Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: ROTF User Review Thread

[Savage]

I really did think that this was supposed to be a kids movie along the lines of "Small Soldiers" but I guess I'm giving it too little credit?

 

[DemonicFoil]

Just saw the film and for me it had that epic feel too it and the humor actually had me laughing out loud instead of rolling my eyes this time. The twins weren't that annoying and the whole devastator having balls thing was really not that bad.

I also forgot to mention if i had one minor complaint it would be soundwave's voice, i thought they were going to make him sound more like the cartoons.

 

[Kane52630]

Transformers 2

4/10 + IMAX = 6/10

the movie is forgettable, it has a horrible storyline, but it was my first time being at IMAX, and had bad seats (we were late)

but im going again on Friday (due to most of my friends pre-ordered their tickets late and got them for friday)

 

[Superhero 101]

My Verdict: It wasn't a bad film but it wasn't great it was good enough for. me to like it. The Beginning was Amazing with Shanghai you get right into the movie and action. The Pace of the Film was okay the problem that i had was that Bay didn't really introduce the new Autobots that well He just kinda put them there as new Autobots A Big problem of the Movie is that there is no Characterization Developement. The Action was amazing like some of the fight sequences were eye popping for me. The Bumblebee one was really entertaining And of Course The Forest Scene And The Battle With The Fallen was short but good. There were a few Plotholes but just a few. The Ending was way Rushed everything was happening so fast it is easy to get confused or lost. The Acting was probably the Achilles Heal Megan Fox is all body and no Acting Shia is still a kid and has not improved whatsoever and Tyrese and Josh had No point in the film at all The Comedy in the Film is Typical Bay Crap. But the Film is a good overall it is a typical Summer Action Flick Go Watch it I Give it a 7/10

 

[Theweepeople]

star trek had the silliest plot of them all. by the way, is nero still waiting for spock on a hunch that he will someday show up. waisting over 20 years waiting for someone that might not come when his advanced ship can rule the universe.......epic fail. the plot made nero look like a total dumbass. T2>ST.as for indy 4, any indy fan that actually knows something about the indy franchise will tell you indy 4 sucked devastator's scrotem.

You're being completely silly. Nero waited 20 years for spock to get the red matter from him so he could destroy planet Vulcan. Nero had no intention of ruling the universe because that's not what motivated his character. His character was motivated by revenge.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Fantastic film! I would love it if in the next one Sam gets a big weapon to step in and save Optimus or Bumblebee. Maybe an exo-skeletton suit (similar to Matrix:Revolutions) or just a biggass tank. I also want individual screen time for Bumblebee (where he can actually talk), Ironhide, Arcee and Ratchet. Also I hope to see Unicron for the climax. I don't understand the hate for this film AT ALL!

 

[Kane52630]

Fantastic film! I would love it if in the next one Sam gets a big weapon to step in and save Optimus or Bumblebee. Maybe an exo-skeletton suit (similar to Matrix:Revolutions) or just a biggass tank. I also want individual screen time for Bumblebee (where he can actually talk), Ironhide, Arcee and Ratchet. Also I hope to see Unicron for the climax. I don't understand the hate for this film AT ALL!

Lots of action and little story, thats why some of us are not liking the film

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Overall I liked the film a hell of a lot. It was a fun ride.

But as mentioned earlier, the constructicon continuity errors were ridiculous, Bay's storyboards must have looked better on paper until he got to the editing room and saw that it made no sense and had to switch up some stuff.

The twins were a major sore spot for me, these idiots are given far too much screen time and Jolt and Sideswipe suffer for it.


But in all honesty, when I look at it, there was more good than bad, for me at least. I felt it was worth my 12 bucks for IMAX. Just like the first movie for me.

I agree with this poster. My only complaint aside for the ones mentioned here is some of the CGI looked awful. Maybe it was just because it was all so fast, but like the final fight between Prime and the Fallen looked awful to me for some reason. It was still great, just didn't feel like the eye candy it should have. Not to mention, scene like the Twins heading to the ruins behind the human characters looked weird in the heat-waved background. Otherwise, I loved it. Hope Bay continues to deliver.

 

[DeaDheaD]

I could have done without, Devastator's balls, Simmons' balls, and the Wheelie leghumping, but overall it was entertaining and they did a much better job making Prime a badass this time.

 

[craigdbfan]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Review (Deux IMAX edition)

I'll keep it short.

So I saw the movie again (had to because I spent money on an IMAX ticket that I had pre ordered online).

I have to say that once I watched it again knowing what I was walking into made the experience better. Some of the comedic gags made me chuckle silently and the Twins weren't as annoying the second time around and Sam's mother was more tolerable because I kind of gave up not liking her.

While the movie's story still felt disjointed and overly dragged on for 2 hours. The shots filmed in IMAX looked great but the sizing issue when it switched from 35mm to IMAX was a bit distracting but nothing serious really.

I did however start dazing off once again during the third half of the movie. Which still remains an unabashed dragging full of filler (something that not only happens in the third half but constantly with the human arcs in this movie). If this movie would have been shorter I probably wouldn't of disliked it so much my first time seeing it.

So now that my first viewing was able to sink in (initially I was pretty disappointed), I was able to enjoy it far more the second time around (the special effects and some of the action sequences are to great for me to completely dislike this movie). I think the length is what makes some of the parts kind of excruciating to watch. Yes, some of the acting is over the top, bland even but the movie as a whole has an odd charm to it thats hard to dismiss.

