movie review from a realistic perspective

Rating: 3/10 (10 July 2009)

I'll start with a few mental notes I took down within the first 10-15 minutes of watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Potential spoiler alert but really, you shouldn't care)
->Terrible intro, not the opener that incites a lot of enthusiasm for the rest of the film
->Special FX produce a cool vs OMG that was freaking awesome of the first film
->Reallllllllllllllly, those are the lines you were told to speak and you didn't question them?
->What's up Prime, all of a sudden has a bad attitude and talking junk not the leader I left knowing in the first one
->The transformers (robots) apparently have lungs as their breath in the cold is shown several times.
I can't comment on the plot, because there really wasn't one worth talking about. I can't comment on the acting, except for Shia Labeouf who still cracks me up when he talks, because the robots do most of the fighting, and the people just run around and stay stupid lines. There's not a lot of substance to really go on. That said it still made over $300 million and probably still has another 50 mil left to go in essence, Michael Bay is a genius. This is not about critically successful, award winning, movie vault forever films; it's a summer popcorn big budget, big production, big action blockbuster that you go to see cool stuff (i.e. see crap blow up and chicks that are unattainable to the average man). In that light, mission accomplished. Go see it for two reasons, still somewhat cool special effects, and the body of Megan Fox and others as you follow them across the screen. There's really no other reason to see it. Skip it and go to a bar, where you may see a fight, and hopefully there's a few hot chicks around to stare at. The flick's only future purpose on Blu Ray may be to test out your new HDTV and surround sound.