Pretty bad..

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2009)

I feel like I got tricked again. I really didn't care for the first Transformers movie much, but I assumed, like most people, Michael Bay uses criticism to improve and move on to the next project and do it better with this new found knowledge. But, with Transformers 2 some was improved, but a lot was just plain bad. The first hour was painful.. Terrible dialogue, many many innuendos, a set of twin Autobots that were equally annoying as Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars, awkward plot movement, and just plain bad writing. The first hour felt like it was written by a 40 something who is completely out of touch with the audience they are trying to reach, trying to write a story that will touch that age group with dialogue that will be relevant to them.. and it failed very badly. And please, do not take any children to this movie. It is given a PG-13 rating, but I wonder about that. Not only do you get see a robot that has testicles, but also you get to hear many profanities used by robots for seemingly no good reason other than they are supposed to sound ghetto. Also sex is eluded to with Megan Fox in pretty much every scene she is in. This seems to be her only function in this movie.
The last hour and a half wasn't so bad. I started to notice a difference around the time the main characters go to meet John Turturros character. From there on, the story gets pretty good, the action is non stop, and the Autobots get some pretty cool gear.
Overall I give it a 50%. Don't pay to see it. Wait for a friend to get it on DVD, and even then it still may not be worth your two and a half hours that you could be doing something else.