Ashes in the Desert (Gone with the wind)

Rating: 3/10 (14 September 2009)

After a really funny and enjoyable start into the movie franchise, the Transformers come to a full stop. Digitally and technically they are well made. We even get treated the same guys that made the first movie work. So what went wrong then? Quite a few things I'd say and I'm going to list them ...
Story: Apart from the fact, that it's a pretty simple premise, do we really need a complex story for a summer blockbuster? I would say no, but having it be completely ridiculous like in this movie, is way beyond, what audiences should accept.
Actors: While we really enjoyed them the first time around, they're not getting real screen time here. And when they get time to talk, the talk so fast, that you wonder how they can follow their own thoughts ... Don't try to understand everything then? Yes and it is a shame. Having an explosion/action sequence every 2 minutes isn't really helpful, especially because you're not getting anything out of the characters.
Transformers/CGI: Actually this is one thing they did pretty good in this movie, hence the 3/10 instead a 1/10. But even the great effects suffer from ...
Editing: We should be used to MTV cuts by now, but when you have two robots fighting each other, 100 cuts in 10 seconds tend to confuse you rather than give you something you can enjoy. A shame then, because as stated above the CGI is really great.
A shame this movie couldn't really be the summer Blockbuster we all anticipated (G.I. Joe took that spot) and I won't even go into plot holes and other crazy stuff, that just doesn't work in (favor of) the movie! And that's why I actually canceled a second viewing, that I had planned, before I even watched the movie. It would just be too painful!