Ok I'm better now. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is obviously the sequel to the 2007 mega hit, Transformers. Michael Bay directed both films and the movies star Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox. Let me list all the positives to this movie, and then follow them with the negatives.
Positives:
More robots. There are so many more robots as eye candy, it's pretty stunning actually. Especially the new motorcycle Autobots.
Ok... annnnnd that's it. I'm all out of positives to this movie.
Negatives:
Story. The most absurd, ridiculous, unbelievable story I've ever seen. The first Transformers managed to charm and make us believe that robots could come down from the heavens to live among us. In this movie, the characters are all over the place! There's a fallen? What? A matrix in there too? What? And a pyramid conspiracy? What the flip man?!
Michael Bay. The movie will win one award this season... Michael Bay's worst movie ever. Previous winner: Bad Boys 2. The guy should direct action porno, and I'm not kidding. The movie focuses on Megan Fox and Isabel Lucas to the point of discomfort. Plus, he has never been a true story teller. Yes, he can direct the ish out of an action sequence, but he forgot something: action should only lend itself to the story, not become the focus of the movie. I've said it before and I'll say it again; The Dark Knight was masterful because it focused on the story between Batman and The Joker and used action to compliment that story.
Length. The movie is almost 2 hours, 45 minutes! What the hell? The F' for? That movie could have been condensed to 1 hour 30 minutes without losing much substance. I woke up late to a meeting cause of this ish.
Characters. The first movie made me care what happened to Shia's character, it made me care about the core group of Autobots. By the end of this movie, I could care less if any of them made it out alive or not. All the human characters do is scream and yell and run... period! All the robot characters, good or bad, just fight... period! The only bright spot of character: Julie White as Judy Witwicky, Shia's mom in the movie. She... is... hillarious! Lastly... the movie WAS racist with its depiction of "the twins" and the African-American employee at the deli. I don't want to get into all that, so I'm going to leave it alone.
The movie will live in infamy as the worst reviewed movie to ever make $400 million plus. Pretty amazing what our culture has come to categorize as a good movie. Man, what happened to Bay movies like The Rock! Story, action, comedy all in one. I hated this movie so much that it is seriously my mission from now, until it is out of theaters, to make sure I tell as many people as possible not to see it. If that comes about through this Blog, so be it. I hate, hate, hated this movie!
