Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES PLOT SUMMARY
Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.
| John Turturro | Agent Simmons, Voice of Jetfire |
| James Harvey Ward | Sonarman |
| Charles Adler | Starscream |
| Derek Alvarado | Joint Op #1 |
| Cas Anvar | Egyptian Interpol #1 |
| Michael Benyaer | Egyptian Interpol |
| Robert Bizik | Maitre d' |
| Ted Borodaeff | Mime |
| Jerome Ro Brooks | Guard #5 |
| Anthony C. Brown | Paris Restaurant Patron |
| Lee Burkett | Man in Street |
| John Sterling Carter | CNN Reporter |
| Larry Carter | Security Guard 3 |
| Charles Chen | Mandarin Blogger |
| Michael Bay |
6.00 out of 10 (88229 votes)
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Transformers 2 : revenge Of The Fallen
posted on 31 Aug 2009If you are not a fun of Transformers or you have no true open mind and imagination you are absolutely must not see this outstanding movie ! This state of the art blockbuster re-presents TRANSFORMERS to the 21 century . A revolutionary masterpiece standalone movie which kicks bad every action sci-fi movie out there . A must see by any means from all the fun's or not . Unbielivable graphics , sounds , casting humor and mayhem every second and a brilliant story that brings : The Transformers not only back again but totally as a winner to the masses ! Absolutely worthy for your money and a must see ! this movie brings back your childhood memories by any respect ! And YES ! Michael Bay at his best of his carrier indeed !the minimum vote of 9 out of 10 ! ... And the winner of 2009 is :TRANSFORMERS II : REVENGE OF THE FALLEN !
Movie of the Year
posted on 31 Aug 2009Expectations were high, following the brilliant 2007 movie - and we all know how this can lead to disappointment. I needn't have worried. Michael Bay has proved himself to be a true disciple of the TF world. Storywise, it's a bit light, but TF:RotF more than makes up for this in out-and-out mind-blowing action and having the 'cool' factor in spades. Criticisms? Well, I personally thought more could've been made of the Jetire character, but I'm probably biased on account of his toy being my favourite when I was a boy! Some slightly clunky CGI during the final face-off between Prime and The Fallen is the only other thing to draw a negative, but these minor criticisms aside, TF:RotF does what it sets out to do: it takes you on a roller-coaster ride of action and fantasy, and remains true to the TF heritage. Well Done.
Itty bitty minor gripes can't prevent this movie from being the top film top see this summer
posted on 31 Aug 2009I marked this comment as containing spoilers as a precaution. I reveal here no crucial plot elements or details, but if you want to know absolutely zero about the film then heed the warning.I was seeing a lot of bad reviews for this movie on other sites that I thought were really not justified so I decided to write one myself. Thing is, a lot of these movie sites or whatnot have a certain number of reviewers and they just send any of them to write a review of a movie, without proper consideration of what reviewer they are sending. Let's face it, different people like different things. It's no use sending a reviewer to critique a movie when they notice all the wrong things. But the movie: The bottom line is, this movie is fantastic. I am a fan of Bay's earlier work and don't like much of his later stuff. But with the Transformers series he has me hooked. His directing fits the feel of the Transformers perfectly. I guess hats off go to Spielberg for knowing whom to choose to direct these movies. The one gripe I have about the film, and I'll get it out of the way first, is the earlier comedy sections. The film keeps its humor present throughout, which is great, but the earlier college section is a bit heavy with it, particularly Sam's mom being overplayed. I like her and she is hilarious often, but at those scenes it's just too over the top and could have been dropped altogether. Having said that, it doesn't detract from the rest of the film and does make the bond between Sam and his parents stronger, fleshing them out as characters which is very important.Many people's concern is that there are too many human stories in the films, and the transformers come second. That is true, but also necessary, and the film is better for it. Watching these huge robots fighting to protect the humans is what makes them so lovable. The story would not be as good without people. The robots are there as guardians, their presence is majestic. If the entire movie would be only with them it would take a huge chunk away from their charm. In short, the movies work best this way, and it's a good thing that Bay knows this.The human characters are fewer this time around, which is good because it is a tighter story. The provide a lot of comic relief but also some very touchy moments between Sam and Optimus. The film's plot is