What can be said…I’m going to skip the normal formalities. Everyone knows about this movie. Everyone knows about the last one. It made 13 billion dollars. Or something like that…But would the second one live up to the hype?
Well, as we start the movie Shia Lebouf is going to college because he, evidently, received brain damage in the last movie. Why? He’s moving far away from his girlfriend. Who is his girlfriend, you might as yourself…
I love you, darling.
Alright, so something burns Shia’s eyes, hilarity ensues, robots change into things that aren’t robots.
Allow me to just get to the meat of this: This movie is NOT as good as the first. Is it a decent movie in its own right? Yes, yes it is. It’s entertaining…There are some things that really just needed to be cut, however, dragged the movie down. There was a subplot that made use of a ‘presidential liaison’ that was an immense waste of time in a two and a half hour movie. Had that useless subplot been cut out, or at least TRIMMED DOWN, the movie would’ve been far more acceptable.
There were also a couple bots that were kind of odd and JarJar Binks-esque and not as funny as I think Michael Bay thought they were. they had a few clever quips and were entertaining in the big final fight, but beyond that they were just not good.
Furthermore there was one shot of a Decepticon, I believe, that showed two wrecking balls hanging from his crotch. Yes. Robot Testicles. Shit like that isn’t needed in this kind of movie.
There was a fight towards the middle of the movie, taking place in a forest, that I loved. It really outdid the final fight which seemed to be over crazy quick.
The acting, overall, was rather good. Shia was awesome, Megan Fox was awesome, John Turturro was excellent. The army guys didn’t really do much for me. the kid who played Shia’s college roommate was a nice comedic foil for Turturro.
Again, I love Megan Fox in ways none of you could understand.
5/10
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