kid. Now that I’m 33 with a 3 year old son of my own I’m just as much a fan, plus I get to share it with someone who gets as excited as I do! With that said, my family and I went to see Transformers 2 today — full of anticaption and walked away rather disappointed. First of all, I understand that it’s next to impossible to keep 25 year old characters the same as I remember them, but the film would have won more favor if the film makers tried a little harder. There were some really entertaining parts and story lines, but it got lost in the lack character continuity from the “Redneck-Jar Jar Binks Twins” to Soundwave sounding like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget. The econo-car twins were stupid — literally. I was annoyed with their hillbilly ways and blatent product placement from Chevy. I understand GM is hurting but shoving some ugly-assed-misplaced-made up Autobots in my face is not going to help! I was worried about watching a 2 1/2 hour GM commercial and I was right. Okay, Bubble Bee is an awesome Camero-I get it, but show-casing all the Autobots as a chevy or GM car vehicle — too obvious! I forgave the first film for excessive product placement because Ironhide, Rachet and Jazz were cool! Unfortunately, this second film had new characters who never existed in the original show and were seemingly created just to push more products from GM! A little diversity goes a long way. Look what Barricade did for Transfomers 1 — Ford verses Chevy, it worked and was fun to watch! That’s why rivalries are so great because they keep both sides entertained. I was bummed not to see that mean Saleen taking on Bumble Bee again.
On a postive side, some of the new Decepticons were well done. I loved the Constructicons as well as Sideways — The Audi RS8. It was a great looking car but only lasted a few minutes before Sideswipe split him in two. It would have been nice to see a bit more history or character development from both the Constructicons and Sideways.
Another downside to the film was the innapropriate sophmoric humor with sexual jokes and cussing transformers. Autobots are suppose to be role models and exude coolness. For that matter the only exception to cussing was Autobot-Jazz, otherwise it’s rediculous.
As for Jetfire?! Why they made him look like an old robot santa claus, I’ll never know. I was disappointed he resembled nothing like the original big white and red guy, although his character did grow on me a bit at the end.
My favorites were Optimus of course as well as Bumble Bee. Sideswipe was fun to watch but cut too short. Too little on Rachet as well.
Michael Bay and company did well on several points but overall missed the mark according to old school fans like myself. All I can say to the decision makers of the next movie is please read these blogs and do a better job of sticking to the roots of the show next time. Otherwise, my son and I will only watch Transformers Animated which has a far better story line and modified old school characters for a lot less money.
Rated 6 out of 10
TWO THUMBS UP!
My take on it is this…It was great and good enough. It is hard to perfectly take cartoon childhood iconic figures and “transform” them (no pun intended) into live action big movie stars to the liking of the old and new fans.
I liked how they added more humor and elements portraying all the cartoon series’. Combining, slap-stick humor and showing how heroic Optimus Prime is were major pluses. The only negative about the movie is the “GM being shoved down your throat” thing. I love the Camero (Bumble Bee) and the Corvette concept (Sideswipe) worked too, but It would have been excellent to have seen a Jeep, Dodge Viper/Charger/Ram, or even to see the Mustang (Barricade) back again, etc…
No true Transformer fan should give this movie a bad review. There is no way to make it how everybody wants it. That is impossible. As complex as it is in creating a movie like this, it was well done!
And for the political junkies (aka, liberals and conservatives), I loved how the movie pointed to the fact that diplomacy doesn’t work with a crazy, non-life-loving enemy! At all costs, you must fight to ensure freedom and life in the face of the enemy…even if that means shoving the Presidents’ liaison out of a flying C-17!
…off to see it a 3rd time!
Well, somebody needs to fix the forums section here so people can discuss things about the movie but I saw a comment by Danny on here and wanted to maybe clear some things up. I haven’t seen the movie yet so I haven’t posted a review…
Danny: “Secondly, the decepticons — During the final showdown in Egypt, three decepticons appeared that were killed in the first movie — Can’t remember any of there names, but it was the big grey truck with the freaky arm, the helicopter, and the tank.”
Not sure on Bonecrusher (The Freky Arm) and the tank…but the heliocopter use to be Blackout but after he was revived along with Megatron, he became Grindor. That’s why you see him again in the movie.
“Also thoroughly disappointed with Soundwaves contribution — he appeared 4–5 times just to pass messages on! I appreciate he was always a recon character, but it would have been good to see him get involved with the battle.”
Soundwave is a satellite. He is helping the Decepticons from space with intel. I agree with maybe he should have more time on Earth but it just possibly leads to a bigger role in the 3rd film.
