Might not have lived up to the expectations of a sequel, but surpassed my expectations

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2009)

Transformers in 2007 was a movie that really made me feel like I was the age of 10 again. It reminded me of one of my favorite toys back then. It had a good mix of action, plot and comedy.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was good. I would not say it is fantastic because this film has too much of some things and not enough of others.
First off, it has way too many unnecessary sexual references, a robot which can disguise as a woman like the Terminatrix (What the), adorable robots, robots that talk like rappers, psychotic middle-aged woman, and did I mention too much explosions? I know Michael Bay is known for his works with meteors raining down on earth (i.e. Armageddon and also referenced in an episode in South Park "Imaginationland") but this movie has seriously way too much explosions to make up for its plot. Not that the plot was bad. It was good in fact.
Next, the lack of Autobots appearances from Ironhide & Ratchet and the pathetic assault by Decepticons did not help the film. Every time the Decepticons look like they were going to do lots of damage, they don't. It also seemed like the humans were more efficient at doing damage on the Decepticons than the Autobots.
On the other hand, the things that made this film good were certain fight scenes (e.g. the one in the forest or Bumblebee doing his thing). I was happy to see certain elements of the film which reminded me of the Transformers cartoon movie back in 1986 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie). Namely appearances of Shockwave, Devastator, the Matrix of Leadership and the somewhat good ending I would give this film a 7.5 star rating, buy the DVD, and watch the sequel because I love Transformers. It would have been a better film minus certain unnecessary scenes and tweaking the explosive scenes just that tad bit. However, I wouldn't be able to name any other director other than Bay who would be more suitable for this movie. You can't please the whole world right? So heck, watch the movie, feel like you're 10 again and tell us what you think.