You've Gotta Be Kidding Me

Rating: 1/10 (15 October 2009)

Just watched the movie (better late than never, eh?). Being the sharing kind of guy I am, I wanted to point out a few of my opinions about this train wreck.
1) The trademark Michael Bay camera is, as always, all over the place - even in the scenes where there's no action at all! Characters talk about stuff and what does the camera do? It moves around them non-stop! At the end of the movie I felt like I had ridden a bad roller-coaster for too long.
2) I enjoy a romantic movie every now and then, especially with a girl next to me. Bu I'm sick to the bone with seeing romantic twists in all kinds of movies. In ROTF our heroes are saving the world from evil robots and they still find the time to have a relationship, complete with arguments, fights, jealousy fits, and all that. What the hell!?
3) I have no objection for pretty girls strutting around in movies, but there is a limit to that. Apparently M. Bay doesn't know about this limit. There are way too many half-naked girls in this movie. Especially the dorm Sam moves in looks like the Playboy Mansion more than anywhere else.
4) Action movies don't necessarily have strong stories; that being said, this movie's plot manages to insult a 5-year-old's intelligence. They spend $200 million and still can't write a decent story? How hard can it be?
5) Of all the stupid things in this movie, there are actually two robots, twins to be precise, who talk and behave like stereotype Afro-American gangbangers. Apart from being extremely insulting to black people, why would robots do that, even if they could? For crying out loud, what is the logic behind this?
6) I am aware that history is written by those holding the pen; that being said, I've had enough of watching American propaganda in Hollywood movies. In ROTF, the U.S., once again, saves the world. Americans bravely fight and sacrifice themselves while the rest of the world sits on its butt. U.S. war machines roam the skies, conquer the seas, dominate the land, and as always people from other nations live in mud huts and breed chickens. Get Real!
ROTF is a disappointment, through and through. If you like watching endless special effects hour after hour, can listen loud, tuneless action music without having a headache, and have a strong stomach for M. Bay's shaky camera, than go for it. Otherwise avoid it like a pile of nuclear waste.