Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: ROTF User Review Thread

[Nathan]

Because when she fires plasma shots around there's no risk whatsoever to blow a little fleshing to smithereens. Ok... Celtic, I respect you liking the movie, but try to come up with reasonable excuses.

 

[Golgo-13]

They wanted his brain...not him. So, dead or alive it didnt matter, just as long as she didnt blow his head off.

Is that how it works? I thought they wanted him alive. When Megs had him before the forest fight, he told Sam he was gonna kill him slowly but needed to get the info first, so it would have to wait. From that i assumed they needed him alive.

 

[storyteller]

Well seeing as how earlier they showed how the metal spheres formed a solid mass. I assume that and a combination of holographic tech made her form.

Complete and utter garbage?
Wow I've seen terrible movies. Anything made by the guys who make those lame parody movies is complete and utter garbage.
This was anything but. Personally the twins I didnt mind at all. I find that all the bay humor that people hate I find quite enjoyable. Maybe some cant take a joke.

My only real complaint is that the majority of the Autobots dont get a word in.
Bumble bee(who actually hasnt gotten his voice fixed), the twins, and Optimus actually have plenty of dialogue. Everyone else shows up like all the unnamed decepticons.

The plot wasnt all over the place. It all comes to a point. I remember how one review complained about how at the end, the movie ends where it started. Yeah it sorta does but then thats good. Like Transformers its designed to be that if there is not another movie(or someone takes over) they dont leave the viewer hanging.

If you not a fan of the Humans in the first film.
You wont like this film

If you didnt like the humor of the first film
You wont like this film

Overall if you didnt like the first film, This will not change your mind.

If you liked the first film, there is not damn reason why you should not like this one. That simply doesn't make sense one bit. Thats my biggest thing. Can you prefer the first film yes. But if you saw the first film as good and call this one an abomination is Bs to me.

 

[Golgo-13]

Oh and btw, was anyone else happy as hell that we finally got a full shot of Optimus Prime transforming from robot to truck, as there were none in TF1...?

 

[craigdbfan]

Is that how it works? I thought they wanted him alive. When Megs had him before the forest fight, he told Sam he was gonna kill him slowly but needed to the info first, so it would have to wait. From that i assumed they needed him alive.

They needed the Doctor (Scalpel) to analyze Sam to reach a proper conclusion on how they'd get the information. Then the Doctor told Meg's that they needed his brain.

I don't understand why that would be necessary because Scalpel finds the symbols...

Ok now I've confused myself. This is one of the aspects that kind of confused me honestly. Like Sam running towards Prime in Egypt instead of one of the Autobots (preferably Bumblebee) getting him there in a quicker and safer manner.

 

[Nathan]

Bumblebee had to take care of the parents, the Arcee sisters were shot, Ironhide was also wounded. So he had really no other choice.

 

[Mr. Earle]

I'd like the guy that has the ability to fuse Transformer parts to have at least some minimal development. Just enough to know a bit about his character. Like we know how Jazz was 2nd in command, Ironhide is the Weapon specialist of the team, Ratchet the medic. Jolt was just some random blue Autobot.

Shouldnt Ratchet be the one to do the fusing? I mean, he is the doctor and all...

 

[craigdbfan]

Bumblebee had to take care of the parents, the Arcee sisters were shot, Ironhide was also wounded. So he had really no other choice.

A Camaro has 4 seats doesn't it?

Plus before Sam's parents even get dropped off by the Decepticons Sam was already on foot while Bumblebee was just off camera leaving the audience to think "What the heck is Bumblebee doing!?".

 

[shadowchaser]

Saw it this afternoon...

It was eh, ok, definitely not great. The first one was so much better. Michael Bay pulled a George Lucas and made what was fun about the first one and made it really cheesy the second time around. The movie was one extra act too long. The beginning was great, the ending was great (although it did feel like they rushed it to wrap it up), everything in the middle was dragged out and sucked! Whoever wrote the dialogue should have their hands broken. It was so cheesy. It was like George Lucas wrote it because it reminded of Episodes 1 & 2...thats how bad it was. The romance scenes were eye rolling too. Whose bright idea was it to take the main Autobot characters from the first one, push them into the background to focus on the most racist stereotypical twins?? They are the worst characters since Jar Jar Binks....they made Jar Jar Binks look like Shaft! Did you really need those two for comic relief? You already had every main human character deliver cheesy comic relief...the mother was annoying, ok we get it, she's an idiot...did Shia Lebouf need a new whiny ***** sidekick? Wasn't Bumblebee his sidekick to begin with? Did we need John Turturro back for more than 10 minutes of screen time? In two years, how come Bumblebee still can't talk? The radio speaking got tired quick. Why have Optimus Prime be absent through the entire middle act? Did you really need an Egyptian midget soldier? The main villain, The Fallen, which is supposed to be this biggest bad-ass, lasted about 20 seconds against Prime? WTF? Also, I didn't like the fact that they made Optimus Prime take "pleasure" in destroying the enemy. Heroes don't do that. Its also obvious now and its tired, that Michael Bay has a huge hard-on for the military. He should direct their commercials instead. Everytime when they popped up, the movie started to drag. This movie also had a huge body count...I think more than any Schwarzenegger flick.

The only saving graces that made this movie truly not sucking hard were the special effects, the action scenes, the banter between Megatron and Starscream (which was like the cartoon and comics) and of course Megan Fox...god damm she looked amazing.

