So very much wanted to like this film

Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2009)

As a kid, I was a loyal Transformers fan. I never thought I would see the day when they were brought to live in such a realistic manner as the first film. So naturally, I couldn't wait to see more Transformers from my childhood come to life in this sequel. Quite frankly, the plot was painfully thin, the action scenes, while exciting were waaay too difficult to follow. Virtually none of the new characters were developed beyond mentioning their names. And lastly, Soundwave. The iconic bad guy that most hardcore fans unanimously wanted to see make an appearance. I thought making him a satellite was a great adaptation, but the voice. C'mon man, it was the only thing that made him cool in the cartoon.
At the end of the day, Transformers will make box office records, rewarding Hollywood for spoon feeding the masses with more dribble. It's a shame, because the money invested in this film could have gone a lot further. Instead, in order to build off the success of the first film and ramrod a new film into theaters ASAP, the screenplay appears to have been written in the cab ride to the first day of shooting.