“Also, what happened to Barricade (Mustang cop car)? I’m pretty sure he survived the first one, but there was no mention of him in the sequel.”
Barricade was supposely killed by Optimus Prime after he defeated Bone Crusher on the highway battle. That was why he was late to the battle in the city. They put this in the comic book that came out after the movie. Michael Bay supposely confirmed it as well. It was one of those scenes that just never made it into production I think so it couldn’t be included as a delted scene and people were looking for answers on that so they answered it.
I need to correct myself about Blackout and Grindor…It appears that they are not the same Transformer. They just say on Wikipedia that he is very similar to him, which he is. Probably another model helicopter that resembles Balckout. They just say that “Grindor is not partners with Scorponok because they never met.” So, maybe that explains a bit more.
I think those brain-sucking devices need to be set loose on the director and writers to find out what the fudge they were thinking when creating this film. I’m a huge fan of the Transformers mythology, but this film is completely and utterly horrible.
Out of 5 Stars, this film only gets 1/2 a Star.
The only thing ‘Wow’ about the film was the CGI. Spectacular! The rest of the movie sunk to the bottom of the abyss like Megatron in the first film. Voice-acting, acting, dialogue, storyline, plot…Two thumbs waaaaaay down (I wish I had more thumbs to truly show how disgusted I was with the film). This movie was about quantity instead of quality. Boooo! That sad part about it, is that the youth will eat it up like Halloween candy.
If you are the type of person that likes movies for only the visual-stimulation, then this movie is for You. And for those that like a little bit of extra meat on their baby-back ribs…STEER CLEAR OF THIS FILM!
Some Spoilers!!!!
i give it 4 stars out of 5
Did the new robots add to the film?
i thought they really did, the only thing is that i wish they would have shown more of them. Not enough screen time.
Which was the best new character?
The Twins. They were funny and also at the same time they kicked ass!!!. They fought just like any other two brothers.
Which was the worst?
Spoiler!!!!.….….….….i would have to say the Decepticon that transformed into a human. i mean come one!!!
What would you have done different?
i would have slowed it down a bit. felt that it was rushed. and also not have added so many differnt characters, i felt a little overwhelmed.
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long?
im not gonna lie i am a M.B fan and i wish it was longer.
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny?
heck no they wern’t annoying they were funny as hell best new characters of the film.
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?
my biggest disappointment was that Ironhide and Racthed didnt get alot of screen time. i mean iron hide got a little but racthed not so much. My Favorite part would have to be when Optimus Prime took on 3 Decepticons at the same time and kicked there ass. Also i liked how M.B showed that the humans and the Autobots created a close relationship with one another.
Some Spoilers!!!!!
4 out of 5 stars.
Did the new robots add to the film?
Yes they did but they should have gotten more screen time.
Which was the best new character?
the twins were the best, they were funny as hell and the kicked some mayjor ass. And they fought just like any other 2 brothers.
Which was the worst?
the Decepticon who turned into a human!!!, i mean come on!!! she was hot as hell but that took it too far!
What would you have done different?
i would have concetrated more on the characters from part one, and added only a few new characters not a whole bunch. And also slowed the story downed a bit and not rush it so much.
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long?
Im not gonna lie im a M.B fan and i wish the movie was longer.
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny?
O heck yeah they were funny as hell, the best characters of the movie. And this whole thing about M.B being a rascist is freakin dumb.
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?
my biggest disapointment was the fact that they didnt show Rachet and Ironhide at all!. They show Ironhide a little but not nearly as much as i wanted them too and Rachet they only show him a couple times, they prop had an over all screen time of about 35 to 40 sec. My fav part is how M.B portrayed the bond the humans and the Autobots created over the years working together. And also the fact the Optimus Prime kicked more ass then anyone!!!! and took on 3 Decepticons at once and woop them bad!
PLEASE: if anyone knows the final lines/speech given by Optimus on the carrier please tell me. I cannot find the quotes to it and it was my favorite part of the movie. Even at the end of the first it’s just my favorite right before the main Linkin Park song plays. Please tell me the speech he had.
Did the new robots add to the film? Defiantly…but some were killed off too quickly.
Which was the best new character? I loved Devastator and Ravage
Which was the worst? Probably Jolt. Basically because he didn’t hardly any screen time and no character development.
What would you have done different? Cut the Transformers in half and add more charcter background and screentime for the rest. Also, cut out a lot of the sexual refrences, some of the humor, and focused more on the storyline.
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long? Perfect amount of time. The 1st movie was only 10 minutes shorter and from what I have seen, a lot of movies now coming out are around 2 hours or more long.