very much about the unison of humans and Autobots, as well as Sam's growing up and taking responsibility. There is some toilet humor, as in the first one. It may bother some but it's never too abundant or in really bad taste. It's a simple movie, and it's humor is likewise. It's funny more often than not, and when it isn't it doesn't bother either, just raises a grin.And now to the good stuff, the action. Well, when I left the cinema I was absolutely speechless. I couldn't utter a word, but I knew that I had to see it again real soon. The action is just spectacular. The animation on the robots is beyond superb. Bay's signature camera-work is still present but it's never in a way which you can't follow what's going on - it just adds to the sense of realism, seeing gigantic creatures going at it in front of your eyes. One scene which is perhaps too hectic is in the beginning, but it is short and serves as an intro, so it's really more about that hectic feeling than anything. The story itself, as I've mentioned, is tighter this time and that's a good thing. We see very clearly what's going on on each side of the conflict, with the robots getting a lot of solo screen time. It also relies more heavily on Transformer lore, which should please some fans. I know I was pleased by it. The story wraps up nicely. It does leave an opening for a sequel, but on the same level as Strarscream's short flying away scene in the first film. It's just to let us know the war isn't over. But the story for this film gets it's ending, so we're not left with a cliffhanger. To conclude, I'll just say this film exceeded my expectations. It was a feel-good film, with good acting and characters, good story, and unbelievable action. It's a thrill from start to finish.It's not Oscar material, but it was never made to be. You can't judge anything based on criteria it doesn't attempt to achieve. Overall, within its own genre, it's an excellent film.
All special effects, no juice.
posted on 31 Aug 2009'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'. Not a great movie. I attended a screening last night, and all I can say is this is definitely not something I should've waited 1.5 hours in line for. Almost 800 people attended, and were very disappointed when not let in. They didn't miss anything but a piece of work pretty much only showcasing nothing but great special effects, and other stuff that you see in every regular movie.This movie includes jokes that were not too funny, lazy writing, above average direction, pretty good acting, and a dragged-out story. It seems as if the people making this thought adding special effects would cover up for their other weak areas. They were wrong.As for the characters/actors...I am SO glad Mikaela did more than stand around in this movie. She actually HELPED Sam. That is one improvement from the first movie. Shia Labeouf did a great job of making Sam much more mature and less naive than he was in the first movie.Overall, not too impressed. Way below my expectations. You disappointed me, 'Transformers'. Wished it was more juicy.Overall rating: 6.04/10
expensive looking empty hearted twaddle.
posted on 31 Aug 2009i have to admit i was not a big fan of the first transformers movie. It lacked any discernible plot and was too long. Shia lebouef is never leading man material and meagan fox looks good until she opens her mouth and attempts to act.The new transformers movie is much more of the same. Its much too long and has the same problems as the first one. Its hard to distinguish between the good and bad robots in the big fight scenes. The script, such as it is, is padded with clichés and hilarious comic robots provide supposed light relief.I know revenge of the fallen is not meant to be some great cinematic masterpiece but its a blockbuster done badly. I like big dumb films. they can be terrific entertainment. Star trek is the best film of the summer so far. Big, bold and funny. The laughs in the fallen are lame and the major set pieces lose their impact due to the inflated running time. I sat in the cinema depressed. Meagan fox eased the depression slightly but if all a summer blockbuster has to recommend is a pouty pneumatic brunette its a sad state of affairs. 4/10
Rubbish
posted on 31 Aug 2009I watched the late screening of this movie and wished I never bothered. I thought the film sucked big time and that George Lucas could have done a better job. What I found wrong with this movie was the poor story, the bad jokes and confusion around which Transformer who. Shia is a good actor and he and the CGI effects were the only saving thing for this movie. I don't expect a Casablanca or even BladeRunner but maybe to be on par with the first Transformers film would have been acceptable. My biggest gripe was that they didn't even use SoundWaves voice from the cartoon. He could have been any other robot stuck up in space for all that mattered.
