A Typical Bay Film That Doesn't Quite Reach it's Fullest Potential

Rating: 4/10 (4 July 2009)

Michael Bay, most known for directing action films filled with explosions, and slow-mo scenes of people saying "no", brings the unnecessary sequel of Transformers to the theatres in a way that could've been improved upon in many aspects.
Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox star as Sam Witwicky and Mikeala Banes respectively, who encountered a race of aliens whom take the presence of assorted vehicles while on Earth. The plot basically stays constant throughout the film, metal-men fighting, explosions, followed by colourful and shiny things in an attempt to distract the audience from it's obvious flaws.
The acting was sub-par, basically saying that it is going to be a bit below what you are expecting. Before viewing this film, I wasn't expecting good acting quality, and the film was spot-on with my predictions. Overall, don't expect much.
The script was very dull. Most of the dialogue was filled with an attempt to make either a inspirational speech, or an attempt to make a touching moment between characters. The dialogue was trying too hard to become a film with a very inspiring plot, but didn't come close to it. The plot was very basic, and had no defining part of interest. It seemed pretty straight-forward, and had no changing point to make the audience go in awe/shock. Possibly one of the worst parts was the humour. Usually, mature humour in films is worth a great laugh, but this film goes far and beyond respectable. Some jokes are down-right sad.
The soundtrack was absolutely horrible. I personally believe that if a song is going to be used in a film, it should only be used once. A song loses meaning if it is played multiple times, and sometimes for no reason at all. Whatever happened to orchestral music that usually accompanies fight scenes? That is probably the one feature that connects the film with the audience. It gives it that much more feel, and makes a much better film.
Overall, it was a status-quo Michael Bay film. Not much to expect, and definitely not much to follow.