It's Exactly What You'd Expect From a Summer Blockbuster. 8/10!

Rating: 8/10 (27 June 2009)

There are several spoilers. Read Carefully.
Forget about what the critics say, everyone has their own expectations. Summer movies are meant to entertain. Not all of them are meant to score for plot or characterization. That's the case with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. This isn't a bad film, rather it's a good film that delivers what it promises. The visual effects, cool cars, sexy girls, and intense action sequences are the main assets that make this movie fun and action-packed. The Oscar films that play during the fall and winter are what win over critics and drives away action movie buffs.
Now about the film. Sam leaves his girlfriend Mikaela to go off to college, on the other side of the U.S.Once there he meets Leo Spitz a conspiracy theorist, and Alice a hot girl who preys on him. Meanwhile Optimus Prime (again brilliantly voiced by Peter Cullen) and all the other Autobots team up with the military to hunt down and destroy the Decepticons. In the sequel, the Autobots truly know how to fight. I'm not kidding, Decepticons fall left and right: three of which are killed by Optimus Prime. An old nemesis returns, and an ancient one called "The Fallen" returns to earth with the intent to conquer and destroy.
There are two reasons(one for each star) why I award this film 8/10 stars. With a much larger budget it seems the transformers are the main characters and the humans are reduced to supporting roles, including Shia Laboeuf. While I am glad that there are more character moments for the Decepticons, it defeats the purpose of making this a live action movie. The other reason is that director Michael Bay's attempts at humor don't always work. In fact they can be painful to watch at times. Such as Sam's mother getting high from eating marijuana at his school. Also there's the Autobot twins Mudflap and Skids. With their street gang accents they can be funny one moment and annoying the next. All in all, it's worth a viewing. Just don't expect anything ground-breaking, thought-provoking, or original. But It's a real treat for kids, action and science fiction buffs, and Generation one Fanboys. Long Live Optimus Prime!!