It is Transformers people. What do you expect?

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2009)

Is it the greatest movie ever? No. Is it a pile of garbage? No.
Apparently the majority of people who write reviews and deem themselves God's gift to reviewing movies don't understand how to enjoy a movie ever. I am so tired of reviews that talk about nothing about how horrible the movie was.
Complaints I've read:
1) There were too many robots. It's transformers. It's supposed to have a lot of robots.
2) I went to see it honestly wanting to like it. This is my personal favorite. You went in wanting to like it, but 6 seconds into the movie you found something that ruined the whole movie for you, so you ended up writing 2 full pages about every little thing you didn't like about it. That opening line is nothing more than you trying to pose as someone who is unbiased when you saw this movie when that is clearly not the case.
3) Michael Bay is a terrible director. This is the movie that decided that for you? Michael Bay has made better films, but he has made worse ones as well. There is nothing in this movie that is out of character with what he has done in his other films. He makes movies that are meant to be entertaining on a basic level, not win scores of Oscars. Sorry for all you "purists" that believe if it's not made by Kubrick, Coppolla, Zwick, Scorcese, Tarantino, etc it's crap. How many of you went in to see this movie expecting it to be "The Shawshank Redemption"? Learn to enjoy a simple fun movie for what it is.
4) I disagreed with where the plot went. Yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but simply because it's not what you would have done doesn't mean it's terrible. Unless you are an esteemed screenplay writer yourself this complaint has no validation.
5) There is no action until the end. What movie were you watching?
I could go on and on, but I'll end there.
Here's my bottom line opinion for Transformers 2.
It's fun. It's entertaining. Do I like everything about it? No. But I still enjoyed it because I went in with a simple mindset of it's an action movie with awesome special effects a simple story and some humor thrown in. It's not trying to be anything more than that.
I will say I wouldn't take my kids to this movie if they're younger than 14. The humor in there along with some of the characters tries to take aim at the younger audience, but comes up short. It is still more of an adult humor with language thrown in.
The story is easy to follow and I didn't find myself ever wondering; "who is that?" or "what is going on?". It is easy to distinguish between the Autobots and Decepticons, so fortunately needless time is not spent on identifying who is who. The story is sufficient for the entertainment level the movie is trying to give. The goal here was not to win an Oscar for the screenplay unlike what a lot of people who have "reviewed" this movie seem to think.
The special effects are fantastic. This really doesn't need to be said, but I'll say it anyway. The special effects are the heart of this movie. Yes, they're on the screen for most of the movie, but that is to be expected. The effects are the subject matter.
Some movies are simply made to entertain and not win awards. This is one of them. If you want it to be fun and just look for the things you like about the movie then you will enjoy it.