Couldn't Take it Seriously

Rating: 4/10 (7 July 2009)

I went into this movie with high expectations. I liked the first film a lot, being a childhood fan of the G1 series. But there were several "wince" moments that I just couldn't get around, namely the extremely badly placed awkward humor. After seeing the trailer for "Fallen", I had genuine hopes that Bay had learned from his mistakes in the first, and would give us what TF needed to be in the first place; a hardcore giant robot movie that could give us a firm plot and quippy, smart humor throughout.
What I got was a major disappointment.
Instead of fixing the flaws that were in the first film and running with what worked, Michael Bay did the exact opposite: less Original-TF like action and development, and a Bonecrusher-load of awkward humor. Throughout the entire movie, I was seriously waiting for the film to get serious (like the first film did toward the end). Just as the plot was about to take off, they just had to throw in a few more gags. Seriously, Michael. "Ghetto Twin" Autobots? Simmons in a dheli? A leg-humping Wheelie? "Wrecking ball scrotum"? Altogether, it seems to me that they had a pretty good storyline, but decided to throw it in a blender with a whole bunch of slapstick crap.
I really tried to like this movie, and I probably would've if it didn't make me wince so much.