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny? They were ok. I had a hard time understanding what they were saying at times and sometimes it really made to say “huh?” and I laughed at a couple lines.
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?
My favorite part was when Devastator came together and you saw him tearing up the top of the pyramid.
Worst part: I have to say was when I saw Devastator fighting and then they go and show 4 out of the 5 Constructicons fighting over in the desert at the same time. That ticked me off. That’s not how it works. Pieces of Devastator can not be in 2 places at once after he is formed. I would have understood it more if they were different colors but they were the same. Also, when I saw Bonecrusher again when he was killed in the first movie.
Here’s my review:
Overall — B+
Story — B
Acting — A
Direction — A
Visuals — A+
Revenge Of The Fallen was a great movie. I went and saw it early this morning. It was not perfect…hence the B+ rating I gave it. It was not perfect because there were some errors with the film that I could not get over and even comprehend. There are problems with all movies…There is no such thing as a perfect movie. The first movie had it’s instances as well.
Let’s see…First of all…Yes, there is cussing in this movie but I feel it’s about the same if not a little bit more than the first movie as that had cussing as well. That didn’t bother me though. I saw a dad with his daughter that looked 6 years old in the movie so he brought her to the movie and some kids were in the theatre and they laughed at that sexual humor as people called it so it’s not as bad as people are making it to be. It’s PG-13…Not PG and not G. Want to see a kids movie…Go see UP or Ice Age!
Next, I would say the run time is good. It tells the story and fills the void in the middle as most movies are kind of slow in the middle. It’s not too long at all. Come on..Stop complaining about that people! The run time in the first movie was only 10min shorter and even the new Harry Potter is the same running time as this movie!
The story was very good. I had no problems understanding the story.It’s pretty simple and I think A LOT of people need to do their homework on the Transformers (Especially the newer ones)…Especially The Fallen. If people knew his story, the movie’s story would fall in line. This is called “Revenge Of The Fallen” hint hint. Anyways, the story was pretty easy to follow for me but I was there to see the Transformers.
Visuals…What can I say…A+++. The visuals and action scenes are awesome. I don’t get how some people can’t tell what they are watching and who is who during the fights. I mean, come on…They slowed down the punches and hits in every fight scene I saw…So you knew who was hitting who..DUH!
My favorites in the movie were Devastator and Ravage. Ravage was really cool and I loved how he would jump around like a cat and then shoot and jump again. He was a real baddy! Devastator was awesome! I loved how big he was and when he combined together, I felt like clapping! Seeing him on top of the pyramids just brought a huge smile to my face and it was really awesome to see him ripping apart that pyramid as he could really do that in real life. He was such a bad a**! Just hated how both these died. Too quick!
This is my complaints…The Constructicons are cool when they form Devastator but there is no way that you can have Devastator causing havoc and then show another scene in the desert where Devstator supposely is, with Longhaul, Mixmaster, Rampage, and Scrapper all in the same area while Devastator is still together! That really ticked me off! Come on Michael Bay…That’s not the way it works! Also, they showed Bonecrusher in automobile mode rolling in with the Decepticons. What’s up with that? He’s dead! Prime cut his head off in the first movie and he shows up in the fight? Somebody screwed up there…Unless it was supposed to be being used by the army as they use that vehicle but that’s not what it looked like and why would the humans be driving in with the Decepticons?!? Rediculous. These errors are overlookable though but I just felt they screwed Devstator up after I saw all that! Ok…I also agree to that they should have stopped with the humping buisness with the dogs…Once was enough and well, I guess they could have stopped with Wheelie as well but it set up the joke with Mekela. A few too many Transformers in this one though…Even though I liked a lot of the new ones…I would have cut them down from 42 to like 20 and that would have had a chance for a little more story and development of them as some of them was lacking this and it confused people on their powers and relevance. The Twins were ok…I didn’t find myself laughing at them too much but there was a african american couple beside me and they were cracking up at them so these racist robot comment need to stop! Others laughed at them and that’s not the way they are! I was glad too that Skids didn’t get killed by Devastator and he fought with all his might! A really cool scene!
Anyways…These problems and issues lower my rating on it. If these were fixed…It probably would have gotten a A+ from me but I give it a B+ maybe a B rating.…8 out of 10 stars. I still enjoyed the movie a lot and highly recommend it to people who enjoyed the first one! This movie does what it is intended to do…Entertain…There is no really big need for a huge storyline when we were already introduced to the Transformers in the first film and understood why they were here on our planet. All you need to do is jump right into the action and go at it now! It’s a great typical Transformer type of story with more action and that’s what everyone wanted so enjoy! Go with a open mind and just have fun and enjoy the visuals which is what I did and I loved it! Don’t go into it expecting a Oscar type movie cause that’s not what it is and you will be disappointed. Thanks Michael Bay for a great movie but you need to fix these issues about the double Transformers in your next Transformer movie please!
