This was a fun movie! Nothing more, nothing less.

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2009)

Okay, I just got to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen out here in Japan and to be completely honest, this movie was a blast! I really can't see what turned some people off so much about this movie. Yes, juvenile jokes abound, and yes, Megan Fox's sexual appeal to the predominantly male audience was certainly exploited to the limits of the film rating, but c'mon, folks. This was a story about giant sentient robots that transform into, well, cars – and beat the crap out of each other in a no-holds-barred slugfest.
It was fun from start to finish! It delivered precisely what you'd expect from such a premise – a exciting, only semi-serious, action-packed flick that fired full throttle on, yes, over-inflated, but no less universally appealing themes of heroism, villainy, and sacrifice – oh, yeah, and giant sentient robots that transform into cars, and beat the crap out of each other in a no-holds-barred slugfest. What else do you want?
Those fuddy-duddies waxing nostalgically over some Shakespearean version of a Transformers that never really was need to revisit what it means to have fun at a movie. If I wanted to see the original Transformers, the animated series, in all its glory, then I'd pop some popcorn, pull out those old VHS tapes, and camp out in front of the TV for a metal-on-metal marathon, complete with '80s commercials. But to expect Bay and the team behind Revenge of the Fallen to blatantly pander to rose-tinted views of the Transformers by creating the same thing all over again is sadly lacking in ambition, creativity, and inspiration.
Seriously, Mr. Bay, you get a double-thumbs up from me for putting the biggest smile on my face after a movie this year. Thank you!