This film proves that the first film in the series was a fluke for Director Michael Bay. With freedom to use explosions at will Bay put together a film devoid of genuine acting. Thank goodness Shia LaBeouf (Eagle Eye, Disturbia, and I, Robot) knows how to act his way through an action film, he was the only redeeming quality in this film.The flick clocks in at two and a half hours, and don't be suprised if Bay releases an extended cut with extra explosions. There is a significant amount of content that was unnecessary and would have been better if left out. For example, Judy Witwicky (Julie White) is Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and plays a slapstick, over-the-top mother who can't cope with him leaving for college. There are scenes of her eating Brownies made with pot, crying holding baby booties, and spiting food out at a nice restaurant, all of which we could have done without.
This film was accused of being all about Megan Fox, but honestly I didn't understand this. Yes, I agree that they took choice shots of her running around in next to nothing, and liberally kept her in scenes where she plays no role or had no lines.
However, the biggest problem I had with this film though was the camera work not the overuse of a main character. It is a clear sign that the production staff is unsecure about their films content if they have to change camera angles more than 3 times in 5 seconds, couple this with a camera that never stops moving. This film in 3-D would be enough to make anyone lose their lunch on a big screen. Take for instance a scene were Fox and LaBeouf embrace before he leaves for college, the camera does 3 full circles around them... why!?! This is completely unnecessary, because this wasn't at a climax after a dramatic event, this is merely to keep the audience from taking their eyes off the screen. The sound editing was rough also, with the volume up the explosions and robots are very loud, but good luck hearing the dialog mixed in without waking up the neighbors.
To end on a positive note, Tyrese Gibson (Waist Deep) and Josh Duhamel played their military roles well and I will keep an eye on their films in the future.
Vote: 4/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055369/
Wow, where to begin on reviewing this movie review. Mr Larsen has let his utter disappoint with this movie lead us on a diatribe of grammatical errors choppy sentences. His review starts us out on a 5 paragraph race...a race, which to me the reader, is against some unknown time factor.
Trả lờiXóaAnother thing, Mr Larsen's your moral fabric goes without question to all your fans, which is another reason we seek your movie opinion. There is no need to be so casual about Megan Fox's scene's, you can tell us how we all felt, as in..."Thank goodness Michael Bay skipped a few more unnecessary explosions, to get our attention again, with some nice shots of Megan Fox's smoking hot half naked body running, around glistening in sweet dodging bullets and robot parts!" You did not hold back on Michael Bay, you should not hold back on Megan Fox, your readers deserve it.
Mr. Larsen, you have our attention, we have clicked on your blog, we want to read what you have to say, take some breaths, at least between paragraphs. There is no need to make every sentence seem like after you typed the period, you looked at it for 30 seconds wondering if you should changed it to several exclamation point. Perhaps you should have take that 30 seconds to look back over the sentence and make sure it flowed with the literal elegance that has brought us to your blog in the first place. It is clear from the beginning you did not like the film, we are not going to forget half-way through the review.
Overall, an average review at best for Mr. Larsen, perhaps his expectations for Transformers 2 was as high as our expectations for his review of it. We put this one at a 5/15 Turkeys, seriously Mr Larsen, re-read your 4th paragraph, it flows like molasses and looks as if you randomly removed a half-dozen commas.