Basic plot
posted on 31 Aug 2009Great story.a bit of the cube is left in his shirt -> it transfers its knowledge into shia -> 'the fallen' is one of the two only primes left and he wants to use the sun as power but the other primes didn't want stars to be 'ate' that had life with them. 'The fallen' didn't think the case. -> Shia is on the run -> The deceptacons find some of the old shards of the cube and revive megatron -> optimus dies protecting shia from the deceptacons -> some old faces reappear and they figure out the clues embedded into shia from the shard that shia discovered. -> they find it in an ancient Egyptian place where they find out the robots have been here before fighting a battle -> When shia finds the 'matrix' which is meant to revive optimus it turns to dust -> Shia kinda dies -> In a vision he see's the primes who 'killed' themselves to turn into a shard to protect planet earth suns from being eaten and says shia deserves to have the matrix -> optimus revives -> he uses a legends transformers parts to become a bad ass optimus prime with big guns -> Megatron and the fallen use the 'matrix' to turn on. -> optimus owns fallen guy within minutes -> all doneand bumblebee mysteriously looses his voice which is good because he sounded right gay
Big Action, Good Outcome!
posted on 31 Aug 2009I saw Transformers ROTF last night. Although; the story was crazy, the humour was in some parts too stupid, the film became confusing at points and the robot to audience connection was far less than in the first movie I thoroughly enjoyed this. I don't want to spoil anything for our American friends but be prepared for the first scene in Shanghai. In my eyes that part blows you away. What a great way to start the movie. It jumps straight in and hits you in the face with action from the off. The forest fight scene is also a mega deathmatch, although I would like to see it in Imax due to there being a longer cut for fighting in that version. Don't listen to the haters, listen here - Transformers 2 is a whirlpool of plot holes but you know what? Just enjoy it for what it is. Oh and by the way, Jetfire rules.
Where were the Autobots?
posted on 31 Aug 2009The three stars I'm giving goes to Optimus Prime for his battle against all Decepticons where he ends up killed by Megatron. That was the only scene a really enjoyed as a Transformers 1984 TV Series fan.What when wrong: 1) Where were the Autobots after Optimus temp death? 2) To much US military. 3 ) Unnecessary plots, like Sam's mother getting high at the campus, Sam's parents being at the desert (just for Sam telling his father "Let me go!"), and finally the I love you resurrecting scene at the end. 4) A Decepticon transforming into a girl, what the hell was that about? 5) Devastor was supposed to be a powerful robot and all he did was ripping off the tip of the pyramid. 6) The original story line was so twisted regarding the Matrix of Leadership. 7) Optimus gets most of his final power from the old former Decepticon, his power is supposed to come from the Matrix of Leadership. 8) In the first film Optimus was unable to defeat Megatron since Megatron was stronger, and now Optimus finishes him in the easiest way. 9) Wasn't the Fallen the lord of Megatron, hence more powerful? But Optimus destroys him just as easily as any other Decepticon.
Great Movie ( May contain spoilers)
posted on 31 Aug 2009I loved this movie. It was just as good as the first, maybe even better. It had everything good from the first but times a 100. It seemed like it had a lot of humor, which is a reason why I loved the first, the action is crazy, it had so many better battles, and the forest fight is awesome. There were a few problems, but that doesn't matter, the first had it's problems too and it was still good. The story was just basic, and easy to follow, but good. I couldn't believe it but this one toped the first in CGI. It was amazing, this time around you could see the feelings in the robots eyes, all the emotions that they were having. I think Michael Bay was destined to bring transformers to the big screen. I suggest seeing it, and maybe even seeing it in imax. Great, and fun movie.
So BAD! But Not too bad. SPIOILERS!!!
