Good but did not live up to expectations.

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2009)

Liked the beginning, flashback to 17,000 BC was kinda cool, kinda cheesy. The first fight scene in Shanghai with Lennex and the Autobots was pretty awesome, I wish there'd been more of Arcee though. (That's the chick Autobot!) A lot of the exposition after the college scenes and the race across Egypt were too drawn out, scenes could have been cut or shortened. The "I love you." and its "your destiny" were way too clichéd and just cheesy. The very ended was cut short and felt rushed. Bang we won! Now one sentimental message and no after footage, oh movie's over. Sequel coming, you can tell.
The best moment in the whole movie was the way they worked Simons back in. That was brilliant. Jetfire was also incredible. At last a "I'm too old for this." from a guy who was still easily winning the fight. Mikaela' pet Decepticon was also cool, and hilarious, but he vanished in Egypt. I missed him after that.
Overall: Too much exposition, too many random robots with no explanation, too many Decepticons, too much Mikaela, too much room mate, too long of a fight across the desert. Not enough back story on characters, not enough Bumblebee, not enough Arcee, not enough of a final fight at the pyramids.
It was a good movie, it just didn't quite meet the great standards set by the first one.