Ignore all the "hate" this film gets, it's just IMDb Forum critic wannabes.

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2009)

I went in knowing this would be just like the first, but better. There are many things I liked and only some I didn't.
As for story, it was MUCH more evenly paced than the first, and I actually liked the plot. IT INVOLVES THE MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP! YAY! Optimus and Sam dying were really jaw-droppers, in fact, I heard some people shout "NO!" in the theater. People were really struck when Sam died, they were like "WOAH!". I couldn't tell, but I think he was either stabbed or shot. Not to give away the ending, but I didn't feel it was anticlimactic.
As for characters, they were, again, much better. Wheelie was HILARIOUS and may have been the funniest there, although him saying "Fric*ing all the time got kinda old and probably added to the rating. Sam's roommate was funny, and his reaction when Mikaela landed on him after Jetfire warped them to Egypt was priceless! Speaking of Sam and Mikaela, their relationship was much more fleshed out in this one, and isn't like "Some nerd meets some hot girl and they fall in love". Many times Mikaela is about to brake up with Sam, and it really adds to the human subplot.
The pretender was great as well, they picked a really pretty girl to play her human form, and it really seemed to work. When that tentacle came out from under her dress, I was like "Um, this isn't good for Sam". In fact, she is what made all the "SEXUAL SITUATIONS".
Back to robots, the twins were better then people made the out to be. I liked how they spoke Gangsta and were always clumsy, the theater kept laughing at them. I'm not going to give much away about Devastator, but let me just say, him combining WAS AWESOME!