Best thing about this movie is Optimus Prime.

Rating: 5/10 (20 June 2009)

Well, what can I say about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, that isn't totally negative. I know, I split this review into two parts...so here goes!
WHAT WORKED: Great visual/special effects for starters and lots of action, fighting robots, big guns and explosions. A lot of the set pieces were very good and kept me entertained. Performances wise, Shia LaBeouf does well as the kid who holds the key the world ...again. Good support from John Turturro, who was actually quite funny and the rest just followed suit, with the exception of one...who I'll mention in a bit. Best thing about this movie is Optimus Prime. I thought he was great in every scene. Not only would the Autobots be lost without him, but they'd also be quite useless. Prime exhibited all the qualities a leader should have in the midst of battle. And to be honest with you, that really spoke out to me. Megatron and Starscream were also great and I hope both characters are included in the next movie.
WHAT DIDN'T WORK:
The humour was horrible. It was a mixture Family Guy and Three Stooges slapstick. The Ghetto talk whatever you call it robots were annoying, as was Sam's Mum and Dad, who made so many perverse jokes I thought I was watching a different movie. Megatron should've killed them when he had the chance. The main bad guy the Fallen was useless and I never really believed that he was more powerful than Megatron. Tyrese and Josh Duhamel were passengers in this movie, I really didn't care if they lived or died. Crappy climax from a slow, tedious build up, plus Michael Bay is a horrible director and should go back making music videos. His direction is predictable and cheesy at best, the Rock and first Transformers movie are the best films his made by far. Finally, we have Megan Fox, who is a fine figure of a woman but has the acting ability of a cucumber. Her relationship with Sam isn't believable, so there's no real chemistry between the two. That and the fact she poses in literally every scene she's in. She's better off posing on the cover of Sports Illustrated or Maxim or one of those magazines.
All in all, I knew this movie in particular would a bit of a let down. Mainly because first movie was really good and the sequel had to be something really special to top it. Sadly it failed and I for one hope they have a different director at the helm. Because Transformers needs to have a darker edge to it (stuff the kids) and Michael Bay isn't the man to do that.
Definitely worthy of a release, but would I buy the Blu Ray or DVD? And how many times could I watch this movie?