Great action, poor film overall..........

Rating: 4/10 (22 June 2009)

Now let me get this straight. I am 29 and when i was a kid i was the BIGGEST Transformers fan IN THE WORLD!!! Had all the toys, loved the cartoon, cried when Prime died in the animated movie, etc. So you can imagine my excitement when the first live action Transformers film came out. And..... i loved it! I thought the plot involving the 'All Spark' was quite poor but not enough to spoil the actual film. I thought the rest of it apart from that was superb! So, i was really looking forward to Revenge Of The Fallen. Unfortunately after watching it twice in two days (took my Dad on father's day as well as my first screening with friends) I was highly unimpressed! Don't get me wrong.... the special effects are some of the best you will see until probably the third instalment! A lot of shaky camera work which with the detail on the robots can make for blurry confused viewing for some people (look at the final battle in LA at the end of the first film! 'MY EYES HURT!' material), fortunately Egypt for the final battle was picked because it was more plain and less confusing which was a good move. Things are a lot clearer to see. But, as a film as a whole..... well..... its just poor. There are hit and miss moments of humour (mostly from Sam's parents), there is literally zero plot, the small bit of plot there is just craps on the original story lines from the TV series where it all started. Now that may be me being a transformers geek, but even if i wasn't a fan, i would still find the story pretty lame on a whole! There is no character development for all the new characters (except the two VERY annoying twins!). It just all kinda feels a bit disjointed and rushed. Basically it boils down to this..... Michael Bay likes to blow sh*t up! He spends the best part of 2 and a half hours doing it! It looks good when he does! But unfortunately, it takes a bit more than that to make a decent film and keep people interested for that length of time. If your the type of person who loves to see sh*t being blown up for extended periods of time then this is the film for you! If your a long time Transformers fan prepare to be disappointed.... If your neither of these, switch brain to off before you go and you might have fun!