posted on 31 Aug 2009Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was the first movie I saw so far this summer, I'm not off to a good start. If you've seen the trailer you can pretty much guess what you're going to be looking at for a good two and half hours. And I say looking at, because for me I felt I wasn't watching a movie. I was just looking at stuff going on. Anyway I guess I should talk about the "plot" The film starts in China with an anonymous Decepticon fighting a bunch of anonymous auto bots . Now this action is interesting because it's hard to tell who you should root for, because you can tell who is who or what is what. All the Transformers are new to this film, and they're all that gray metallic color. The close ups and unsteady camera is one of the problems I and many other people had with the first film. I was also hoping it would be rectified in this film, I guess not. In fact this time around the close ups and shaky cameras are even worse. So basically the first scene looks like a video of how cars are factory built in fast forward, with bad lighting, and transforming sound effects. Eventually Optimus Prime gets ready to join the fight. This is the part where my excitement builds. "Allright somebody I know is going to fight!", I said to myself. The way Prime enters the fight was pretty cool. He's seen in an airplane in truck form and drive out of the plane transforming to his robot mode while falling. While falling he release parachutes from his back to help safely land....Goofy. Huh? Anyway he starts fighting with The anonymous Deception. It was a horrible fight, It looks like a PS2 cut-scene. Yeah the CGI was pretty lame the entire movie. After beating the Deception Optimums learns about the fallen.After all that we cut to Sam and his family. Sam is now in college and before leaving he touches a small remain of the all-spark., Which was used to destroy Megatron in the first movie. After touching it Sam is implanted with knowledge of the whereabouts of something that the Decepticon's need to conquer the planet.... or something. Now most of the scenes that have humans characters will have some sort of lame juvenile joke attached to it. While watching this movie you can play a game I like to call, "Count the Lame teenager jokes and visual gags Game!" While playing this game I lost count several times. In this movie I saw dogs humping dogs, robots humping (the very sexy and my dream fantasy girlfriend) Megan Fox's leg, Decepticon Balls, Robot's farting Parachutes, Robots talking about pubic hairs. and a guy Tasering his nuts. Yeah... If you thought the masturbation conversation from the first was awful, then boy are in for a treat. So Sam goes to college goes nuts, write symbols all over the place, refuses to help the auto bots, get's kid napped by Decepticons, rescued by auto bots, and witness the death of Optimas Prime. Now the death scene had the potential to be really emotional. But ultimately it wasn't sad for me at all. Now if you seen this movie you might think I'm being cold and insensitive. But the build up to his death didn't work at all, I like Prime a lot but his death wasn't satisfying at all. Not to mention he comes back anyway. Also the trailer pretty much told us he would die when Sam Screams, "Optimus!" in it that was a pretty clear indication for everyone. The death in the 1986 film was way better that's how prime should go out one on one against Megatrton, "One shall stand, One shall fall!" The rest of the movie is pretty much nothing. Sam and Friends get zapped to Egypt thanks to an old Decepticon who recently switched to the Autobot side(I actually really liked that character), They Search for the Matrix of Leadership, They find it, Get caught in a 20 minute robot battle, then Sam dies. Let me talk about this scene. When Sam dies he goes to heaven or something. He talks with the dead Autobot leaders(Which look more like Lego Bionicle more than transformers.) and they bring him back to life. Soooo Stupid!!! However I did get a pretty good laugh from this scene. Sam comes back to life and gives Prime the Matrix and for once a pretty cool fight occurs. Optimus Fighting the Fallen and Megatron at once. it was pretty cool.This movie never really picks up. It accomplishes nothing, it introduces a million new Transformers that don't do anything or contributed in anyway, but if you want something nice to look for 2.5 hours go see it. Even though this movie sucked I'm really excited for the third movie. Maybe since all the boring crap and exposition in these films has been covered perhaps the third movie will have a decent plot. Oh and before I end let me say how much I hate what they've done with Soundwave. First of all he's not in it for long(He spends the entire film in space raping a satellite). second He's not a tape deck. What the hell? Although I'm glad they got Frank Welker to do the voice again. Now, this review mostly focused on what I dislike heres a list of what i did like.I liked Megatron and Starscream relation, Devistator (for the most part) Bumble Bee's Fight towards the end, Primes Fight against the Fallen, Ravage, The Matrix, The Old Decepticon, The Soundtrack, Megan Fox
you know a movie is awesome when your girlfriend who hates action movies loved it.
posted on 31 Aug 2009I just read through some of these comments and I've noticed that there are two types of people; those looking for an epic story centering on one man's quest to save the world while he realizes his love for his girlfriend. Also some robots are in it, and the fans that grew up with the cartoon and the toys, who say "hey, this movie needs to do two things, look amazing and tell a cool story that will entertain me for two and a half hours." I'm personally in the later side I loved the flick, hell I'll probably see it again, the CG effects were awesome, the acting was good and funny, and I had to time my leaving the theater just right to use the restroom so I wouldn't miss much. It did exactly what a movie is supposed to do, entertain and thrill. If you're looking for a movie with deep philosophical or some hidden meaning, go watch something else. I mean you know a movie is awesome when your girlfriend who hates action movies loved it.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is a solid sequel. Inferior in terms of story and acting, but vastly superior in terms of action. Worth seeing on the big screen...
