Still Tedious, Goofy and way too long

Rating: 4/10 (24 October 2009)

Once again the good Ts and the bad Ts go to war and the bad Ts try to destroy the earth and the good Ts fight to save it and destroy the bad Ts. I think I have that right. They have names, but Speed Talk isn't my strength and I didn't catch the names.
It must be pointed out here that no pyramids were harmed in any way. What you see is CGI so no worries, eh?
Let's see, there is speed reading, speed dialing, speed dating, and now we have Speed Talking. The characters talked so fast I had no idea what they were saying or they spoke in such husky whispering voices that nothing came across with that as well. I was left with just watching CGI most of the time. And, since Michael Bay doesn't know when to stop these action scenes I drifted off to La La land several times. When I awoke, I realized I had not missed a thing, well, except for the story, of course. Some say there was one. Indeed?
If Michael Bay spent as much time with the story, dialogue and the acting performances, as he does with the CGI, he might have an Oscar on his hands. But, sadly the acting was wanting (except for Josh Duhamel, and Rainn Wilson. Both are pros and did good),and the story was lost in all the explosions/transformings, and I couldn't care about anything except when this was over. Two and one half hours of T2 is like 14-hrs of T2. Yes, it is still tedious, goofy and way too long as T1 was. Way too long. Did I mention that is was way too long? Oh.
As for the CGI, it was terrific and is the best I have ever seen. But, when it goes on for too long, it becomes old hat, boring, been there done that, and then it becomes quite annoying too. I am sure an Oscar has Michael Bay's name on it for Best Director or Special Effects. And, to be honest, it is deserved. Say what I will about T2, the directing of the CGI was pretty good. The CGI is terrific. There was just too much of it. Did I mention that T2 was way too long? Oh.
Now, I will go to bed every night and pray there is no Transformers 3.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Well, for some unknown reason we see two dogs going at it in several scenes. Have no idea why. Not funny. Nudity: No.
Language: No. There may have been some some when I was in La La Land. Soooooooory.