Movie Review; Transformers 2: Rise Of The Fallen

[Hunter Armitage]

For the record, this explains why I had that energy drink..

So, I just came back from a midnight viewing of the new Transformers Movie; Transformers: Rise Of The Fallen. And I must say, as a Transformers slight fan, I was severely unimpressed by this movie, hardcore. Was it just because it was a sequel and Michael Bay was just milking it for all it was worth?

Maybe.

But when I went, paid 12 dollars for my ticket, and after sitting in line for about 4 hours, waiting to get good seats, I sat down in the movie theater and expected a blow away experience. And what did I get in return?

I got lackluster action.

I got horrible deadpan humor.

And most of all, I got a brain turned to mush after sitting for about two and a half hours just watching, waiting for something good to happen. And in the movie's defense.. There was actually, in all reality, nothing new about it! I was so disappointed with this movie, but then again, a lot of people had high expectations for the movie. In the end, it was just a pretty horrid tale of reused concepts that failed miserably. It was like the movie was slowly building it's way up to the climax, and it just kinda left me hanging right at the building point. In fact, for most of the movie, it's just Sam and his little girlfriend traveling getting a bunch of lackluster information.

Now, I don't mean to be picky here, but there was only one good scene, and obviously, it was a fight scene, and it wasn't the final one either. However, as for the other fight scenes, unlike the first movie they failed to keep me at the edge of my seat. Also, I felt that they just ruined most of the fighting by taking everything into slow motion. Special effects are nice and all, but there is such a thing as too much.

As for the story, it was severely lacking. I'm not a spoiler, so I won't fill you in, however you can ask me over PMs or MSN or something if you really want to know. But it was just so bad, by the middle of the movie I seriously just wanted to walk out and attempt to get my 12 bucks back. In fact, I think Michael Bay pretty much just ruined Transformers all on his own for a lot of people, and the sad part was that people in the theater agreed with me.

Something else I also noticed.. Are monkeys rating these movies nowadays?! Seriously. There was about 15 8-10 year olds I saw in that theater. And the language in that movie.. For a G rated movie; was impeccable. They complain about kids becoming too abhorrent and violent, using cuss words and the like against their parents.. Now I'm no stranger to swearing, that's for sure. But seriously they dropped so many F bombs that it would make you want to take a bar of soap to the entire movie. Not to mention a lot of the humor that was depicted in the movie was severely high. And they say that kids won't get it.. But they do! I was surprised to see a 7 year old in front of me going.

"Hey Mom! That Decepticon has Huge Nuts!"

... Touche, Michael Bay. Considering you've got the balls to make something like this monstrosity? I think someone should stuff you in a blender. (See the movie to get that joke.)

In conclusion, I was appalled, I was devestated, and I seriously wanted to just throw up after watching that horrible movie.

So, word is that Michael Bay is making a third. I say he better Transform his directing skills into something more worthy, much when he had it back with the first one.

If you have any comments, please feel free, but I don't want any bashing on my review because you say that I think it sucks. That's just horrible, but regardless, thoughts?

[Emi Hitokata]

D:

I'm sorry to hear that it was bad.

And damn, my boyfriend and I were planning on seeing it >_> I guess we should pick a different movie to watch.

[Hunter Armitage]

Well, this was just my opinion, if there really isn't anything else to go see, then by all means see it! But after watching Transformers The Movie..

I must say, this movie really did unimpress me.

[ethan]

Well, shit. I was wanting to go see that on my birthday. I feel emo now. But srsly. Did you say that the kids were cursing, or there was a ton of cursing in the movie? Either way is actually kinda funny for some reason. I don't know what else I should see. I just finished watching Swing Vote, was okay I guess.

.....

The game.

[Hunter Armitage]

Oh, there was so much cursing! I can't even begin to match the tip of the iceberg with it!!

[Adrian]

The movie was rated PG-13, and they never dropped the F-bomb once.

Did we watch the same movie?


However, to be fair, they did drop the S-word more than I expected from a PG-13 flick.

Of course, Speed Racer was rated PG and they dropped a 'shit' in there at least twice, so.

[Hunter Armitage]

Jun 30, 2009 1:41:34 GMT -5 Adrian said:

However, to be fair, they did drop the S-word more than I expected from a PG-13 flick.

I was referring to that, but it's the still the same amount of surprisingly large vulgarity. And I have the movie ticket on me right here, it's rated G.

I guess Canada's standards aren't so high compared to America's.

[Adrian]

That's....... weird as hell.

[Hunter Armitage]

I should actually post the picture of the ticket for proof, sadly I can't do it now due to battery death on my camera phone, so tommorow.

But yes, it is weird..

[THE Justin]

YOU GO TO HELL. WE ARE NOT FRIENDS ANYMOAR.

J/K, but srsly, I'm gonna dissect everything you wrote and give a counterpoint.

But when I went, paid 12 dollars for my ticket, and after sitting in line for about 4 hours, waiting to get good seats, I sat down in the movie theater and expected a blow away experience. And what did I get in return?

I got lackluster action.

