Erm

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2009)

Lets be fair, summer blockbusters are meant for one thing only : watch stuff explode or have a sci-fi action flick.
And actually its usually fun as long as it looks good but this one is just plain shockingly eratic at best. Basically its the same as the previous movie with a few profanities randomly thrown in along fast - like eyes bleeding fast - paced action.
Now, I like kitch but giants robots in the woods reminds me of a godzilla-type film made by bored billionaires... seriously ? Thing is I could have watched that kind of stuff in an anime 24 episodes long with a real work on the story instead a 2hrs mindless showdown, ID4 was pretty much the same but still there was people in it (I'd add lexomil acting but that's just me). In ROTF, characters are either robots or just a background to make you wait until the next bots fight. You've got a story going on but given the context, its worse than no story at all; it feels like being added from deleted scenes.
I love being entertained whatever kind of flick it is; that movie just looks too random for me but at some point choosing between full CGI or enhanced by CGI movies is a wise idea.
Still, kudos to the director for the best laugh I had during a "lord of the ring-matrix-stargate" story climax, having so heterogeneous plots in a single sequence is really impressive and needs to be noted. Though its not "Weng Weng" funny just yet.
Lastly, acting ... well no one expected good performance so at least, I've got what I though I'd have. Could have been worse I guess - with some rehearsal though.