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Note:I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but please do not flame me if you do. Feel free to share your opinion in a civil manner, but my opinion is simply that. If you can't handle a critics view of something, you shouldn't be reading reviews in the first place.
In all honesty, I never was a transformers fan. I didn't watch the 'toon much, and I rarely ever played with toys as a kid, I was more partial to games (video, physical, board) and movies when it came to entertaining myself as a kid, so I had little to no connection to them and so I didn't see the 2007 Transformers film in theaters. I had practically no interest in it, but after I was pressured by about a million people, I caught it on cable and it was an enjoyable boom fest with some cool visuals that really made me glad I had an HD home theater setup. Brainless, yes, but it was still an entertaining Michael Bay action flick.
When I heard about Transformers 2, I figured that I should see it in theaters, after all these summer popcorn flicks are usually better on the bigscreen anyways. I expected more of the same. I got more of the same. Insert "Be careful what you wish for" line here... Let's talk run time, shall we? When I watch a popcorn flick, I expect it to last about an hour and a half. 2 hours at the most, but no more. If a movie exceeds that time slot, it has to be something that actually has to make me think and keep my interest. Everyone knows that these films are brainless, but you can tolerate that for an hour and a half. Transformers sees fit to make itself as long as Watchmen. In fact, it felt longer than Watchmen did, but with Watchmen there was a story. There was a point. I entered the theater at 2:30 in the afternoon. When I left, it was 5 minutes past freakin' five! That's 2 and a half hours people.
The plot revolves around Sam going to college and.... blahblah blah Megatron returns, blah blah blah egypt, blah blah blah racism, blah blah bad guy called the Fallen, blah blah blah blah blah blah (SPOILER ALERT) Optimus Prime dies (for like 5 mintues) (/SPOILER) blah blah blah, robot heaven (?!?!?), blah blah blah big robots fight. Like you expected a plot. The problem is, the action is awful. Even by Michael Bay's standards of horrible cinematography (Tip to directors: STOP HIRING EPILEPTIC CAMERAMEN AND MAKING THEM SHOOT DURING A SEIZURE! It makes things more confusing than exciting, I like to see what the hells going on.) it was bad. While it was still shaky and hectic, the action in the first Transformers was at least shot well enough that you could see enough of what was happening to enjoy big robots fighting. In Transformers 2 everything is shot up close by a dead cameraman being jolted with electricity. Not only that, the action is grating. The climax lasts a whole freakin' HOUR. The repetition was vile and nearly made me sick. :facewall: Sure, it has plenty of explosions, sparks, and other cool special effects, but it was only enjoyable for a few minutes before you start bashing your head into a wall. :facewall: Even seeing it on an Imax screen, the special effects eventually fell back to the god awful action, and even worse, the god awful humour. The humour is immature (Like dogs humping when Sam's parents teach him about sex! Hah hah hah, amirite?), stereotypical, and sometimes downright racist (Stupid robots that speak in Ebonics and crack about fried chicken and watermelon?).
I should stop raving, but simply put, this movie is Awful. The action is incomprehensible and confusing, the humour is awful, the characters are uninteresting, and worse, its WAY too long. Tacking on an extra hour of nothing but action is simply torture, even for someone who actually kind of enjoyed the first film.
2.5/10
In all honesty, I never was a transformers fan. I didn't watch the 'toon much, and I rarely ever played with toys as a kid, I was more partial to games (video, physical, board) and movies when it came to entertaining myself as a kid, so I had little to no connection to them and so I didn't see the 2007 Transformers film in theaters. I had practically no interest in it, but after I was pressured by about a million people, I caught it on cable and it was an enjoyable boom fest with some cool visuals that really made me glad I had an HD home theater setup. Brainless, yes, but it was still an entertaining Michael Bay action flick.
When I heard about Transformers 2, I figured that I should see it in theaters, after all these summer popcorn flicks are usually better on the bigscreen anyways. I expected more of the same. I got more of the same. Insert "Be careful what you wish for" line here... Let's talk run time, shall we? When I watch a popcorn flick, I expect it to last about an hour and a half. 2 hours at the most, but no more. If a movie exceeds that time slot, it has to be something that actually has to make me think and keep my interest. Everyone knows that these films are brainless, but you can tolerate that for an hour and a half. Transformers sees fit to make itself as long as Watchmen. In fact, it felt longer than Watchmen did, but with Watchmen there was a story. There was a point. I entered the theater at 2:30 in the afternoon. When I left, it was 5 minutes past freakin' five! That's 2 and a half hours people.
The plot revolves around Sam going to college and.... blahblah blah Megatron returns, blah blah blah egypt, blah blah blah racism, blah blah bad guy called the Fallen, blah blah blah blah blah blah (SPOILER ALERT) Optimus Prime dies (for like 5 mintues) (/SPOILER) blah blah blah, robot heaven (?!?!?), blah blah blah big robots fight. Like you expected a plot. The problem is, the action is awful. Even by Michael Bay's standards of horrible cinematography (Tip to directors: STOP HIRING EPILEPTIC CAMERAMEN AND MAKING THEM SHOOT DURING A SEIZURE! It makes things more confusing than exciting, I like to see what the hells going on.) it was bad. While it was still shaky and hectic, the action in the first Transformers was at least shot well enough that you could see enough of what was happening to enjoy big robots fighting. In Transformers 2 everything is shot up close by a dead cameraman being jolted with electricity. Not only that, the action is grating. The climax lasts a whole freakin' HOUR. The repetition was vile and nearly made me sick. :facewall: Sure, it has plenty of explosions, sparks, and other cool special effects, but it was only enjoyable for a few minutes before you start bashing your head into a wall. :facewall: Even seeing it on an Imax screen, the special effects eventually fell back to the god awful action, and even worse, the god awful humour. The humour is immature (Like dogs humping when Sam's parents teach him about sex! Hah hah hah, amirite?), stereotypical, and sometimes downright racist (Stupid robots that speak in Ebonics and crack about fried chicken and watermelon?).
I should stop raving, but simply put, this movie is Awful. The action is incomprehensible and confusing, the humour is awful, the characters are uninteresting, and worse, its WAY too long. Tacking on an extra hour of nothing but action is simply torture, even for someone who actually kind of enjoyed the first film.
2.5/10
