Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: ROTF User Review Thread

[Sarge 2.0]

Zing!

 

[NewYorkSpider]

6/10

They spent too much time foucusing on everything else than the actual story. The action was there, but the story wasn't. I was very dissappointed with this movie.

 

[iceberg325]

7/10 for me. Just felt there were too many scenes in the movie that were not needed. I didnt like Jetfire at all. Skids and Mudflap were ******ed. I feel there was way too much comedy in the movie.

 

[Ipodman]

it could have went the other way all serious and TDk-like and the general audience wont want that from a giant robot movie... I say Good Job Mr Bay, but still Bad Story Telling

Is it true that if The Avengers work out, Paramount will greenlight a TF-GI crossover movie?

 

[Red Mask]

7/10 for me. Just felt there were too many scenes in the movie that were not needed. I didnt like Jetfire at all. Skids and Mudflap were ******ed. I feel there was way too much comedy in the movie.

That's okay. In my book Jazz, Skids, and Mudflap will always be my junkyard dogs.

 

[rashad]

Saw it just once in theaters. Which was enough for me. I'll check it out again when it comes out on Blu-ray/DVD.

 

[El Payaso]

0/10 folks.

This was not a movie.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

^

People with taste have been saying that for almost two months now. But the general public has been raised on a steady diet of artistic junk food for decades, so they don't know what quality is anymore. Sad, but true.

 

[roach]

^

People with taste have been saying that for almost two months now. But the general public has been raised on a steady diet of artistic junk food for decades, so they don't know what quality is anymore. Sad, but true.

all things being equal then TDK must be crap too??
How is it that the GA got TDK right but TF2 wrong?????

 

[AnorexicBatman]

The Economic downturn could be a reason...

 

[Sarge 2.0]

all things being equal then TDK must be crap too??
How is it that the GA got TDK right but TF2 wrong?????

Because TDK's success was basically unavoidable, just like TF2's was.

They were both backed by huge marketing blitzes, and they were both films based on well established pop culture phenomenons. Their box office success was a no brainer.

Are you seriously comparing the two in terms of quality? That's ludicrous. TDK would have been a great film even if it bombed. TF2 would have been a terrible film even if it bombed as well.

Box office never has and never will determine the quality of a film. To think so is infantile.

 

[SsM]

all things being equal then TDK must be crap too??
How is it that the GA got TDK right but TF2 wrong?????

You can't even compare the two.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ Yeah. TDK is pure crap.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

roach kinda had a point. Sarge was putting down the masses who, according to him, have no taste for seeing TF and making it huge. But, most likely, those same people saw TDK and made it big as well. At least that's what I think he meant.

 

[LostSon88]

^

People with taste have been saying that for almost two months now. But the general public has been raised on a steady diet of artistic junk food for decades, so they don't know what quality is anymore. Sad, but true.

What's sad is people who stand on top of some soapbox and assume that people who find enjoyment in films like these have zero taste in film.

I enjoy this film for what it is...having said that i'm also a fan of Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola and many other 'brilliant' filmmakers.

What does that say about my tastes in film...where do I fit in your spectrum?

 

[Jake Cassidy]

I like Transformers, but I also like David Lynch films/shows. I love Twin Peaks. We've gotta stop pidgeon-holing people.

 

[Optimus27932]

I just enjoyed the movie for what it was a summer flick based off of a phenomenon.Yes there were some things i think Bay could have left out of the movie.Does anyone know of or hear about the footage that was taken out of the forest battle? I believe it was supposedly in the IMAX version where the fight scene lasted a lil longer.Anyway instead of Bay having a robot humping a girls legs, dogs humping,etc extra footage should have been put in in the place of that.
In my opinion i think since this was based off a kids toyline and alot of the viewers probabaly being kids, he could have left out the profanity.I think he gave alot of what people wanted from the first film in this one (action) at the same time he left out what people got from the first film (story).

 

[Red Mask]

all things being equal then TDK must be crap too??
How is it that the GA got TDK right but TF2 wrong?????

There's a sucker born every minute.

 

[roach]

roach kinda had a point. Sarge was putting down the masses who, according to him, have no taste for seeing TF and making it huge. But, most likely, those same people saw TDK and made it big as well. At least that's what I think he meant.

