I Hate Jokes that Aren't Funny

Rating: 6/10 (27 June 2009)

.....and boy, was this movie full of them. True, the story was lacking, but I was expecting that going in (as so few sequels actually match or top the original). And since I despise Shia LaBeouf, I already knew that the acting would be sub-par. So really, there were no surprises for me going in....except an endless barrage of jokes (and I use the term VERY loosely) and situations which are apparently supposed to pass as "humor". Robot testicles, a pair of smack talking, black sounding robots, numerous sexual encounters, a mother acting like a mental patient after ingesting weed brownies, a grown man in a jock strap and, yes, even a couple of fart jokes. All those things are funny when you're about 9. After that you stop laughing and start saying "dear god, this is pathetic". I wouldn't mind humor in a Transformers movie, providing that its humor that is A) actually funny and B) a form of humor more sophisticated than god damn fart jokes! I can't even begin to tell you how those things (I refuse to acknowledge them as jokes) ruined this movie for me.
I admit, the action is pretty cool, the CGI is amazing, I got to see the Constructicons form into Devestator (which was awesome, thank god they got it right this time) and I got to see my favorite Transformers character, Soundwave, on the big screen (including Ravage!). It was a shame that we didn't get to see Soundwave and the Constructicons for longer, but at least they were there.
However, even though I did like some things, the insulting attempt at humor the movie made was absolutely unforgivable. If this is what is supposed to be funny, I cringe for the future of comedy. Whoever wrote this drivel needs to be horsewhipped.