Revenge of the Fallen The official Transformers:Revenge Of The Fallen movie critics review thread

[Mr. Earle]

Prime is Jesus...Jesus always beats the mechanical Devil.

Well people are reporting that it was all too easy. And from the point that he could barely stand up to Megatron, he goes out and fight Meg and 2 other robots and barely succeeds in beating them. Come on!

I enjoy watching Prime be a badass, but not at the expense of Megatron, the Fallen or any other.

 

[chaseter]

I was joking...haven't seen the movie yet so I have no idea. But, I would assume that Prime wins because Prime wins in the cartoons. He always beats his adversaries...except in Beast Wars But he comes back!

 

[shigsy2003]

Well people are reporting that it was all too easy. And from the point that he could barely stand up to Megatron, he goes out and fight Meg and 2 other robots and barely succeeds in beating them. Come on!

I enjoy watching Prime be a badass, but not at the expense of Megatron, the Fallen or any other.

Hang on. Prime doesn't "barely" batter Megs, Starscream and Grindor...he OWNS them. Seriously he has been to the gym and batters the three of them before Megatron...well pulls a Megatron.

Even the baddest of baddies have weaknesses and a Prime is the Fallen's.

Also I don't mind Megs looking like a ***** in this film since Prime was a ***** in the last one. Hopefully now in 3 they will be on equal terms.

 

[chaseter]

Hopefully in 3 they both cower to Unicron.

 

[terry78]

Michael Bay keeping is Classic

There are two robots in the film called Mudflap and Skids, and despite being red and green, respectively, they are voiced in a way that clearly designates them to be the “black” robots. Also, Skids has a gold front tooth (no, I’m serious) and both cannot read.

I hope one of them is like, "we be reppin' our clique fo' reals.....Cybertron up in this piece."

 

[Episode29]

I hope one of them is like, "we be reppin' our clique fo' reals.....Cybertron up in this piece."

I hope they call Sam "massa" and devilishly eye white women.

*Sigh* 94 years since Birth of the Nation and they're still trotting out the same stereotypes, only by less overt means.

 

[shigsy2003]

Hopefully in 3 they both cower to Unicron.

The only way to top the action in this one would be to introduce Unicron. Now Prime/Megs/Starscream feel like their G1 selves a team up would be nice. Although have Starscream refusing to cooperate and creating the Combaticons. In order to fight Unicron both Prime and Megatron create Superion and Menasaur...although as the fight is being lost and Starscream is about to be killed by Unicron he sends Bruticus to help. You could have the three gestalts fighting Unicron on the outside while small band of Autobots/Decepticons fight him on the inside led by Megs and Prime.

 

[protocida]

I'd have Megatron awakening Unicron to help his conquer the Universe, but Unicron has his own agenda and wants to destroy EVERYTHING. Megatron and Prime unite to stop him, because, if Unicron suceeds, not only Megatron will have lost, the pleasure of victory will be taken from him. And that, he won't allow.

 

[craigdbfan]

TF:ROTF now has 40% on RT. I'm pretty sure once the reviews from the US start rolling in the percentage will at least hit the 50% mark.

 

[Visceral]

this is a dumb thread everyone knows this film is immune to critics

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

this is a dumb thread everyone knows this film is immune to critics

well its pure dumb,fun,big robots, action popcorn flick.

as long as i get my daily dosis of KICK@SS i´ll be more than happy and not mind the bad jokes in this movie.

 

[omid17]

im pretty excited cuz i just got my imax ticket for thursday morning. never been to imax thats why im kinda hyped up to see ROTF

 

[chaseter]

After seeing Year One...I need a pick me up.

 

[omid17]

its cool man at least ROTF comes out less than a week

 

[Mr. Earle]

Also I don't mind Megs looking like a ***** in this film since Prime was a ***** in the last one. Hopefully now in 3 they will be on equal terms.

I disagree. They should have nailed the balance between them this time around. Prime should have been owning 3 decepticons and when he would be finished with them, Megatron should appear and they would fight. And if you ask me, they should be equal, or maybe Megatron having a slight edge since the decepticons were born to be fighters.

Prime owning Megatron and 2 of the strongest Decepticons at the same time is just bad writing. They were clearly trying to make up for the last scene of TF1 but they nerfed Megatron very badly.

Even the baddest of baddies have weaknesses and a Prime is the Fallen's.

That makes sense, but it also needs to be done right. If Prime used his new guns to kill him, then his weakness is just getting fired upon. If Prime used the Matrix of leadership, or something else that is exclusive to him, then yeah, only a Prime can kill the Fallen.

Which again poses the question: How come the original 12 Primes (who are supposed to be gods) couldnt kill him, but Optimus alone can?