posted on 31 Aug 2009Director Michael Bay's "Transformers" was a summer-surprise in 2007, and certainly left me in awe. It had everything you could want in a special-effects-spectacle and was definitely more than what meets the eye- it head a big heart at its core.Now, in 2009, a year that has seen some great hits, and some only-decent hits, we get the follow-up, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." And while this is technically the second "Transformers" film, they could have just called it "Transformers 1.5", because for the most part, it really just feels like more of the same. But that isn't a bad thing!At the start of the film, we learn that Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and the rest of the Autobots ("good-guy Transformers") have joined forces with the US government- their goal: to hunt down the remaining Decepticons ("bad-guy Transformers") who are threatening the human populous.At the same time, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is heading off to college, but chooses to leave his Autobot companion Bumblebee behind, much to his disappointment. He is also setting up a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox, sexy, 'nuff said). However, while packing, he finds a tiny fragment of the destroyed AllSpark device from the first film that splintered into his clothes, and upon coming into contact with it, strange symbols of an ancient language of Cybertron (Transformers' home-world) are imprinted in his mind.Soon, the only other remaining piece of the AllSpark is stolen by Decepticons and used to resurrect their leader Megatron (Hugo Weaving), who immediately begins plotting with HIS master, an ancient Transformer called "The Fallen." The Fallen wants to track down an ancient doomsday device located on Earth, and use it to destroy the planet in a plot to harvest "Energon", the life-force that powers the Transformers, in order to allow for the birth of new Decepticons! And so, a game of cat-and-mouse begins, as the Decepticons track Sam, whose visions from the AllSpark hold a key piece of the puzzle to their plot, while the Autobots must protect him, as he tries to thwart the Decepticons.That's basically it. There are a few other details he and there, and a few subplots (such as Sam going to college, only to bring much destruction and chaos), but they really aren't all to important. This is a movie about robots socking each other, and cool looking backdrops getting blown to smithereens, and on that level, this movie definitely delivers.I will say this, Michael Bay knows how to make an entertaining action flick. His direction is kinetic but coherent, unlike other modern action which can sometimes be so kinetic, you lose track of what's going on. I actually experienced that problem with the original film, but this time around, I was able to fully understand everything I saw. I was also more easily able to differentiate between the Autobots and Decepticons, which was almost impossible during the final forty minutes of movie one, thus making the action much more enjoyable this time around.Also, on the robot CG, overall, the photo-realism of the robots hasn't really improved, they appear about the same as the first film, which was fantastic, so I can easily forgive they they don't look dramatically better. But there was a huge advancement on SCALE, which is where a lot of research and development appears to have gone. When a Decepticon known as "Devastator" Transforms, you'll know what I mean.On the acting... Well, the voice acting (Particularly Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving) was excellent. The human acting... Mixed for the leads. LaBeouf does a good job, but Fox really just comes off as the "hot chick who kicks butt", and her character-type has been played better many times before. Some other returning characters (Ex. Major William Lennox, played by Josh Duhamel) are only OK, whereas others (Ex. John Turturro as Simmons) are a joy to watch. Also a blast are Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White), returning with a larger role this time.Another thing to watch for in this entry is the multitude of new Transformers, Autobot and Decepticon alike. Overall, they are a mixed bag. We never really get to meet the new bots, they are just there, but after a while you get used to them. Some are very cool (the three Arcee bikes give a nice, unique scale, and JetFire is just awesome), while others are downright irritating. (most heinous offenders being the Twins Mudflap and Skids, who despite having a cute design, just have comedy that falls flat as the "Trailer-Pak-Trash Transformers") Also, I take issue with the lack of character development. Bumblebee was a joy to watch in the first film, and had great interaction with Sam, but this time, there are only three or four scenes of them directly interacting as friends. Also, the romantic element between Sam and Mikaela is watered down slightly, because it has already been established and is now just a plot device to get you to like the characters. But overall, this film does a better job at making you like its characters than other Hollywood-duds.I guess in the end, it boils down to this- this is a sequel inferior in terms of plot and character development, but vastly superior in terms of action and visual effects. And this is meant to be a big, loud, fun movie, so that uneven balance works.While not quite as good as the original, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" still works, and is definitely worth seeing on the big screen. If you can honestly say you watched this film without being thrilled during the action, or very amused by the humor, then you need to lighten up. A very decent 7.5 out of 10 (I have to round up to "8" for IMDb) from me- enjoyable. See it with some friends and a LOT of popcorn.
