The back drop of the Transformers 2 movie is that the transformers are still looking for Energon [as they should], Autobots have established themselves as the ‘friend to the human race’ and Sam is older and trying to go to college; one of those things are not supposed to be there.

The Decepticons are hiding out all over the world and working with the US military [no other countries] Autobots have been trying to find them for the past 2 years.

The Decepticons are looking for something and are trying to find it… I’ll leave it at that.

I’m going to start off by saying, I’m a old school Transformers fan and that Michael Bay really loves our military and I’m sure our military loves him for putting them in all his movies. I’m prior military and I can respect that. And apparently robots, fight scenes, explosions and putting Megan Fox’s butt on screen never gets old.

As a ‘big fan’ of Transformers [I’ve 70+], and I can tell you there’s never been a Sam and his girl friend save the world episode- ever. There was a Spike and his dad or maybe Spike &his son help the Autobots, but never a Sam. Transformers have always been about Transformers, not about Sam and his life.

The story of this movie was definitely better than the first one. The characters had more to say and having them more involved with the discussions just made it better; it’s more 50/50 than the 25/75 of the last film . But Michael Bay keeps allowing the writers, or pushing the writers, to just destroy a whole generation of Transformers fans.

I keep asking with each movie, where is Cybertron? Where’s Teletran 1? Where’s the Decepticon underwater base [that could never be found]? And where are those blamed Dinobots?! Oh Grimlock. You mindless, bulky, stooge, where are you?

Disappointing was the addition of some old school names/characters, but the application of those characters, from the perspective of people who know who those characters were, it was a let down. Wheelie, Soundwave… such disrespect.

The graphics of the movie were again, awesome, but again character appearance are just horrible. When Hasbro created the Transformers they tried to keep all the characters simple; clean lines, obvious identification when they transformed, and none of their faces had eyelashes or looked like vaginal reconstruction gone wrong. And since when does robots have a mist/steam when they talk?

And what in God’s name did they do with the Constructicons and Devastator? You see the trucks, the crane, the mixing truck and your mind is going eff’n wow! But the result is what is that? It reminded me of ‘Mongo’ in Blazing Saddles- simply mindless.

One of the iconic sounds of the Transformers; it seems to be missing from the whole movie saga. There was this cool sound every time the Transformers changed [everyone laughs when I try to do it], but in the movie all the Transformers sound like they need to add some wd-40 to the joints- the clanging, scraping and grinding- you think they’re just having a hard time. The soundtrack for the movie should be awesome. It stays with the alternate rock and there’s definitely some good Nickelback songs in there.

Caution to the parents out there… This is not a kids movie anymore. The first movie there was just a little use of bad language; this one clearly earns the PG-13 rating. There’s a marker/flag that goes off or starts waving when an AUTOBOT calls someone a ‘pussy’ or a ‘punk ass’. I just can’t appreciate that from what is supposed to be a kids toy.

The movie has a lot more language in it, there’s sexual tones, there’s innuendo, drug use and there’s a lot more death. And just to take moment to point out that rarely did Autobots and Decepticons die; they got their but kicked and then retreated- rarely did they die. Kids never really had to deal with or handle death in the Transformers world.

This movie added something I didn’t see coming. A lot of comedy.

There’s a lot of one liners, gestures, comments and just over all laughing points through the movie. This is a good thing. With all the serious tones of this film; it needed lots of comedy.

There was a serious spot in this movie, it actually caused me pause for a second, but I allowed the movie to play out.

My summary review of this movie is that it’s really good. It’s everything an action movie should be and I’d be willing to go see it again [actually pay], but this time without my 4yr old son. For anyone that has no background on Transformers history or characters this is a great movie, but for the Transformers fans, Michael Bay continues to twist and warp my once cherished childhood love. But as a Transformers fan, I’ll continue to go and support

I am not going to say anything about the amount of money the movie made cause it’s a 25+ year old franchise, with a loyal following; it’s going to make tons of money.

And to Frank Welker and Peter Cullen- you’ll always be the ‘voice’ of Megatron and Optimus Prime. Everything else is just a cheap imitation.

I like to view this as the preamble to a ‘Dark Knight’ version of Transformers- it’s got to get better. This ancient battle/story line never gets old.

Thanks for reading!

Enjoy.

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