Review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) by Jamie P — 30 Jul 2014
Definitely a disappointment after the first film (which was amazing).
19% RT rating isn't a good reflection of the quality of the film. I believe the 58% audience rating is far more appropriate.
Review Points:
- Michael Bay has earned the reputation for loud, obnoxious, relatively dumb films, which I think started to pick up steam with Transformers:RotF.While I'm not anywhere near as mean-spirited in my critique of Bay, as most are, I did notice a lot of the points they were making: the language is juvenile, the story is lacking, characters nonexistent, and special effects over the top. That being said, I still don't think any of it was significant enough to warrant the backlash. The film is far from great, but does its job of being a blockbuster film. It looks great and feels like summer.
- Megan Fox continues to be oversexualized/exploited in every scene. As a 17/19yr old male at the time of release, I had no problem with the eye candy, but agreed with most that its eyerolling and unneeded.
- Shia LaBeouf became one of my favorite actors after Transformers 1 and Disturbia... and I continue to like him in this film. He's a fun protagonist.
- The Transformers were handled very questionably in this film: they have dialogue like "Damn, I'm good" and "Punk-Ass Decepticon" and at one point "Who's your Autobot?" (while humping Megan Fox's leg). Other questionable points include a Transformer sporting a Phallic missile launcher, one dangling robot balls, and one farting fire from his tailpipe. There's also the much talked about Twin Transformers who seemingly portray racially-insensitive stereotypical black characters.
This review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) was written by Jamie P on 30 Jul 2014.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has generally received mixed reviews.
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