Must see for any Action lover
posted on 31 Aug 2009Best film of the summer hands down. Just WOW they took everything we did not like about the first one, changed it and made it 10x better. You don't need to be a Transformers fan boy, but you do need to be a Red blooded human that enjoys epic action films. You will leave the theater with an adrenalin High is the best way to describe this sucker. Everything from the Soundtrack down is just so enjoyable with this film. It is not just a must see is a must Buy once the DVD hits the stores. Please don't pay any attention to all these wrong hateful post they must not have seen the correct film. This site gets so many movies wrong I just had to do this one Justice
I'm going to go over the cons first BUT
posted on 31 Aug 2009But that doesn't mean I hate the film, though the cons do come more easily to mind then the pros. I think it's do to there being more cons then pros, but the pros are very high, so I guess you could say it balances itself out. Well, anyways, let's get started: Cons: This is Transformers part 3 not part 2: At the start of the film Prime tells us that the government is working with the autobots in a group known as nest. Nest is formed of many different autobots and in the first 10 min we meet them all, but the film never introduces any of them. It pretty much assumes that we already know all these characters, though I don't see how. Then 5 min later it dumps all these extra nest characters and the actual film starts. It feels like the nest autobots would have been the heroes from part 2 and the opening is simply a recap to say what happened to them and then we move onto the third film, only there is no second film. There's this motorcycle autobot, and this autobot with massive blades coming out of his hands, but does the film ever bother to tell you these characters names or anything at all about them, no. They just pop up and then are gone again. Really, the motorcycle bot had ONE line, what was the point of even putting her in there. And the sad thing is only long time fans of the series are even going to know who this autobot was supposed to be.Random powers: Out of the blue, or at least it feels that way to me, transformers can suddenly teleport and move objects with their mind. There is no reason for these powers or no explanation for them, they are simply there.Barricade is still missing: We all remember how Barricade simply disappeared in the first one with really no reason why. I was really wanting, and kind of expecting, for him to show back up, but he's still just gone.Random plot points: Transformer ghosts! Decepticon girl bot: Once again, another bot that goes the way of Barricade. She simply disappears for no reason. I really don't believe the car wreck would have killed her, she's a blasted transformer! I don't know why this series simply keeps on forgetting about its characters.And now the pros: The Action: Much better done in this one.The special effects: Kind of a no brainier, but it can not be said enough that the visuals in this series are simply ground braking.Scorponok! It may have been only 50 seconds of film but when Scorponok busted out of the sand I nearly got up and cheered. That's what I'm talking about, a character that was simply dropped in the last film popping up out of nowhere and kind of saying, I'm back! Why couldn't the same thing be done for Barricade? Scorponok was the best part of the film.The comedy: MUCH of it does fall flat and MUCH of it is in bad taste, but the first was just as bad with its comedy with Jazz. I still none the less laughed a bit.So, a high 6. Rounding up I would say seven. My cons make the film seem horrid, but I'm still glad I saw it and it should be a film seen on the big screen.
Disappointed.....
posted on 31 Aug 2009Fist we'll go with the good points....the effects were smashing and the fight sequences fabulous! I even enjoyed that they forefronted a few of the lesser 'bots from the old series.What I hated: (1) The fact that the language was so foul through most of the movie was absurd. No it's not a family film but all the language made it sound like a low IQ high schooler was practicing newly discovered vocabulary since mum and dad weren't around. Uncalled for and not helpful to the scenes at all. (2) Why in the world did they make StarScream into such a whiny weasel?! (3) So many abbreviated plot lines all crammed into a it made it seem drawn out and tedious. Very reminiscent of Spider Man Three. (4) The forced comedic scenes and ribald jokes were absolutely painful. (5) Was it just me or did the original Primes look a lot like LOTR's Sauron's helmet? Okay, so overall I wished I had just waiting to buy the DVD and watch it at home, sans kids.
