Transformers 2: ROTF – Thoughts
I generally try to be a positive person so I’ll look at the positive aspects of this film to begin.
I think that this is an entertaining action film, with many explosions and quick camera cuts along with tremendous CGI. I really liked that Bay worked more on developing the personalities of some of the characters (Starscream, Megatron, and even Jet-fire to some degree). I liked that in a way there were more Transformers than can be explained…the thing to remember is that this is an entire civilization and to expect to be familiar with every single being is just not realistic. If this contained all humans would we expect a full background on each of them? Probably not so I am completely fine with not knowing all the intimate details of all the Transformers, and for the record many of them get their due diligence in prequel books and comics.
I also really liked what Bay did with Ravage, his beast form was well done and I was glad he never took another form. I also liked that Soundwave stayed in orbit, he’s a communication device not a warrior and as such he served a great purpose and got more face time than many people stated in their postings.
For the negative, let me just say that I am in no way a prude but the language and crude humor was a tad excessive. Bay did try to fit too much into a 2.5 hour movie and this is a common mistake made with sequels…this would be a time when bigger is not always better. I think some personalities got too much time (The Twins) although Bay did recognize that there’s a population that he is bringing into the Transformers fan club and he needs to connect to them…which he did apparently since my 13 year old nephew really liked them so mission accomplished. I just thought with those two, less would have been more (but they’re still not in Jar-Jar’s territory of annoyance’s). The story line and plot was thin and had some good origin pieces but was left to be told in bits throughout the movie. There were some aspects of the story that I thought could have used some more work, like the origin of the primes and what-not.
Anyway…these are just a few thoughts of my take. I’ve only seen it once so that makes a full review difficult. I hope my brothers post their thoughts too.
All in all an great theatre movie but not much more.
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