Last weekend I saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with Jeff, who is a pretty awesome guy, and an awesome friend to see it with. Pretty much the movie was okay, not great but not completely awful, as long as you look at it as an action movie. The action and the explosions were pretty awesome to start but by the end it was just boring, it basically became explosion, explosion, explosion, gunfire, gunfire, explosion, dialogue, more mayhem. Really that was the entire movie, lots of action and explosions, a decent idea for a plot, good CGI, a crappy script, mediocre acting, and Megan Fox's inexplicable ability to get through every disaster without a scrape, bruise, or even a speck of dirt sticking to her. Whilst joking around with some people the other day someone joked that she must be covered with the same coating as the cars, and if you see the movie you'll understand why it applies. She manages to go through the largest explosions completely untouched while Shia LaBeouf gets the shit beaten out of him constantly. Of course that's just one of the strange things about this film. The film is also nowhere near the family friendly film the first one was in both action and dialogue. The previously clean language of the characters is replaced with much more explicit language, the words bitch, asshole, and fuck tend to crop up at moments that seriously call into question the skills of the writer. While the first half of the film was decent, giving us some character development and tension between characters, of course the enjoyment wears of after the first 20 minutes or so, mostly because everything is so overdone and annoying. Anyone who was in a relationship at the end of high school and went to different college should recognise the awkwardness of the situation, but the movie milks it, using it as an excuse to set up the inevitable temptation of Sam, by a girl who is definitely attractive, but follows him rather like a stalker, sorry, not really my cup of tea, thank you very much. Anyway turns out that after pissing off his girlfriend by not showing up for their online date because he was at a frat party, he basically gets jumped by this girl, and surprise, she's a fembot. After that it goes downhill quickly, lots of explosions, but that's it. Nothing else of note really happens. And by now if you've read any other reviews you should know about what is probably the funniest part of the film, when Sam's mom unknowingly eats a pot brownie, resulting in some mild hilarity. Overall I say that if you really must see it, wait for the DVD release, then find someone with a big screen and a good sound system. Trust me you'll be happier and your wallet will thank you as well.
Until next time, Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and anyone else, have a great weekend. Next time I'll review Public Enemies and have tales of the week. Take care everyone!
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