Bay's world is an over-caffeinated, ugly place
posted on 31 Aug 2009For sheer movie-going value, you can't beat Michael Bay, a director whose films are so bloated, busy, and full of heroic imagery that you get an entire summer's worth of blockbusters in one sitting. But just like eating a large bag of Doritos eventually leads to regret and self loathing, sitting through an entire Bay film brings on the hate and it's hard to live with yourself in the morning.Where to start with this regrettable extension of the Transformers brand? Like the similarly incomprehensible Jerry Bruckheimer produced "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Revenge of the Fallen" is a globe-spanning bauble hunt involving shards of the All-Spark and the Matrix of Leadership all integral to the quest to cultivate much-needed Energon. With a script that is clearly an afterthought--a means to get us from Point A to Point B and to create an excuse for giant robots fighting--why make it all so complicated? All of these baubles have appeared in the Transformers mythology at one point or another, but does a franchise created solely to sell toys deserve slavish accuracy in its adaptation for the big screen? All that's gained is confusion and a few grins of recognition from devoted fanboys.The Michael Bay aesthetic has not changed with his latest film. Every shot is a hero shot with a helicopter mounted camera view always preferable to a static close-up. In Michael Bay world there are no static close-ups. Every moment is as equally important as the next. There are no moments of reflection and calm before the action gears start turning once again. It's frankly exhausting and displays a profound lack of storytelling skill. His storytelling is further hobbled by his inability to establish visual geography. Visual geography allows a viewer to orient himself within the filmed space, understand the players involved and what's at stake. Bay just buys the largest fireworks display possible, lights it on fire and moves his camera from one point to another--never for longer than seven seconds."Revenge of the Fallen" also displays clumsy attempts at humor including dogs humping each other, robots humping humans, and robots with testicles. Every woman in the movie is either a super model or lunatic and the film trades in unnecessary stereotypes. The two worst offenders are the jive talking Skids and Mudflap who have gold teeth, monkey shaped faces, foul mouths, and can't read. Bay's world is an ugly, over caffeinated place.
An ambitious, over-indulgent attempt at making the ultimate brainless summer film
posted on 31 Aug 2009When discussing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, one must disregard discussing issues typically inherent to most quality films, such as plot development, character development, and acting ability, because these aspects of film-making are clearly irrelevant to director Michael Bay, especially after considering that this movie is his latest entry in a lengthy resume of largely brainless blockbuster films. Rather, one must discuss what this movie is, and it is Bay's attempt at making the brainless summer movie to end all brainless summer movies.Looking back on classic summer popcorn movies such as Independence Day, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc., one will notice that most of these films tend to have one of a number of common denominators that draw the masses to them; loud and expensive special effects, a healthy dollop of action-adventure, an escapist premise, and at least one source of T & A. Some are critically acclaimed, most are critically panned for whatever predictable reasons that pompous critics who write for alleged high-brow publications typically come up with. But the bottom line is, these common denominators compose a formula for box-office success, one that moviegoers eagerly turn to time and time again. Based on his directing credits and based on how successful his movies have been, it's clear that Bay knows how to work this formula backward and forward.With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Bay is not merely trying to top his first effort in the series from two years ago: he's trying to top every mindless popcorn flick ever made. This might initially sound like I'm overstating his ambition, but if one thinks about the movie for more than the five seconds that Bay expects your attention span to be, one realizes that this is the case.Bay's ambition must be commended. He knows that people don't go to see a movie about giant killer robots, or even a summer blockbuster period, for the interesting characters, or even a plot line that makes sense. So with this movie, he has masterfully attempted to eliminate all pretensions to the above, because his knows that those things are mostly irrelevant to bolstering a popcorn movie's bottom line. Indeed, after seeing this movie, all I could recall about the story was something about the bad robots needing to blow up the sun for some reason, and all I could remember about the characters was Shia LeBeouf's character running around screaming, John Tuturro's character making unfunny wisecrack after unfunny wisecrack, and Megan Fox's character looking unbelievably hot even while dirty and running for her life in the desert.Logically, this movie should be the best summer popcorn movie ever made. It's 2 1/2 hours of pulse-pounding relentless escapist fantasy. The special effects are amazing. The action is intense. There are enough shots of Megan Fox looking sexy to fill a few issues of Maxim magazine. It has everything a film fan should supposedly want from a summer popcorn movie, and it's all cranked up to 11.So why ISN'T it the best summer popcorn movie ever made? The answer to this question is a painful, age-old cliché. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is unabashed cinematic junk food in its purest form. Cinematic junk food can be tasty, but as the cliché goes, too much of it can be tiring, and will eventually give movie-goers a bellyache from over-indulging. But this isn't even merely cinematic junk food: it's the cinematic equivalent of drinking five extra-large energy drinks in one sitting: it'll get you going initially, and you'll be excited and maybe even a little entertained for awhile. But after the rush is over, you'll realize just how unhealthy for you it is to gorge yourself on something so shamelessly devoid of substance...or you'll become addicted to it and crave it even more.Considering just how much money this movie is likely going to make, it's safe to say that Michael Bay has addicted enough people to this franchise that he could likely get away with Transformers 3 being nothing but a slide-show of giant robots, explosions and sexy shots of Megan Fox. Don't tell me people wouldn't pay money to watch it, because people are basically paying money to watch it now.