Lol wut? Lackluster in the sense that it didn't have polish? It was literally 2 hours of robots hammering the shit out of each other. There were explosions, pieces of robots flying, MULTIPLE DE-FACINGS/DECAPITATIONS, and lots of intense moments.

I got horrible deadpan humor.

Eh. This didn't upset me as much. Personally I just kinda let it slide off me and I agree it got annoying with some of the visual gags.

And most of all, I got a brain turned to mush after sitting for about two and a half hours just watching, waiting for something good to happen. And in the movie's defense.. There was actually, in all reality, nothing new about it! I was so disappointed with this movie, but then again, a lot of people had high expectations for the movie. In the end, it was just a pretty horrid tale of reused concepts that failed miserably. It was like the movie was slowly building it's way up to the climax, and it just kinda left me hanging right at the building point. In fact, for most of the movie, it's just Sam and his little girlfriend traveling getting a bunch of lackluster information.

The entire movie was Sam? Really? The biggest critique of this movie was that there wasn't enough of the college scenes, because the movie was legitimately good during thsi time. If anything it ran a little long for some people. But as an avid fan of transformers from day one, both the old cartoon and every iteration since then, I'd have to say that a lot of what they did not only was an innovative take on the classics, or a respectable alternative to what many expected.

And as far as expectations, I think Walky said it best; "I had a stupid grin on my face for nearly the full two-and-a-half hours."

This is not meant as a thinking man's movie. It is meant as an intense smash em up with as much action as possible. And if anyone is good at action, its Michael Bay.

Now, I don't mean to be picky here, but there was only one good scene, and obviously, it was a fight scene, and it wasn't the final one either. However, as for the other fight scenes, unlike the first movie they failed to keep me at the edge of my seat. Also, I felt that they just ruined most of the fighting by taking everything into slow motion. Special effects are nice and all, but there is such a thing as too much.

What slow motion? I literally can only think of one slow motion scene. Think of it this way; they are not going to move at the same speed as humans. They are giant fucking robots. And as far as that goes, they move pretty damn fast. If anything, I'd say at time that they moved a little too fast. I didn't really realize what happened with Jetfire until a second after he dealt with the problem.

As for the story, it was severely lacking. I'm not a spoiler, so I won't fill you in, however you can ask me over PMs or MSN or something if you really want to know. But it was just so bad, by the middle of the movie I seriously just wanted to walk out and attempt to get my 12 bucks back. In fact, I think Michael Bay pretty much just ruined Transformers all on his own for a lot of people, and the sad part was that people in the theater agreed with me.

I'm thinking this is partially your audience's fault, so I'm not exactly going to fault you for this. However, its transformers; they never had solid stories, ever. The original cartoons were literally just commercials for the toys. The only legitimately good story so far has been All Hail Megatron! and that isn't even that awesome as far as plot goes.

Expecting something as plot driven as... well, The watchmen or Dark Knight, you're looking at the wrong series and franchise for plot.

Something else I also noticed.. Are monkeys rating these movies nowadays?! Seriously. There was about 15 8-10 year olds I saw in that theater. And the language in that movie.. For a G rated movie; was impeccable. They complain about kids becoming too abhorrent and violent, using cuss words and the like against their parents.. Now I'm no stranger to swearing, that's for sure. But seriously they dropped so many F bombs that it would make you want to take a bar of soap to the entire movie. Not to mention a lot of the humor that was depicted in the movie was severely high. And they say that kids won't get it.. But they do! I was surprised to see a 7 year old in front of me going.

"Hey Mom! That Decepticon has Huge Nuts!"

... Touche, Michael Bay. Considering you've got the balls to make something like this monstrosity? I think someone should stuff you in a blender. (See the movie to get that joke.)

The movie is rated PG-13. Any children allowed in the theater are there because their parents are with them and have allowed them to see it. You can't knock a movie that's rated someway with an audience that's not aged correctly.

In conclusion, I was appalled, I was devastated, and I seriously wanted to just throw up after watching that horrible movie.

So, word is that Michael Bay is making a third. I say he better Transform his directing skills into something more worthy, much when he had it back with the first one.

I sure as hell hope there is a third. This movie was infinitely better than the first. There was characterization of Non-Bumblebee/Optimus Prime Robots (Starscream's an actual person! He even sounds lik Starscream is supposed to sound like!), the action was intense, and the plot was bearable.

Plus, come on man. Jetfire. War Veteran with a cane and combination abilities. Its fucking PERFECT.

[David Blaze]

Jun 30, 2009 21:11:39 GMT -5 THE Justin said:

YOU GO TO HELL. WE ARE NOT FRIENDS ANYMOAR.

J/K, but srsly, I'm gonna dissect everything you wrote and give a counterpoint.

But when I went, paid 12 dollars for my ticket, and after sitting in line for about 4 hours, waiting to get good seats, I sat down in the movie theater and expected a blow away experience. And what did I get in return?

I got lackluster action.

Lol wut? Lackluster in the sense that it didn't have polish? It was literally 2 hours of robots hammering the shit out of each other. There were explosions, pieces of robots flying, MULTIPLE DE-FACINGS/DECAPITATIONS, and lots of intense moments.



