Simply Put...Don't Waste Your Money

Rating: 3/10 (24 June 2009)

Let me start by saying I loved the first Transformers movie, and thought it was one of best action films I've seen since the original Die Hard. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, however, was absolutely terrible. This is not to say that the action scenes are not spectacular, because they are. The special effects and CGI were incredible, as expected. Unfortunately, special effects alone do not make a good movie. You need a good plot, good writing, and believable acting. This movie provides none of these. The writing was absolutely terrible. It was cheesy and juvenile. The plot was very weak, and the acting, probably mostly because of the writing, was not very good either. I normally like Shia Labeouf, but in this movie, I found him hard to watch, despite the fact that his performance was probably the best in the movie. I felt that this movie had potential, but because of bad writing, and a director who cared more about big booms and pretty robots, it ultimately failed...After two and a half hours, I left the theater saying, what did I just spend my money on...