Year: 2009

Director: Michael Bay

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, how can i put this? let me try it this way: megan fox is gorgeous, the special effects are great, the movie kinda sucks.

how about i give you a recap of the film: action sequence, blah blah blah, action sequence, attempted lame character development, blah blah blah, action sequence, attempted lame character development, action sequence, blah blah blah, action sequence, heart warming moment, coda, end.

i'm not sure what else to say really. the film is basically all about the huge action sequences and the story is just filler - and it feels like it. here is the basic plot for ya: decepticon forces return to earth on a mission to take sam witwicky prisoner, after he learns the truth about the ancient origins of the transformers by touching a sliver of "the cube" that wasn't destroyed in the first film. when he touches it the information gets transmitted into his head and now he is the only one holding the clues that the decepticons need to destroy the planet.

so, if i am correct, the writers were sitting around watching an episode of Chuck and decided that would be a good idea for their movie - or at least a good enough idea to fill the gaps between the huge action sequences and all the great special effects and sexy megan fox moments...

like in the first film, by the time we got to the huge action/battle scene i was pretty bored and fairly uninterested in the little bit of story they were giving me to justify everything that was going on.

as i left the theatre i was thinking to myself, "why didn't they learn from the first one and make this one good." but, then i realized that the first once made over 300 million dollars and this one is well on its way to that already so "they" are probably of the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mindset. While some bad movies feel like the film makers tried and totally fucked up, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen feels like they didn't even try!