A grown man in a kids world

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2011)

Michael Bay is one of the few Hollywood directors out there who isn't ashamed to put on his bad boy hat and shove aside story and characters to give us intense unrelenting action scenes. As a major action buff, I live for these types of movies where Robots are fighting in our world and we clash as one. While pretty much everyone in human existent absolutely loathed the second transformers movie, I walked out having had a fun time and was able to be entertained for the 2hr 30 min run time. Keeping some entertained for over 2 hours is no easy task, but with Michael Bay's hand at the director realm, we got great action and fast paced witty dialogue. I am not trying to defend the second film, all I'm saying is that I liked it. There are a lot of Michael Bay haters out there and it really disgusts me that people go to see these movies, only to return home just to b**ch and nag on the internet about them later on. Shia LaBeouf has majorly improved as an actor over the years with this franchise and has worked under the intense eye of Bay who can be known for being a bit of a douche on the set. Newcomer Rosie Huntington-Whiteley replaces Megan Fox as Sam's girlfriend and despite this being her first acting experience, she does a good job and also looks quite good in tight dresses in the process. The SFX and VFX are amazing and never cease to amaze me as Bay pushes the envelope as to what is going on on screen. It is required that people suspend their disbelief for a movie like this but given what it is about shouldn't make that too difficult. The story is a bit confusing, with one too many twists near the end and the script needed work as is the case with most of these types of movies. This is one of those movies where you can go in and turn your brain off and just enjoy yourself. Nothing wrong with that. The opening sequence is spliced a bit odd and may confuse you but the 3D actually worked in this movie which surprised me but also delighted me. It was shot in 3D so that helped. This is really only meant for action buffs who could care less about plot and characters; and while those elements are important, I certainly don't look for them in a Michael Bay film.