What in God's name is going on here?

Rating: 1/10 (29 June 2009)

I was actually excited about this movie as I really enjoyed the first one. Where do I begin with what's wrong with this movie? It was essentially the U.S. Military vs. the Deceptecons. There were basically three Autobots in the movie: Bumblebee (who somehow couldn't talk again, even though he could at the end of the first one), and TWO Jar-Jar Binks's. Ironhide and Ratchet were in it but inexplicably absent for most of the movie and some other one that never transformed so I had no idea what it was supposed to be. There were a pile of new Decepticons but little to no new Autobots. Oprimus Prime was dead for most of the movie but was resurrected to defeat the "bad guys" is less than two minutes by somehow acquiring some advanced weaponry from an "old" Deceptecon with a cane for God's sake! Ahh!!!. Shia Labouf and Megan Fox were awful. First of all, Megan Fox couldn't act her way out of wet paper bag so watching her trying to emote was just painful. The special effects somehow turned out worse than the first movie. Michael Bay's attempt to add comedy to this was laughable, and I don't mean that it in a good way. The scene where the kid's mom gets high on marijuana was the FIRST time I wanted to walk out, but certainly not the last. It's really depressing because the first one was so good. Shame on you Michael Bay for destroying a perfectly good series. Finally, what was the deal with a transformer turning into a person? I don't remember them having that capability when I was a kid. I guess they double as Terminators now.