As enjoyable as the first.

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2009)

While the critics overall have been quite hard on this film, it still serves its purpose well as a summer action blockbuster. I might be a bit biased because of a childhood growing up with early 80's cartoons such as Transformers. But I think that if anyone enjoyed the first film, there is no reason why they will not be entertained by ROTF as it is very similar.
I manage at a theater and screened it yesterday morning at 8am and thought it was excellent. There are fewer one-liners that fall flat in this one and much more laugh-out loud moments than I expected. Some of the action scenes are especially incredible in ROTF, such as the much-lauded forest scene with Optimus battling three Decepticons. One can never have too much Megan Fox either, as Bay loves to highlight her beauty often. There is also more back story to the Transformers history in ROTF, which I appreciated but it might be confusing to those unfamiliar with the toy property.
On the negative side, I thought the film could have been condensed just a bit; it might drag a little on multiple viewings. Hearing slang and curse words come out of Skids and Mudflap was very strange and did not seem appropriate though the Twins are quite funny if you don't let that get to you. Ultimately, though, fan boys and the uninitiated should equally enjoy this epic action popcorn film.