Brilliant!

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2009)

Noticed some negative comments and some very positive ones. This film seems to polarise opinion.
As for myself, I loved this movie. I still like dialogue and plot, and some people have queried this in this movie, but the dialogue and plot seems to parallel the first one, just more so. I have no complaints, it is faster and snappier but not necessarily better or worse. I didn't mind the humour, it's supposed to be a fun movie!
And as for the action & special effects- couldn't believe how much of it there was. This is to be expected of as a sequel which doesn't always make it better than the original (eg. Jurassic Park) - but I thought it was better than the original.
My personal opinion. Suspect the average rating is lower than it should be because some people are giving it very low scores. I suspect this is a distortion based on expectations. There's no way this movie could have rated a low 1 or 2 out of 10 if taken as a stand alone movie. I'd personally rate it a 9!
Some have quoted that they grew up with Transformers and this wasn't as good. I too grew up with them in the 80s. All I can say is forget the old cartoons - this is the real deal!