June 28, 2009

• Movie I've seen recently...
  normally I do more than one review, but I'll make an exception for this...

  

  Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen (2009) C+

  If there are three words to describe "Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen" it has to be SO MUCH DESTRUCTION. Admittedly, these are giant robots duking it out, so the destruction that follows from a battle should happen, but wow does director Michael Bay really know how to blow things up but good. On a somewhat similar matter, it still amazes me how violent the robots can be to each other, and how if those fight scenes were done by human actors, the movie would instantly be an NC-17 film. Breaking off an enemy's arm, and using that to beat him up? Wow. Keep in mind that the movie is two and a half hours long (IMAX version slightly longer), and I swear that after seeing the 1000th explosion, I couldn't help but say "this movie is actually still going." As a sequel, it doesn't have the unique initial charm of the first film, nor is it as funny as that, it's got plot holes, characters that defy logic, and the story is really just there to transition itself to a scene with a robot or more explosions. So much negativity. I probably hated it right? NOPE. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit (not as much as the first one though).

  This is suppose to be a brainless fun action film, and this is what was delivered. The human actors from Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, to John Turturro did their parts as well as the script allowed. Ofcourse it's the robots we wanted to see, and while there seemed to be more emphasis on the Decepticons this time around, Optimus Prime and Bubblebee are still represented very well for the Autobots side. Optimus Prime in particular will always be my favorite, and that fight scene he had alone against numerous Decepticons was spectacular to experience, that it gave me chills watching that sequence. In the previous film, I did make a comment that when the robots are fighting each other, the meshing of metal against metal seemed "too messy" to keep track of what's going on. While this sequel has not completely solved that problem, those fight scenes do seem a little easier to follow this time around. Now my advice to anyone who has yet to see this film, is to go into Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen, and see it like a roller coaster experience. There might not be much substance, but you should enjoy the ride.

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