Eh. This didn't upset me as much. Personally I just kinda let it slide off me and I agree it got annoying with some of the visual gags.



The entire movie was Sam? Really? The biggest critique of this movie was that there wasn't enough of the college scenes, because the movie was legitimately good during thsi time. If anything it ran a little long for some people. But as an avid fan of transformers from day one, both the old cartoon and every iteration since then, I'd have to say that a lot of what they did not only was an innovative take on the classics, or a respectable alternative to what many expected.

And as far as expectations, I think Walky said it best; "I had a stupid grin on my face for nearly the full two-and-a-half hours."

This is not meant as a thinking man's movie. It is meant as an intense smash em up with as much action as possible. And if anyone is good at action, its Michael Bay.



What slow motion? I literally can only think of one slow motion scene. Think of it this way; they are not going to move at the same speed as humans. They are giant fucking robots. And as far as that goes, they move pretty damn fast. If anything, I'd say at time that they moved a little too fast. I didn't really realize what happened with Jetfire until a second after he dealt with the problem.



I'm thinking this is partially your audience's fault, so I'm not exactly going to fault you for this. However, its transformers; they never had solid stories, ever. The original cartoons were literally just commercials for the toys. The only legitimately good story so far has been All Hail Megatron! and that isn't even that awesome as far as plot goes.

Expecting something as plot driven as... well, The watchmen or Dark Knight, you're looking at the wrong series and franchise for plot.



The movie is rated PG-13. Any children allowed in the theater are there because their parents are with them and have allowed them to see it. You can't knock a movie that's rated someway with an audience that's not aged correctly.

In conclusion, I was appalled, I was devastated, and I seriously wanted to just throw up after watching that horrible movie.

So, word is that Michael Bay is making a third. I say he better Transform his directing skills into something more worthy, much when he had it back with the first one.

I sure as hell hope there is a third. This movie was infinitely better than the first. There was characterization of Non-Bumblebee/Optimus Prime Robots (Starscream's an actual person! He even sounds lik Starscream is supposed to sound like!), the action was intense, and the plot was bearable.

Plus, come on man. Jetfire. War Veteran with a cane and combination abilities. Its fucking PERFECT.

I second this.

[choongsung]

I honestly thought the movie was pretty good. I guess.. just go in not expecting much and with a funny group of friends. I'd have to say though, it is a massive recruiting tool for the military

[Young-Min Adair]

Jun 30, 2009 21:26:25 GMT -5 David Blaze said:

Jun 30, 2009 21:11:39 GMT -5 THE Justin said:

YOU GO TO HELL. WE ARE NOT FRIENDS ANYMOAR.

J/K, but srsly, I'm gonna dissect everything you wrote and give a counterpoint.




Lol wut? Lackluster in the sense that it didn't have polish? It was literally 2 hours of robots hammering the shit out of each other. There were explosions, pieces of robots flying, MULTIPLE DE-FACINGS/DECAPITATIONS, and lots of intense moments.



Eh. This didn't upset me as much. Personally I just kinda let it slide off me and I agree it got annoying with some of the visual gags.



The entire movie was Sam? Really? The biggest critique of this movie was that there wasn't enough of the college scenes, because the movie was legitimately good during thsi time. If anything it ran a little long for some people. But as an avid fan of transformers from day one, both the old cartoon and every iteration since then, I'd have to say that a lot of what they did not only was an innovative take on the classics, or a respectable alternative to what many expected.

And as far as expectations, I think Walky said it best; "I had a stupid grin on my face for nearly the full two-and-a-half hours."

This is not meant as a thinking man's movie. It is meant as an intense smash em up with as much action as possible. And if anyone is good at action, its Michael Bay.



What slow motion? I literally can only think of one slow motion scene. Think of it this way; they are not going to move at the same speed as humans. They are giant fucking robots. And as far as that goes, they move pretty damn fast. If anything, I'd say at time that they moved a little too fast. I didn't really realize what happened with Jetfire until a second after he dealt with the problem.



I'm thinking this is partially your audience's fault, so I'm not exactly going to fault you for this. However, its transformers; they never had solid stories, ever. The original cartoons were literally just commercials for the toys. The only legitimately good story so far has been All Hail Megatron! and that isn't even that awesome as far as plot goes.

Expecting something as plot driven as... well, The watchmen or Dark Knight, you're looking at the wrong series and franchise for plot.



The movie is rated PG-13. Any children allowed in the theater are there because their parents are with them and have allowed them to see it. You can't knock a movie that's rated someway with an audience that's not aged correctly.



I sure as hell hope there is a third. This movie was infinitely better than the first. There was characterization of Non-Bumblebee/Optimus Prime Robots (Starscream's an actual person! He even sounds lik Starscream is supposed to sound like!), the action was intense, and the plot was bearable.

Plus, come on man. Jetfire. War Veteran with a cane and combination abilities. Its fucking PERFECT.

I second this.

Third-ed.

[THE Justin]

just saw it again on epic sized Drive in Screen.

HOly fuck its even MORE badass.

[Emi Hitokata]

Wait, I'm confused.

Is it a good movie or a bad one?

@_@

I'm still deciding if it's worth my time to watch. >_>