Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is basically a testosterone fest which includes "cool" cars, explosions, action, stupid jokes, and Megan Fox. Sorry Michael Bay, but I need more than "cool cars" and million dollar special effects to make me like a movie. There's no real story, just action. The movie is so hard to follow it almost is hard to stay seated and not get up and leave out of pure frustration. I tried my best to follow the story but I kept getting distracted by the random action sequences that are completely irrelevant to the plot. It's almost like a 150 minute, action packed episode of Family Guy. I suppose the story itself is irrelevant in general, after all it is a Michael Bay movie. His movie's don't need to have any elements that make up a good movie like good acting or story structure to captivate an audiance because he just dazzles everyone with special effects and prolonged action sequences.
Don't get me wrong, the action in this movie is amazing. I honestly couldn't look away, every action sequence is brilliantly done in a way only Michael Bay can. The way the movie is filmed was very well done too, all of the angles and viewpoints allow the audience to get the most upfront, realistic, and in your face action scenes possible. The sound is good too, all of the gunshots and explosions sound great. Sound wasn't really something I ever noticed in a movie until I saw Black Hawk Down and ever since then it's been a key element in action movies.
Besides the direction of the movie it was pretty terrible. I absolutely hated how the writers try to make this movie appeal to youth by having the robots speak in ebonics, as if non-stop action won't gain the attention of anyone age 8 to 40. The movie is filled with ridiculous humor that at times is painful to watch. In one scene Shai Labeouf's mom has a bag of weed brownies, starts eating them, then goes around his college telling stories about him. She claims to think they're regular brownies but there's a clear view of a sticker on the plastic bag with a marijana leaf so even the most retarded audiance members can be included in the joke about his mom getting high. There are countless other stupid jokes, most involve the robots speaking in ebonics, which is never funny in any movie when humans do it let alone robots.
There is a lot wrong with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen that outweighs the good by a landslide, which is sad because so many people will see this movie and think it's a great work of cinema, when in reality it's just a 150 minute action sequence. So congratulations Earth, you've proved all you need to do to make a successful movie is blow stuff up for two and a half hours. I did think it was cool, just not cool enough. If I ever had to see this again I'd probably shoot myself...or just leave.
Grade : 1.5 out of 5
go watch sex and the city, fag.
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