Not bad but could have been a lot better

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2009)

Entering this movie I was expecting a great summer blockbuster with a ton of action, and I was apparently expecting too much.
The movie starts off similar to the first one; we see a glimpse of past events involving the Autobots and Decepticons. We are then sent to modern day and we learn about the new team involving humans from the first film (and new ones obviously) and the Autobots. Here we are introduced to the following, new, Autobots: the twins (I hated the twins for the first part of the movie but they slowly grew on me), an ice cream truck (I think it was Arcee but I'm not sure) and sideswipe. Sideswipe makes a great entrance. After this mini action scene, which was done well, we begin to learn more about the fallen and the Decepticons plan this time.
The next 30-45 minutes about all involves Sam leaving home for college and all that. There is only one or two decent action scenes in this part of the movie and 3 or 4 mini scenes total. Then the fun begins. After this lame 45 minutes or so we are transported to the forest area you may recognize from the trailers for an awesome fight scene. Then after this fight we get a whole lot of Michael Bay trying to expand on this movie's plot. Besides a few moments where we go between Cybertron and Earth not a whole lot goes on. There is no real action for a long chunk of time.
The final 20-30 minutes, about, however were great! You may have seen the Egypt battle in the trailers well this is it! It's finally here and delivers, unfortunately it does not make up for the other flaws. The script writers need to be FIRED before the third movie. The dialogue between the twins at times was beyond awful and at times the twins seemed more interested in fighting each other, than protecting Sam. The soldiers in this movie need to learn exactly how soldiers act especially Lennox. Also Starscream is not a little pussy so don't try to make him one.
Shia LaBeouf's acting was not bad at all and Megan Fox shockingly proved to me that she may actually be developing some talent. Simmons also provided a few good moments and I am happy to see they brought him back. Sam's parents also offered good moments in this film like they did in the last one. Bumblebee was shockingly powerful and a total badass! (For someone who is supposed to be a scout he sure acted like more than that)
Will I see this movie again yes; however I highly doubt I will be going to see it a second time in theaters. I still have yet to decide if this movie was better than the first one and I will need to see it again before I can fully decide. Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is a solid summer film that will be enjoyed by some but it is not the biggest movie of the summer. Star Trek and Terminator Salvation were both better than this movie. While certain action scenes were great they do not make up for all the other flaws listed above and others I did not mention because they involve spoilers. Overall I give Transformers Revenge of the Fallen an 8 out of 10.