Watch out for permanent brain damage

Rating: 1/10 (20 May 2010)

I had to stop watching this movie because my head started to ache so bad, I was afraid this shameless eyesore might cause me permanent brain damage. It is gut-wrenching awful. It's an insult. It's mind-boggling really, how some of the same people that created the first Transformers, that I liked, could actually 'create' something this pathetic. Where the first movie had a decent storyline, good character development, a good pace and great action, they didn't even bother to put any thought into this one. Just throw in some robots, hot chicks and why not, let's try and be funny with a big dose of mindless college humor. But really mindless: it really feels like they just made a list of the usual ingredients that do well in these college movies - some hot chicks, horny guys, embarrassing situations, drugs, nerds, some more hot chicks, and than just poured it in there, just at random, whatever. The target audience loves this stuff, so let's give it to them. Seriously, it's an insult. The characters are reduced to simpletons, sacrificed to the urge to make this a comedy. 'Once they start laughing, they will just swallow the action without asking themselves why or how' is what they must have thought. Well, I did not laugh, nor did I swallow any of the action, that is actually too fast, nauseating at times, to be enjoyed (if you would be able to shut off your brain in the first place). I got a very nasty headache from this shameless attempt to cash in on the success of the first movie. Don't waste any money, brain cells, time or energy on this. Let it rot for the garbage it is.