Just average. Altho its better with a 2nd viewing. First viewing I thought it was crap!

Rating: 5/10 (29 June 2009)

First, let me start by saying I went to see this on Friday night here in South Africa. And left the cinema absolutely gobsmacked at how terrible it was. Then the next morning my 10 year old niece wanted to watch it and her parents weren't willing to sit thru it and neither was I but they offered to pay for my service to accompany my niece and so I gave in and was willing to put myself thru it all again.
And I'm glad I did, I actually managed to enjoy it the 2nd time around. Probably because I knew the bad points and they weren't gonna catch me by surprise. I must admit my expectations were quite high the Friday night, but once I knew what to expect it wasn't all that bad.
The fight scenes, I personally thought were much more "watchable" than the first movie. A lot more slo-mo punches and such made it a bit easier to see just what exactly was happening. And of course, the special effects and general mayhem was literally out of this world. There were quite a few "fun" moments that made you laugh.
And I don't understand the whole hullabaloo about the twinbots signifying racism. I thought they were funny, and it never occurred to me that they were based on black stereotypes. By the way, I'm black.
Unfortunately though, there were quite a few points that need addressing when part 3 comes around. Most notable, unnecessary characters that do little-to-nothing to advance the story. And speaking of the "story" - a little more sense could help. I know its a " fun summer movie" but it didn't need to be a "dumb fun summer movie". The plot could have used a bit of tweaking.
And the excuse that "nobody comes to these movies for plot development, they just wanna see robots fighting" makes no sense. Then they might as well have just had a 2 hour tag team WWE match-up in the desert quarry.
Still I have to say it's worth a watch, although it could have been so much better.