With all that said I rate:

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" a 6/10

 

[Lighthouse]

Lots of action and little story, thats why some of us are not liking the film

Its not really even that. I find myself as one of the minority here who hated this film. Really hated it. I say this as someone who really liked the first one, and I like big action movies with robots fighting each other. But the massive levels of stupidity, the awful unfunny "comic relief", and of course, the twins, really bring this movie to the gutters. Thing is, this particular movie, at about 90 to 100 minutes, I could see as passable entertainment, and possibly enjoyable. But at 2 hours and 24 minutes, it is nearly unbearable. I've never seen a movie so completely and unnecessarily bloated before. Its worse than Pirates 3 in terms of sheer unnecessary footage. I'm glad others enjoyed it, but I'll be telling everyone I know to avoid this at least until DVD.

 

[craigdbfan]

Thing is, this particular movie, at about 90 to 100 minutes, I could see as passable entertainment, and possibly enjoyable. But at 2 hours and 24 minutes, it is nearly unbearable. I've never seen a movie so completely and unnecessarily bloated before.

Completely agree. Thats one of the factors that made the movie such a bad experience the first time around. Senseless fodder to stretch the running time for no apparent reason.

 

[Boom]

Ignoring the blood-boiling theater experience, the film was terrible. Great fun, but a terrible film.

5/10

 

[roach]

Loved the movie 9/10 for me....would have been 10/10 but Sound wave didnt have his voice

 

[Lighthouse]

I'm really mystified as to why mindless action blockbusters are getting so damn long. With guys like Peter Jackson, I can see their reasoning(though I think King Kong was still way too damn long), but Transformers and the Pirates movies? Aren't these movies supposed to leave us breathless, not mind numbing and tedious?

 

[Boom]

I'm really mystified as to why mindless action blockbusters are getting so damn long. With guys like Peter Jackson, I can see their reasoning(though I think King Kong was still way too damn long), but Transformers and the Pirates movies? Aren't these movies supposed to leave us breathless, not mind numbing and tedious?

It doesn't help when probably an hour of the film is dedicated to horrible comic relief that has absolutely nothing to do with the film. Example, the mom eating weed brownies.

Why?

Just why?

 

[Bond]

To make this brief, it was stupid, repetitive, and surprisingly boring. 5/10.

 

[skorponok]

Loved the movie 9/10 for me....would have been 10/10 but Sound wave didnt have his voice

That IS Soundwave's voice...that's exactly what it sounded like in the G1 Cartoons in the rare instances when the vocoder wasn't on (I believe there was an entire episode where the vocoder wasn't applied...)

 

[Bunker]

What the **** did I just watch? It felt like a recruiting video for all 5 branches of the military combined with a horrendously bad sitcom combined with a lame ass apocalyptic goat**** of a plot. The crowd I was with clapped at the end. Sweet christ.

 

[chaseter]

Transformers 2

4/10 + IMAX = 6/10

the movie is forgettable, it has a horrible storyline, but it was my first time being at IMAX, and had bad seats (we were late)

but im going again on Friday (due to most of my friends pre-ordered their tickets late and got them for friday)

The movie is forgettable but you are going back to see it again

 

[Boom]

Still, I should give Michael Bay some credit. He managed to create a character even worse than Sam What-the-****-ever-wicky: the roommate.

 

[Bunker]

It seemed like eevery single ****ing line was a sarcastic remark attempting to get a giggle from the audience. It's like "how about a serious piece of dialogue PLZ". The scenes in Egypt with Torturro, the ****ing annoying roommate, and the twins made me want to punch myself in the forehead as hard as possible. Anyone who liked this movie seriously has the brain of a small child.

This is coming from someone who loved the first one (in theaters).

 

[Bunker]

****ing double.

 

[skorponok]

Pros:

Optimus throughout...

Bumblebee

Ravage/Soundwave

(That IS the same Soundwave voice - just without the vocoder - there were actually moments in the G1 cartoon where he sounded exactly the same that people apparently forgot)

Megatron/Starscream

Alice the Pretender (much better than I expected)

The moment between Sam and his father towards the end - people who have seen the movie will know what I'm talking about

The brief moments with Sideswipe

ILM - I did not think, even for the briefest of moments, that I was watching CGI characters...disbelief was indeed suspended...

Tony Todd as The Fallen

Jetfire and Upgrade Prime...I actually really enjoyed Jetfire's arc...

The 8923982389 G1 references I'm sure most people missed (for instance, the obvious use of the word/obscure TF name "Camshaft), etc...



Cons:

I actually disliked the opening - it was extremely clunky and really quite a mess - strangely that seems to be a scene many liked...

I'm all for long movies, but it could have been trimmed about 10 minutes...

Dog humping...for some reason it was funny enough just seeing the other dog with his "bling"

Apparently New Jersey and Washington DC have the same California backdrop - as someone from the East Coast who lives in Southern California now that was a bit jarring...

The idea of having characters as comic relief is a little pointless when there are about 95 comic relief characters...

The film lacks quite a bit of that "magic" feel that the original had...then again I knew from the start that would be damn near impossible to duplicate...



Closing: A very worthy sequel...some disjointed moments...it's A LOT to take in...

The twins are nowhere NEAR as prevalent as some people have said...

NOTE: I'm not sure if it's been pointed out, but quite a bit of the story of the film seemed to reference the 1986 animated film, just swap out Hot Rod for Sam...

 

[skorponok]

The crowd I was with clapped at the end.

A ton of applause at the end of mine as well.