Exactly. if the General Public is a bunch of ignorant monkeys then why did TDK make as much money as it did. After all there wasnt enough explosions to hypnotize us.
Maybe the real issue is that you need to justify why pretty much a majority of the GA loved this movie and you didnt. Fact of life is we all arent going to like the same things and more often than not some of the things we hate are going to be popular. I hate Harry Potter but I realize that almost everyone else does.
I liked this film. I've seen it three times so far. I do own Season One of the original series on dvd. I also downloaded Clockwork Orange to my PS3, own a copy of Casablanca, and Kurasawa's Seven Samurai....just to show you I dont go ga-ga over the shiney stuff

 

[roach]

double post but while I am here be sure to read my fan fic

 

[brimstone_halo]

This movie is not The Dark Knight so I don't like it, It needed more Dark Knight. At the beginning when they brought in that truck dude to stop the big tractor dude, i thought for sure the only way to stop him was The Dark Knight then when The Dark Knight didn't come out I was like WTF wheres The Dark Knight. I say anytime from now on when a director finishes a movie that isn't The Dark Knight he should just take it home and record a copy of The Dark Knight over it and then it will be good. Dark Knight!








TDK is a good movie but is it so good that all other fantasy/fiction movies from now on will be compared to it? C'mon. Thats all I have to say

 

[Max Newlander]

Box Office gross is never an indication of quality. Its not even an indication of enjoyment.

Transformers 2 has been exceptionally success ( turn-over wise ) due to it being released at the peak of the summer, and that its predecessor was a likable and enjoyable popcorn movie. Although I believe the main reason its been so successful is thanks to the 2009 summer season being extremely weak. There ain't alot of competition for the ticket money.

Most of us on here knew before the summer T2:ROTF was going to be the highest grossing movie, it was the only stand-out movie choice for that title ( maybe Harry Potter, but the wizards revenues are getting weaker each time )

I strongly believe if you had an exit poll, and asked; Did you enjoy the movie? and, Are you going to see the movie a second time at the cinema? You wouldn't get a favourable response to either.

IMDB's rating can give "some kind" of indication of the general audiences feeling towards a movie, and 6.3 out of 10 ain't that good.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I totally understand what you're saying, but I don't really agree with your conclusion. I mean, an averaged percentage that is meant to roughly indicate some sort of consensus really means nothing in terms of the quality of the film. For example, "The Girlfriend Experience" is one of the best films of the year so far. It currently has a 6.2 on the IMDB rating system. There are many factors that come in to play here: demographic, how many people voted, and how many voters actually saw the movie, etc. IMDB, Rottentomatoes, and Metacritic are all good ways to check out what the general trend of opinion on a film is, but it is in no way an indication of the films quality. I'll get to the silly little posts on the previous page in a few hours when I return.

 

[moreprimeland]

I just enjoyed the movie for what it was a summer flick based off of a phenomenon.Yes there were some things i think Bay could have left out of the movie.Does anyone know of or hear about the footage that was taken out of the forest battle? I believe it was supposedly in the IMAX version where the fight scene lasted a lil longer.Anyway instead of Bay having a robot humping a girls legs, dogs humping,etc extra footage should have been put in in the place of that.
In my opinion i think since this was based off a kids toyline and alot of the viewers probabaly being kids, he could have left out the profanity.I think he gave alot of what people wanted from the first film in this one (action) at the same time he left out what people got from the first film (story).

I've seen TF2 2x in reg theater and 2x in IMAX, there is much more of the forest fight scene in IMAX, and one would hope they include all of it when released on DVD. You're so right about the humping and wasting time on juvenile humor when footage could have been more focused on the bots and their fights. We had plenty of special effects in this movie, just could have used a more concentrated story line, or a story at all, and let the bots have more lines, not drull no nonsense one liners from dumb bots.Just my humble opinion, and I'm sticking to it

 

[The Lizard]

Exactly. if the General Public is a bunch of ignorant monkeys then why did TDK make as much money as it did. After all there wasnt enough explosions to hypnotize us.

Two words....Heath Ledger.

The ignorant monkeys were all interested in seeing the tragic dead guy's last (or so they thought) performance.

Actually, I'm half-joking there. While I still say TDK would not have made as much money as it did without the publicity of Heath's death, both Batman and Transformers have big-name recognition among the general public that adds up to big box office.