A Great movie that falls just short of fantastic

Rating: 2/10 (20 June 2009)

I, like many others loved the first movie and went to see this one with high expectations. Only now I am thinking I set them too high, its just that there were a few things that annoyed me.
1. The comedy in the first one was real, subtle and clever, this movie still retains some of that but ruins it by making it silly. The mum getting stoned started off as a funny little joke but took it too far; getting robots to swear is not big or clever i didn't see the point in it these are supposed to be advanced beings and the twins grated on me they had no point other then to be funny (although the ass kicking line at the start made me laugh).
2. The transformer that changed into a human was a stupid idea, it ruined the point of the transformers, huge robots that changed into vehicles is cool.
3. The effects were fantastic but sometimes i felt The Transformers looked a little cartoony.
4. Far too many lines like "I will have my revenge" and "It is your destiny"
5. The dream sequence was plain silly, i know that a load of transforming robots is hardly realistic, but, the first film was fantasy set in a real world and so this one was too until this bit.
6. Too many nameless and faceless Transformers. The first film you knew who they were and you were with them all the way, when one died you felt sad. In this movie when one died you didn't care because you didn't know them. I also felt we weren't given a chance to reconnect with them making one scene in particular annoying because I wanted to be sad but wasn't. Also making Megatron and Starsceen snivelling idiots was also annoying All this aside the film is great its a great film for the summer and I will be getting it on DVD if it wasn't for these few niggles it would be a true classic but it falls just short.