Worst film ever
I was unsettled by the fact that Optimus, the HERO, defeats one of the bad guys and when the bad guy is laying on the ground, smashed, defeated, and no threat to anyone, the HERO pulls out his gun and shoots it in the face.
Now what does that say about us when our heros happily do something that would be considered a war crime?
I will take it further. The female lead (Plastic McOrange-face) gleefully burns out the eye of a bad guy with a blow torch and threatens to burn the other one out too if he doesn’t give her the information she wants. The bad guy is obviously in pain and distress despite the fact he is a robot because he submits.
What does it say about a culture that happily murders and tortures the bad guys? I thought that maybe we were at the stage where our heros have some moral fiber. And yes, it is just a big dumb movie with explosions, but isn’t this the place where things should be black and white? Isn’t that what big dumb movies with explosions are for? Just paper thin morality tales where the good guys are good and the bad guys are bad and the hero never kills in cold blood? Unless it has suddenly become 1984 I don’t think so.
Dog-Now what does that say about us when our heros happily do something that would be considered a war crime?
First off its not a war crime, dipstick. Second off it was a decepticon 5 times the size of optimus that had just got done braking through a bridge and probably killing a couple of people. Tell me how do you plan on holding that decepticon in captivity. How would killing a decepticon be a war crime?
When Meagan hurts Wheelie he was in the act of steeling.What would you do give him whatever he wanted?
Wow all i have to say is that you must be a tree hugger that thinks all life, some how including made up robots and criminals, is precious.
Anyways heres my opinion.
Action/Explosions-A+
Plot Holes– D Characters never should be in two places at once
Story– B– Just wasnt near as good as first ones story
Acting-A Besides when Shia was seeing the figures/images
Robots-B+ More screen time for more robots, or take out the robots that were never used
Directing-A+ Michael Bay is a Beast
Overall-A(5 out of 5)
Fix the plot holes with the constructicons, robots that died in the first one and that came back, shia’s bad acting during the college time, lose the trailer park humor, the lack of screen time for certain robots or just lose those robots, and lose the mom acting like she doesnt know what marijuana is.
I agree with everything you said 100% Optimus Prime is my Hero…Great review!!
In response:
A ‘Grave Breach’ of the Geneva Convention includes acts of: willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health. (In this case executing a subdued enemy combatant/prisoner of war)
The eight amendment of the constitution prohibits the use of “cruel or unusual punishments”. (In this case burning a captive’s eye out with a blow torch.)
I don’t give a damn how big or nasty an enemy combatant is. When it is subdued, it is subdued. It should have ended there. Further action would fall under a breach of the Geneva Convention. And in the spirit of the film series they already showed that it is possible to hold a Decepticon in captivity which would probably have been made much easier by the fact that he has been half smashed to pieces.
The appropriate punishment by US law for petty theft is six month imprisonment. Hell, grand theft only calls for imprisonment for 12 months. In the case of Wheelie I think that there are more than the two choices you present: torture him with a blow torch or ‘give him what he wants’.
Why am I not surprised that you think that it is okay for the good guy to do these things. The American military and government has colorful history committing similar acts without punishment.
Its an awesome movie. Although it has certain flaws in it. First, they are too many transformers included into the movie. And pretty cumbersome for a movie that last around 2 hours. The storyline has a little off ward compare to the first movie. I really hate mudflap & Skip as they fail to actually add on the humor. Most of the funny part belongs to Leo and the Twins virtually fail to shine in the movie. I like Demolisher concept as it no longer humanoid than other transformers. In this movie, the Diceptacons have better line off appearance compare to the Autobots and I like the way the Diceptacons present thier well planned operation.
it was pretty good except for the recking balls humping the man thong and all the other crude stuff
The movie was perfect, pretty much better than the first. For those lo class so called movie critics, first you have to understand that movies are made to entertain and detache use from our daily lives, and second movies are mesured by the level of excitmente not by how borring the are.
I saw the movie and I really enjoyed it. Action from the beginning to the end, wonderful. My only problem with it is the sexual jestures with the dogs and the profanity. My 8yr old son saw it and if I had known that those scenes were in the movie I probaly would not have let him see the movie. I don’t care about it for myself but when you have young kids that want to see it, you don’t expect for these types of things in a movie. Kids are going to hear profanity everywhere they go but it would be nice if it could be toned down just a little. I’m hoping that when Transformer 3 comes that it will be just as good with less profanity and no sexual jestures. Thank you.
