Film Review – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
July 8th 2009 14:37
‘We have a couple of hours, access to the United States military, a legion of graphic animators and more computer hardware than you can shake a Devastator at, what will we do with it?’
I imagine this question was asked at some point during the initial stages of developing Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. The answer ended up being a 150-minute demonstration of how to blow up lots of stuff, and bring to life a greater assortment of the Autobots and Decepticons than in the original film.
The first thought I had once the movie finished was that some sort of explosions record had occurred. If not, then the number of fireballs, detonations, and moments of transformer carnage definitely surpassed the number of words spoken by the human characters in the film. I leave it to you to determine if you are happy with that or not.
I am torn, I really liked most of the film for what it was (an explosion-fest with seemingly endless scenes of transformer mayhem and destruction) but I wanted to like it more, to feel closer to the human characters and their plight. Maybe I was looking for too much. Of course, no one is watching Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen looking for some sort cinematic purity, but it would have been good if the humans were somewhere near as interesting as the transformers.
However, it is hard to get past the fact that it just isn’t as good as the first one. It’s the classic scenario of the sequel overdoing the special effects and action to outdo the first and to cover limited character development and confusing/non-existant plot. Again, do I really care? Should any action or transformer fan care? Probably not, but while it is easy to forgive the human characters in the film, it would have been a better experience if there wasn’t quite so much to forgive.
So, for some movies, I like my explosions plentiful, my robots transformable and my dialog limited (and preferably spoken by the previously mentioned transformable robots).
On the subject, there was more dialog for the various transformers this time around. The Autobot twins (Skids and Mudflap) provided some comic relief in amongst the mayhem, with Optimus Prime and others expounding on the history of the robots in disguise.
For Bumblebee’s legion of fans, you won’t be disappointed. Just as there was more penguin time in Madagascar 2, there is more Bumblebee time in the sequel and he spends much of it ripping into the Decepticons with a touch of the ninja about him too.
See it for the transformers, the explosions, the US military on loan, the explosions, the Autobots, the pyramids, the explosions and the Decepticons. Don’t expect too much by way of plot or character development and you will have a great time.
Oh and Megan Fox is in it…
I imagine this question was asked at some point during the initial stages of developing Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. The answer ended up being a 150-minute demonstration of how to blow up lots of stuff, and bring to life a greater assortment of the Autobots and Decepticons than in the original film.
The first thought I had once the movie finished was that some sort of explosions record had occurred. If not, then the number of fireballs, detonations, and moments of transformer carnage definitely surpassed the number of words spoken by the human characters in the film. I leave it to you to determine if you are happy with that or not.
I am torn, I really liked most of the film for what it was (an explosion-fest with seemingly endless scenes of transformer mayhem and destruction) but I wanted to like it more, to feel closer to the human characters and their plight. Maybe I was looking for too much. Of course, no one is watching Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen looking for some sort cinematic purity, but it would have been good if the humans were somewhere near as interesting as the transformers.
However, it is hard to get past the fact that it just isn’t as good as the first one. It’s the classic scenario of the sequel overdoing the special effects and action to outdo the first and to cover limited character development and confusing/non-existant plot. Again, do I really care? Should any action or transformer fan care? Probably not, but while it is easy to forgive the human characters in the film, it would have been a better experience if there wasn’t quite so much to forgive.
So, for some movies, I like my explosions plentiful, my robots transformable and my dialog limited (and preferably spoken by the previously mentioned transformable robots).
On the subject, there was more dialog for the various transformers this time around. The Autobot twins (Skids and Mudflap) provided some comic relief in amongst the mayhem, with Optimus Prime and others expounding on the history of the robots in disguise.
For Bumblebee’s legion of fans, you won’t be disappointed. Just as there was more penguin time in Madagascar 2, there is more Bumblebee time in the sequel and he spends much of it ripping into the Decepticons with a touch of the ninja about him too.
See it for the transformers, the explosions, the US military on loan, the explosions, the Autobots, the pyramids, the explosions and the Decepticons. Don’t expect too much by way of plot or character development and you will have a great time.
Oh and Megan Fox is in it…
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