Surprisingly better than I had thought.

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2011)

First of all unlike most people this review will not be biased. I'm not a fan of Michael bay; personally he's not the greatest mare in the stable but I can say I finally can feel closure to the adventure that began in the first film. Truthfully that's all that matters. I didn't and won't ever expect to go into a movie about giant alien transforming sentient machines thinking it will top Inception or tease me intellectually. The initial plot is the worst possible idea of all time, and it has got to be the longest rant about false history I've ever endured..Its so annoying and it lasts the first 20-30 minutes.But After we get over the fact that Sam (Lebeouf) had been dumped by his girlfriend and the FIRST moon landing and outer space adventure was staged to retrieve something it soon becomes safe to retract your hand from your face. Because after the pleasantries are over its all a big thrill ride of sarcasm, robots, Bad ass revenge, explosions, and actually a surprisingly good subplot in my opinion. I went to see this to be entertained. Its a film based on a cartoon, not a documentary. If you wanna criticize physics, locality, and even the social standing of women I think you'd ought to check out the cartoon for yourself. Transformers is what it say sit is. And this one "and then some". I could complain all day about it but it was 100% worth watching. Except for Rosie, at least Fox was an actor. Five things say this movie deserves an 8: The cliché but unexpected betrayals, The death scenes, The worm, Sam's coming of age subplot,and the Cole Train.