The CGI Takeover.

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2009)

I would love to say Transformers 2 was excellent, i would love to compare it to the first one and comment on what they improved on. I guess i can a little. Action was spot on and much more clearer, cool slow motion shots when necessary and great combat between the robots. In comparison to the first Tranformers instalment it was a lot better. Improved and delivered well in that department.
Tranformers: revenge of the fallen pretty much offers visual action at it's best. Fights, shoot em' up scenes and blowing up things. Effects again were mind blowing, just like the first one the effects were truly amazing (as you would expect) nothing has changed there. With offering all those many flaws, somehow it manages to slip everywhere else. Apart from the robots scenes (who had much more screen time compared to the first one.) It was all just a big waste. The scenes between the characters such as Sam Witwicky (Shia) Mikaela was unnecessary as nothing much got developed. Sam's family still had there touch of comedy, which was good to see. They were pretty hilarious. Also old characters were bought back into it, which was nice to see. New robots were introduced too, but there character content was a little weak. But something still was definitely missing, it wasn't the same. I preferred the way the first Transformers instalment was panned out, i missed the more immature "human character's" screen time.
The film does have a long duration, but it didn't really effect me. It went pretty fast. I guess if you prefer a movie with full on fun action, then you will love this one. I suggest you see the first Transformers first though as it introduced the whole "Transformers saga" Overall i find it hard to rate. Were it succeeded in many things (action and adventure) i was let down in the many things that didn't remain from the first instalment (social screen time, comedy) Michal Bay again did well and delivered a good sequel, but i hope there will be a third instalment. It's a love it or hate it type of movie, Transformers fans will be pleased. Watch it yourself and then you will know.