Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen roars onto the screen, with Sam Witwicke (Shia LaBeouf) packing the car with his parents, as he is off to college. In the process of packing, his father, played by Kevin Dunn, reminds him that he is allowed to date other girls, to which Sam promptly replies that he is a "one-woman man". Enter the girlfriend.
Straddled over a motorcycle, as she paints a she-devil design on the side of it, in a pair of extra short cut offs, Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) receives a call from Sam reminding her that he is leaving and wants to see her before he goes. After playing hard to get, she cycles over to Sam's house with a special 'good bye' planned. Meanwhile, Sam discovers a souvenir from the last movie that burns through his bedroom floor to the kitchen below. In the process the the kitchen appliances to spring to life and then quickly locate Sam, firing upon him and his family.
What follows is a series of one liners that at first appear funny. But after two hours, the premiere audience seemed less willing to laugh. What seemed most surprising in this film, more so that in the last one, was the over humanizing of the autobots and decepticons. They were more profane, stereotypical – and one even appeared to have testicles. All of this is meant to pump up the humor and keep the audience engaged, but it remains to be seen if it will work with the paying audiences. Early reviews are mixed.
At a glance: In the recent movie preview, Transformers 2, more than three thirds of the auditorium was filled and most in attendance were thirty five and under. Unlike past previews, there was no waiting in long lines. In comparison, the Star Trek premiere had people in line for hours, was filled to capacity and hosted a more diverse audience.
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Comments
ARE YOU OUT YOUR MIND? THIS WAS A FILM THAT I FELT WAS BETTER THAN THE DARK KNIGHT.I HATE YOU CRITICS,YOU CRITICIZE ANY AND EVERYTHING WITH YOUR OPINIONS AS IF THEY ARE FACTS.SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN
critics,are fun of s#%t.this movie was as good as the first and it kept my interested the hole time. i loved it and will buy the dvd when it comes out(p.s) the critics probally didn't grow up watching transformers. and how can you compare star trek with transformers.. hmmm big robots compared to space ship
Of course it wasn't good it WAS AWESOOOOOME, Action packed, Hilirious and just HOTT (Shia). Man the negativity that u just mentioned were the funniest parts of the movie the leg hump wow coulnd stop laughfing. GO SEE IT its worth paying 10 bucks I just finished watching it for the second time tonight
I grew up on transformers.the 1st bay movie was cool,but bay slaughtered this one w/lame jokes an humor.sams parents,bumblebee crying,dog humping,robot turning into girl,an jus wen i thought it couldnt get worse,devastator has testicles..wow,thanks m.bay for ruining transformers..great special effects an megan fox made this movie.evrything else was HORRIBLE!
Just saw the movie it was so awesome!!! NEVER TRUST ANY CRITICS. Star Trek was good but this is so much better star trek is for old people!!!
Did not see the movie but I'm definitely going to watch it tonight. I'm trying to ignore all the criticism but is hard. What if the critics are right, the movie kinda does seem a little too overloaded with action and robots, it doesn't look well balanced like the first. Idk... I just can't see this movie being better than the first. P.S. I completely agree with you KR. Critics do think they're opinions are facts. lol
Yup, we should remember that we are our own critics not some retard person acting as if they know all about movies. If they did, they would be making the movies and raking in the money. I agree they should just keep their mouth shut and watch the movies.
Ms Dash - Have you even watched the animation series. This film is meant for the fans. If you want plot and acting you don't go for Bay film, you stick to Lynch, Scorsese, Malick and the likes. If you want action where actors are a necessary evil you go for a Bay film. You as a critic should consider the target audience. The cinema I went to last night in Germany was jammed pack - and it was a pretty international audience, with fans from all ages. Everyone was there for one reason and one reason only Optimus "Big guns" Prime! Last time most fans complained abt fewer robots, less screen time for Bumblebee and Bumblebee. Well, Bay has heard us and responded
this is what happens when people watch a film that they just dont need to see, I am 28 and have watched the transformers since its original 1984 gen.1 cartoon days now if any one deseves to be over critical of a franchise movie taken from 80's animaie and put into live action it people like me a 20 year plus fan. Im here to tell you this film 45 mins. in was a triumph over the original and better than any other cinematic experience Ive had sinceI saw the world premire of the matrix reloaded in theatre. now my 6 year old son and i saw both films (transformers 1&2) at the theatre together and you can judge any thing best by a childs honesty, my son thinks revenge of the fallen was the most fun hes had with out going on a vacation!
Im a 20yr fan also,but this movie was full of the most corniest lame jokes ever.of course a 6yr would relate to them.just my opinion but this movie was horrible as far as storyline.the mom eating weed brownies?that was pointless 10min.they could have showed megan fox..1st movie rocked,but this one blows!!
this movie was great it kept my attention the entire way through the critics have different tastes in movies than others plus this movie was suposed tobe full of action and explosions and it did plenty of that of coarse the comedy was a little dry but it was still good and plus the rest of the movie made up for the dry comedy i am deffinately going to buy this movie too
THE MOVIE? ITS A VERY ENTERTAINING, FAST, GOOD MOVIE. THE CRITICS ARE ALL WRONG THEY MUST LOOK AT THE MOVIE AS A BOY OR A CHILD NOT AS AN ADULT. HEY DUDE SEE THE TITLE ITS TRANSFORMERS SO ITS ALL ABOUT ROBOTS. IT IS NOT FAIR TO COMPARE IT WITH STARTREK CAUSE STARTREK IS TO EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE SO LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WHILE TRANSFORMERS JUST LIKE THE ANIMATED ONE IS FULL OF ROBOTS NOT PEOPLE
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