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|  |  | One of the most popular, thrill-packed, franchises of all time is back with even more action and more Autobots and Decepticons! In the highly anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to product humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.
| | | | Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Think of Transformers 1 on crack. In other words, this sequel took all of the extreme elements that made fans love the first movie and increased them exponentially. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humor. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White)provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious. As far as the ?plot? goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron is out there--and it is looking for something on Earth that is tied to the very origin of the Transformers race. Fans of the franchise will be delighted by the addition of many new robot characters (there are well over 40 in the sequel, versus only 13 in the first). The second Transformers has shaped up to be one of the worst reviewed and most successful movies of all time. This strange pairing is really just an indication that this movie has one purpose: to entertain. The creators didn't want to waste time bogging down the action and drama with substance--which was arguably a good decision. --Jordan Thompson
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| | This soundtrack, like the first, did not have the great instrumental that we heard in the movie. Why cannot it have both, the cool songs like Linkin Park for instance, but not the superb instrumental? Disappointing.
Green Day has a great song on a pro-American, pro-military, un-politically correct movie. I wonder if they realize that.
| | | Great condition, came faster then estimated, and was worth every penny. Thanks for being an honest and reliable seller!
| | Transformers II from Lotus games | |
| | When purchasing a DVD it would be helpful to know that it has no cover artwork, as a consumer that would have changed My decision to purchase. The company did ship promptly.
| | | This film relies heavily on the special effects of the transformers & the sex appeal of Megan Fox. My kids love the transformers and as far as movies for the kids... it is entertaining... PG13.
| | Oh, for the love of Pete! | |
| | Forgive this departure. There are enough trenchant opinions of the film that mine will ring hollow. Briefly, I enjoyed this silly, overproduced, over the edge and at times over the limits film. I liked it in much the same way I enjoyed that Matthew Broderick version of "Godzilla" - there was nothing that stood in the way of just letting the thing be what it was. I found the first one, thin story notwithstanding, to be most enjoyable, and the effects shots to be some of the most beautiful I'd ever seen. I stared at a 37" screen in a Sam's Club, having had no intention of seeing "Transformers," with tears in my eyes at the lyrical beauty and depth of the visual effects. "Revenge of the Fallen" was a lesser film in that respect: the editing was so frenetic at times that one didn't have a chance to really study the beauty of the shots (I guess that's what slo-mo is for). But it was a good-natured film, and John Turturro's burlesque turn was worth the price of admission, especially if you knew his Pacino-esque interp in the first film. Suffice it to say I found it a fun romp with plenty of room for popcorn.
What I can't understand is this subculture of reviewers who seemingly take near-ecstatic joy in tearing a film to shreds. I see it all the time with Shyamalan films, which I invariably enjoy for their metaphoric content and soft poetry. Roger Ebert called the effects in "The Last Airbender" "atrocious." What an outrageous statement; they were groundbreaking and gorgeous. An article in Computer Graphics World magazine was mindblowing in describing how things were done, but before that I found the work with the elements to be beautiful, convincing, properly stylized, operatic, and visually uplifting. Yet all Night Shyamalan has to do is make a movie and people are lined up around the block to parade their critical faculties and prowess of the pen, lambasting it within an inch of its life.
We're all entitled to our opinions, of course, and a forum of this type exists to provide the opportunity to share them. But when I see the near Industrial Revolution energy brought to the task of excoriating what is, after all, merely a fun, popcorn movie, I am bemused to say the least. It's a Michael Bay! If you don't know by now what that means, do more research! :) It's like the people who called the hideous "Doctor" Laura Schlessinger in a time of great emotional need, expecting therapy, and getting skinned alive. For a time, I felt sorry for them, but that passed. They knew who and what she was before they called, after all. If you intend to see (much less buy) "Revenge of the Fallen," make sure you like wildly overdone action, can briefly eschew subtle characterization, and don't mind just having a good time - even if that good time is laughing your fanny off at a film that you don't relate to. But it ain't cholera, people!
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