Before I start I want to say that we know this movie is rated PG13. My boyfriend and I took our son today to see it because he is a HUGE Transformer fan. The first one was Awesome we really enjoyed it. So we thought that the second one would be great too… Don’t get me wrong we enjoyed the movie BUT the content was not suitable for a child to see. The sexual jestures were not needed at ALL. The dogs, the little blue robot, and all the cussing was very uncalled for. I agree that children are going to hear cussing but that movie had way to much in it. The new bots mudflap and skids were good to add BUT most of the cussing came from them.
Most boy children around the age 6 and up are going to want to see a movie like this. It keeps them into it and they think it is awesome with all the fighting in it. We stayed on the edge of our seats. If they come out with Transformer 3, we are uncertian if we want our 7yr old watching it. The producers should think about the age gruop that this movie attracts and produce by that.
optimus Prime is my HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It seems like the are too many things going on at the same time. It felt like I had to watch it again so I can fully understand the movie. What was really crappy about it was the Wheelie character, and the twins were enough to give it a comedic dose. the effects were awesome, hats off to that. Prime did not look too much of a wimp and took out what? 3 decepti-chumps? Over all I give it a 3 out 5.
Revenge of the Fallen looks more like Revenge of the Autobot Wimps… Hail Megatron!!!!!!!!
Why does Wheelie hump Mikaela’s leg?
To prove that he is a f-ck-ng machine.
Did the new robots add to the film?
They added new robots? Oh yeah, they do show up briefly don’t they. Their appearance adds to the backdrop of two warring alien factions while the main story focuses on Sam and his quest for the Matrix of Leadership. Loosing sight of the fact he already has an All-Spark fragment which could be used to bring Optimus Prime back to life.
Which was the best new character?
I would’ve said Sideswipe but he says, “D@mn, I’m good!” Since he can pat himself on the back without breaking his arms he doesn’t need to be a anyone’s favorite. Jetfire, but he got more screen time than any of the other new Autobots.
Which was the worst?
The Twins, Mudflap and Skids.
What would you have done different?
Take out the crude jokes and cheap laughs. They’re more like farts, embarrassing and they stink up an otherwise great movie.
Did the movie fly by too quickly or did you think it was too long?
Too long, because of the crude humor and some useless scenes. Too short, because we didn’t get enough character development on the Transformers. So, it’s about the right length.
Were Skids and Mudflap annoying or genuinely funny?
They weren’t annoying so much as redundant and basically useless. Sam’s mom, Sam’s roommate, Sam’s exchanges with Mikaela, Wheelie, Jetfire, Simmons, way too many clown characters. Too much comic relief… it was like the whole movie had diarrhea. It kept running to the bathroom to relieve itself and it was all crap too.
What was your biggest disappointment or favorite part?
Biggest disappointment was the Fallen. He doesn’t really do much of anything. Step on annoying cavemen, wow he is evil incarnate. Steals the Matrix of Leadership and activates the sun harvester. Like none of the other Decepticons could have done that. Only be defeated by a Prime. Megatron was wiping the floor with Prime in the first movie and Megatron calls the Fallen, master. They made Megatron weaker than Prime in the second movie in the process. But it brings the movie back into alignment with the cartoon as far as Prime can defeat Megatron in an all out fight.
I was an avid fan of TF since 1984. I guess the things that interest me most was the concept of ‘Robots in Disguise’.
Comment of Bay’s TF
I like the design of all of the robots design except Megatron, Starscream, Pretender, ‘Thin-Man’ (sori, I don’t know the name of the robot character that was formed by balls throw out by Ravage), Ravage, the Fallen, Devastator.
Except for those specifically mentioned, all other robots designs are very realistic & awesome.
However the design of Megatron, Ravage, ‘Thin-Man’ & the Fallen failed to comply with the ‘Robots in Disguise’ concept.
Starscream’s robot head & body looks very much like a chick!
I don’t like the character of Pretender in TF because it made me feel as if I was watching Species or Terminator 3!
Besides failing to comply with the ‘Robots in Disguise’ concept, Ravage’s Jaguar design sucks!
The design of Devastator’s head is really DEVASTING!
Bay has a very poor sence of humour…He may tried to create some humour via Sam’s mum but I feel that Sam’s mum character is very ANNOYING!
Despite after 26 years, I feel that TF G1 has better story line despite of the short running time.