Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Single-Disc Edition)
One of the most popular, thrill-packed, franchises of all time is back with even more action and more Autobots and Decepticons! In the highly anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to product humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That’s an exact classification of director Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Think of Transformers 1 on crack. In other words, this sequel took all of the extreme elements that made fans love the first movie and increased them exponentially. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox’s hotness to the max. As if she weren’t enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is t
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Review by Kevis Hendrickson for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Single-Disc Edition)
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As a Gen-Xer, I grew up watching Transformers with a zealotry only surpassed by my love of Star Wars. I owned all the toys, comics, and other fan-related merchandise. I even watched the original film on VHS so much that the tape turned to shreds. Since a kid, I’ve been dying to see a live-action film made of one of my most beloved franchises. Enter Michael Bay and all my childhood fantasies of seeing a great Transformers film have been ruined.
I was not happy with the direction of the first film. In fact, even though I hated it, I felt it did have some redeeming qualities which made it at least worth watching. With that said, I dreaded seeing the sequel. But nothing could have prepared me for just how terrible Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is. There have been some real sci-fi stinkers released at the movies over the years (Streetfighter, Mortal Kombat 2, Godzilla, Highlander 4, Matrix Revolutions, Attack of the Clones, etc). But until watching RotF, I have never left the theater feeling as though all of my brain cells had died from watching a film. Only reason I didn’t walk out of this movie is because I had gone to see it with a friend. Without a doubt, RotF is the single most mindless piece of garbage filmmaking I have ever seen in my life.
The positives:
-Some well-choreographed action scenes.
-Improved battle scenes between the Transformers.
-Megan Fox
-Peter Cullen/Frank Welker
The negatives:
-Way too much cursing (even for a PG-13 movie).
-Too many raunchy scenes
-Toilet humor.
-Bad acting.
-God awful script.
-Nonsensical plot.
-Terrible robot design.
-Racist “black-face” vaudeville robots.
-Too much Mom and Dad
-Excessive running time.
-Shia Lebeouf
-Michael Bay
It’s a testament to how dumb our culture has gotten when a film as crude, silly, and tasteless as RotF can go on to become one of the highest grossing films in history. Thanks to the success of this mindless film, it’s a good bet that Hollywood is sure to make fewer good films in the future in order to spit out more rubbish like RotF.
I am convinced that so long as Michael Bay is at the helm, I will never watch another live-action Transformer movie. In fact, I will probably never watch another Michael Bay film period.
My advice to anyone with half of a brain or even an ounce of good taste is to save your money and stay far away from this despicable train-wreck!
Zero Stars.
Review by Just Me for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Single-Disc Edition)
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I’ll conceded the good points of the movie, everyone agrees about those. However, what overshadows all of those good points was the Plethora of AWFUL points. Wow, it’s almost as if the bad points was of such monstrosity that they were almost celebrated to the negative. And one over emphasized facets that just really bugged me in this film; every, I mean every girl in this movie was of model appearance. The stand ins, background and fillers were young, long hairs, tan girls. Which we all like in proportion, but damn… if that’s all there is as a standard, beauty starts to reverse itself. Even if one contends this was to be about “eye candy,” eye candy becomes anything but if it is overplayed. It’s sort of like the premise; one must have bad in order to have good, in anything in life in order to be valid. Ok, one GREAT point: Special Effects – Awesome!