 

[Mr. Earle]

The only way to top the action in this one would be to introduce Unicron. Now Prime/Megs/Starscream feel like their G1 selves a team up would be nice. Although have Starscream refusing to cooperate and creating the Combaticons. In order to fight Unicron both Prime and Megatron create Superion and Menasaur...although as the fight is being lost and Starscream is about to be killed by Unicron he sends Bruticus to help. You could have the three gestalts fighting Unicron on the outside while small band of Autobots/Decepticons fight him on the inside led by Megs and Prime.

Too many combiners, too many bots. Optimus should combine with Megatron. The combiner would be **** awesome!

 

[shigsy2003]

I disagree. They should have nailed the balance between them this time around. Prime should have been owning 3 decepticons and when he would be finished with them, Megatron should appear and they would fight. And if you ask me, they should be equal, or maybe Megatron having a slight edge since the decepticons were born to be fighters.

Prime owning Megatron and 2 of the strongest Decepticons at the same time is just bad writing. They were clearly trying to make up for the last scene of TF1 but they nerfed Megatron very badly.

That makes sense, but it also needs to be done right. If Prime used his new guns to kill him, then his weakness is just getting fired upon. If Prime used the Matrix of leadership, or something else that is exclusive to him, then yeah, only a Prime can kill the Fallen.

Which again poses the question: How come the original 12 Primes (who are supposed to be gods) couldnt kill him, but Optimus alone can?

the forest fight is amazing and don't worry too much...it ends in a very annoying but very 'Megatron' way. Now that Prime has kicked arse I will be happy seeing them as equals.

The only question I can't answer is why only Optimus can kill the Fallen. Seeing as how all 12 of the original Prime's attacked the Fallen at once centuries earlier and he came out on top...so not sure where his "only a Prime can defeat me" comment comes from.

 

[Mr. Earle]

the forest fight is amazing and don't worry too much...it ends in a very annoying but very 'Megatron' way. Now that Prime has kicked arse I will be happy seeing them as equals.

The only question I can't answer is why only Optimus can kill the Fallen. Seeing as how all 12 of the original Prime's attacked the Fallen at once centuries earlier and he came out on top...so not sure where his "only a Prime can defeat me" comment comes from.

Thanks a lot man!

 

[Mr. Earle]

Oh another one popped in my head: Are there any sad scenes about the fallen autobots or is it "aww jazz" all over again? At least for Jetfire who sacrificed himself, there should be something!

 

[Electrofarce]

this is a dumb thread everyone knows this film is immune to critics

That's mostly true. I think people are just curious, but most don't care what the critics have to say. I sure don't!

 

[shigsy2003]

Oh another one popped in my head: Are there any sad scenes about the fallen autobots or is it "aww jazz" all over again? At least for Jetfire who sacrificed himself, there should be something!

Not really. Not many Autobots die (I think only 2 die) and none of them have any post death mentions.

 

[luca_frontino]

Oh another one popped in my head: Are there any sad scenes about the fallen autobots or is it "aww jazz" all over again? At least for Jetfire who sacrificed himself, there should be something!

In the movie adaptation is very rushed out. Jetfire offers himself for disembodiment and they just agree without any hesitation. There's not even a "goodbye"!
I hope that at least this is played out better in the film, but I wouldn't expect any tear to come out even from the most emotional person watching the movie.

 

[baerrtt]

^ Bay said him self in a video interview, and I quote "The fans wanted darker - they're gonna get darker". If you need to hear that for your self I can try and find it on you tube, but I clearly remember him saying it.

Bay says alot of things about his movies that don't exactly turn out to be true when they're released.

 

[Mantis Rapture]

Mark Kermode Review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2009/06/transformers_190609.html

Awesome.

Actually got dragged to this film again yesterday by the gf. Was gonna see Red Cliff until she realised it was gonna be subtitled...she doesn't do subtitles. She liked the first one so talked me into seeing it again, the evil *****.

So, after a second, sober viewing...honestly, it's awful. I don't think i've ever hated two beings more than Skids and Mudflap.

Well, maybe Orci and Kurtzman.

They must've spent all of 3 days writing this thing. I'm not asking for Shakespeare, but GODDAMN the dialouge in this thing is actually embarrasing. You feel your brain getting dumber while your watching it. It's strange that the dialouge in Star Trek was probably the best part of it's script, what with the gaping plotholes and all, yet in this film it's just beyond terrible.

Anybody who actually likes good films and the ability to hear will have a hard time not face palming themselves constantly while watching this.

 

[The Lizard]

Actually got dragged to this film again yesterday by the gf. Was gonna see Red Cliff until she realised it was gonna be subtitled...she doesn't do subtitles. She liked the first one so talked me into seeing it again, the evil *****.

So, after a second, sober viewing...honestly, it's awful. I don't think i've ever hated two beings more than Skids and Mudflap.
...
Anybody who actually likes good films and the ability to hear will have a hard time not face palming themselves constantly while watching this.

I'm getting prepared for maximum eyerolls and facepalming.

BTW, if your gf refuses to watch subtitled movies, you should get a new gf.