I give it a c+

So far the best movies of the summer are Star Trek and The Hangover...

 

[Nathan]

A Camaro has 4 seats doesn't it?

Plus before Sam's parents even get dropped off by the Decepticons Sam was already on foot while Bumblebee was just off camera leaving the audience to think "What the heck is Bumblebee doing!?".

Yeah, you're right. I was just thinking about the part when Bee drove off with the parents to bring them to safety. And yet they still appeared when Sam died.

 

[Golgo-13]

Did Sam die? He looked to me like he was just uncinscience and then had the vision with the Primes. I need to re-watch it. There's too much to take in after one viewing.

 

[Nathan]

Lennox was giving him a heart massage and checking his breath and we had a medic use a defibrillator on him and then shaking his head. I'm sure Sam was a goner for a short time.

 

[Gracen1]

my only gripe with these movies so far, and i hope it changes, is that the military and soldiers are getting too much screen time and presence. that's time that the autobots and decepticons can be seeing to develop more. the next film has to get away from having so few autobots because in transformers universe reality, the autobots have sufficient numbers enough to not need the aid of our military as we've seen in these two movies. i could see the autobots using the military for an air strike here or there, but c'mon, they don't need soldiers out on the battlefield with them. more autobots are definitely needed.

 

[Mr. Earle]

my only gripe with these movies so far, and i hope it changes, is that the military and soldiers are getting too much screen time and presence. that's time that the autobots and decepticons can be seeing to develop more. the next film has to get away from having so few autobots because in transformers universe reality, the autobots have sufficient numbers enough to not need the aid of our military as we've seen in these two movies. i could see the autobots using the military for an air strike here or there, but c'mon, they don't need soldiers out on the battlefield with them. more autobots are definitely needed.

That would need a change of director because Bay has a hard on for the military.

 

[Golgo-13]

my only gripe with these movies so far, and i hope it changes, is that the military and soldiers are getting too much screen time and presence. that's time that the autobots and decepticons can be seeing to develop more. the next film has to get away from having so few autobots because in transformers universe reality, the autobots have sufficient numbers enough to not need the aid of our military as we've seen in these two movies. i could see the autobots using the military for an air strike here or there, but c'mon, they don't need soldiers out on the battlefield with them. more autobots are definitely needed.

Yeah, Bay has a good relationship with the military. Probably moreso than any other Hollywood director. And it's apparant why; he makes them look good.

 

[Marvin]

you think people are watching this movie because of the bad reviews and negative talk on the forums?

not exactly, i just find it ironic that all those ppl that flamed the talk backs contributed to the box office

i mean they all seen it right


personally I just wonder why it is that last years hulk didn't do as good as this transformers movie
i mean it doesn't have as much jokes or rather "bad humor"
it doesn't have a hack director and bad actors
it doesn't have any jar jar binks characters
it "respects" the material
and plays it straight

hmm

 

[Golgo-13]

not exactly, i just find it ironic that all those ppl that flamed the talk backs contributed to the box office

i mean they all seen it right


personally I just wonder why it is that last years hulk didn't do as good as this transformers movie
i mean it doesn't have as much jokes or rather "bad humor"
it doesn't have a hack director and bad actors
it doesn't have any jar jar binks characters
it "respects" the material
and plays it straight

hmm

Well in both Hulks and the general audiences defense; Hulk didn't have a first movie that people generally liked to follow as it's sequel. TF2 did. In fact the first Hulk movie contributed negatively and hindered last years movie from doing well.

 

[Marvin]

That would need a change of director because Bay has a hard on for the military.

what makes you say that?

because he showed very nice shots of their hardware and accurate portrayals of their operation method?

or because he show what our (I'm not american) military would do if aliens attacked earth

see independence day
see day the earth stood still
see mars attacks if you want

is it because in pearl harbor there was so much military shots?
even more then there was in other wars films such as saving private ryan and platoon?

come on, it's not like he put his fetish military shots in bad boys, it comes when it's called for

i'm sure if he directed hulk, and he had the military after him, ppl would cry fowl for bay has a "hard on for the us army"

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Well in both Hulks and the general audiences defense; Hulk didn't have a first movie that people generally liked to follow as it's sequel. TF2 did. In fact the first Hulk movie contributed negatively and hindered last years movie from doing well.

You forgot the most important part. No-one gives a **** about the Hulk.

 

[Golgo-13]

You forgot the most important part. No-one gives a **** about the Hulk.

Blasphemer!

 

[Hound89]

not exactly, i just find it ironic that all those ppl that flamed the talk backs contributed to the box office

i mean they all seen it right


personally I just wonder why it is that last years hulk didn't do as good as this transformers movie
i mean it doesn't have as much jokes or rather "bad humor"
it doesn't have a hack director and bad actors
it doesn't have any jar jar binks characters
it "respects" the material
and plays it straight

hmm

ROTF respects its Source Material

Also the Reason why this movie is Doing better is because the Action/CGI is that Damn Good

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Blasphemer!

I actually liked TIH.

 

[Golgo-13]

^Cool..all is forgiven.

I know something that was lacking; the lack of emotion and distress that the Autobots showed now that they were leaderless.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

That's why they should've kept Jazz. It'd be interesting seeing him take control, reluctantly.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

How's it going Golgo. Good to hear you enjoyed ROTF.


You know...I really hope Wheelie comes back in the third one cause he was so awesome in ROTF. So cute. I hope he transforms into the yellow/white/orange car...