Rating of
2.5/4
Fallen from grace
BryanFury - wrote on 06/29/09
I'm a little bit shaken up from all the noise of clashing robots but then again to put it in simple terms the movie for me has fallen 2 or 3 notches in comparison with the first one. Maybe the most valid and probable cause is they tried to squeeze everything into a two and half hour sequel which for me isn't a good idea at all because you'll lose character development in the process. Also the story for me lacks the all important depth to it which made me care less about the main characters. Yes it was fast paced but halfway through it I really feel like I don’t know what the heck is going on. I get what Michael Bay is all about, big explosions and heart stomping action sequences but a movie like this doesn’t need a scale of 10 on action and 1 on story. What I would have like to see was an even action/story driven movie, but I guess one couldn’t ask for everything. Plus I really didn’t like the additional annoying robots, and the cheesy Shia-Megan moments which sucked even during the first one. What it was for me was eye candy for the most part, and everything else is just forgettable. Don’t get me wrong I like big transforming robots in action but I also like a little story too.
