take it for what it is.....then you'll love it!!

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2009)

I had heard the reviews about this film and, despite enjoying the first film, was not blown away by it. I did however find Revenge of the Fallen excellent. I struggle to understand how critics think sometimes and what they truly expect out of a film like this. Are they expecting Oscar winning performances from robots?? A twist that disguises the fact that the good robots are trying to save the world from bad robots? Perhaps Megatron could secretly have been Optimus Primes father all along?? To be quite blunt, the background of the transformers story is good robots saving the human race....... and that is exactly what the film is about!! Anyone going to watch this film should go with the mindset that there are gong to be a huge amount of mechanical objects transforming into robots and fighting and trust me, there is no shortage of that. The special effects are mind blowing, the acting was good and suitable for the film and the plot and story?? as expected for a fictional story about robots Yes there are a few areas that the film could do without such as the childish 'hip' robot twins who are somewhat annoying and yes, the film has been criticised as being immature in places BUT... it is about a cartoon! I loved the cartoon as all children probably did but do remember that I am 20 years older now and shouldn't be looking for the film to appeal to me as an adult. It brought back all the memories of action that the cartoon did...only much better