Oh Michael Bay, how you disappoint me...
Not ImpressedAside from the fact that it felt like they were trying to push as much CGI as possible into the movie - it also felt like they were trying to combine more than one movie into this one. It started with the same Transformers flare (and starts in BETHLEHEM, PA not Singapore ~_n) and that same action sequence.. but the new Autobots that "came in during the 2 year lull" are anything but par.
They expanded on the vocals for all Autobots - expanded their personalities - and even went as far as making 2 of them stereotypical African Americans. Now how do I know this? Because of the slang, ghetto language they use and the fact that when they are in full Autobot giant robot viewing, they have a GOLD front tooth - could that be any more of a stereotype? Optimus Prime also had some lines that I could NEVER hear him saying in the cartoon or the first movie... they were very much out on a limb.
The language is anything but good wholesome family time. There is much more crude adult humor in this movie than the last one and this is not the type of movie I plan to take my younger brother to.
As for the movie itself... It had many sequences where I sat wondering if I was watching Transformers or Terminator. Towards the end I questioned if this was Transformers or Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - it felt like they tried to incorporate as many box office hits into one thing.
It didn't work.
Not for me any way.
Out of five stars I'd give it a 2.5/3 ... 3 is pushing it. The explosions and actions scene are great and good for the theater's surround sound.. but the movie lacks a whole lot that the first one delivered in far more ways than you could imagine.
Compared to the first movie, this one is crap.
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