Pull the plug on this pathetic, pretentious hunk of junk.
posted on 31 Aug 2009This movie is so awful, so devoid of anything that even remotely resembles a work of art that one can reasonably conclude that the director was instructed to sacrifice any vestige of artistic quality in order to make a quick buck. There can be no other credible explanation for why this weird cartoon/live action concoction was made in the first place. The producers of this movie must have gotten together and decided that they will make a movie suitable for a four-year-old but advertise it as a PG-13 movie and thus sucker in adults to watch this incredible cinematic mess. In fact, this film is so bad that no child should be made to have to watch this cacophony of noise. There are enough problems in this world that we do not need to add a movie that shows machines behaving like people and so-on-and-so-forth. Sometimes a movie is bad because of poor directing, sometimes because of poor acting, sometimes because of a poor script, sometimes because of poor cinematography and sometimes because of other creative factor. This movie combines the worst features of all the categories mentioned. This movie, which is part cartoon and part live action, seems determined to delete or play down anything that even remotely resembles a coherent and intellectually stimulating plot. The fundamentally infantile plot is overshadowed only by the gratuitous use of special effects that are so cartoon-like that it makes one wonder why this movie even bothered to use actors at all. But what ultimately destroys this movie as a quality work of art is a ponderous, pedestrian, witless and implausible plot that asks the audience to root for or at least care about machines, big, noisy, ugly, clanking, machines, which is definitely stretching literary license to the limit. A machine is ... a machine and to invest it with human qualities is an untenable concept that is bound to destroy the plausibility of any story and this movie is no exception. This would be like having the USS Enterprise become one of the characters in Star Trek or a tank or aircraft carrier having something to say in a war movie. But that is what this movie asks the audience to accept, and it does not work because it cannot work. Machines fighting ... settling grudges ... discussing issues of good vs. bad ... ugh! Now, the movie does make an intriguing attempt to mimic the opening scenes from 2001 A Space Odyssey, but quickly slides back to a level of intellectual sophistication appropriate for a child - a very young, preliterate child. It is as if the director had no confidence in the screenwriter or lost confidence in the power of cinema to actually tell a literate story, and instead opted to fill the movie with ridiculous special effects a la the recent remake of King Kong with its plethora of incredibly hysterical special effects that reduced THAT movie to the level of a cinematic joke. Indeed, this movie might have worked better if King Kong HAD made a cameo appearance and duked it out with one of the bad guy machines. King Kong vs. The Machines. But that's another story. This movie is so devoid of intellectual content that it makes one of Michael Bay's other movies, Pearl Harbor, seem like a first-class production of Shakespeare. Enough already. Just pull the plug on this noisy, pretentious, ludicrous, inane, boring, and decidedly obtuse clunker. Or better yet, just take it out of circulation and stick it in the junk yard with all the other rusting and worthless pieces of junk.
No Plot, Nice romp
posted on 31 Aug 2009I had high hopes for this, add it failed, but it was still good.Bad points: shaky camera, not enough atmosphere, humans manage to run and hide from 10 massive killer machines by jumping around some ruins for 20 minutes, the audience doesn't know what the hell is happeneing, you barely get to dwell on the Superb ruins for a couple of seconds and so in a sense there is no backdrop, save for the desert canyon area which gives a moment of respite from the shaking.The transformations weren't as good as the 1, there is even a proper giant transformer which is made of 5 vehicles, and they show you the vehicles juping onto a macine and the machine after, but they don't show you the transformation. which should take at least a few seconds. all the transformations are a 1 second blur unfortunately.the goody robots are abit more stupid than in 1, with big wonky teeth and silly voices. surprised me.It moves too fast, and there are barely any scenes that are cinematic or scene like, its a blur of machines and scenery.That said, the actors are Great, no complaints, fun people to see.there are some awesome moments. some of the human moments are pretty good, nice settings in college and Egypt.the end was kind of good and different, a mass of human and robot large shots in a surge of passion, it works out okay because without a climax at the end it would have been pretty drab! i have short memory.the good thing about art and music is the silence and the emptiness in between the events. here there was only events, no pause for thought or feelings, but pretty spectacular. for a shallow exciting blast, its 8/10