Transformers 2

They are eating all our sand.

*Spoilers*

I found it to be a VERY entertaining flick.

I go to 90% of movies for instant gratification entertainment and both Transformers movies certainly fit the bill.

Up till about halfway through the movie I felt that this one was dramatically better than the first one, and then the plot absurdities started to pop up. I am sure that some of you have picked up that this is kind of an odd complaint for me, I tend to defend movies on this issue if it is remotely possible that it can be explained behind the scenes. I spend my thinking time trying to figure out where they are coming from and how it can work rather than looking for "errors."

In spite of that, I am still shaking my head at how the frick the President can conclude from the Decepticons broadcasting their presence to the world and demanding to be handed over a human/US citizen as evidence that the root problem was the fact that the Autobots were there. The frick? That sounds more like a thought process from Biden than Obama....maybe Biden was running his teleprompter?

Then there is the "tearful" Sam's death scene. I spent most of it wondering what the frick was wrong with him. One of many explosions near him, with only superficial cuts on him to show for it, and we are supposed to accept that he just dropped (well, thrown) dead? Then when we faded to the Prime heaven scene, I instantly came up with the excuse that he never really died/was near death, but it was an event caused by his actions to explain his "worthiness" of the Matrix.

This gets blown away when the Fallen was able to just grab the Matrix from Prime and just fly away. Seriously? Didn't we just go through a cutscene explaining that it wasn't something that can be taken but must be earned etc, etc, etc. I could be mistaken though, the action before and after kinda turned my brain to mush trying to follow it.

I read through all of this thread... whew.

I went and saw it last night. I might as well give my 2 cents...

Pros: I really enjoyed it for what it was. A typical Michael Bay action flick with revered characters. CGI was amazing. It was fun, loud, and technically awesome.

Cons: Of course, the plot is going to be crazy. I get it, but I wish Bay would respect the audience a bit more. The Smithsonian into the desert? The RC decipticon/chihuahua thing? Jetfire with a cane just cause he's old? Come onnnnn. I sit there and enjoy one scene and am completely frustrated with the next one. This happens in every Michael Bay movie, but it seemed more prevalent in this one.

Imagine if JJ Abrams had a crack at the Transformers movies and put the same amount of effort as he did in Star Trek. They could've gone done as cult classics. Now they're just typical forgettable action movies. That's my frustration with G.I. Joe as well.


You know, we could go and make a drinking game out of Michael Bay movies. Drink every time he uses his cliche shots like the camera looping around characters multiple times, sliding the camera into blinding sunlight glare for dramatic effect, an upward slow motion shot of helicopter blades, etc. I'd be drunk within the first hour.