A Giant Hit...& Still a Piece o’ sh*t??

Is it really that hard to ask for something with weight to it? Is it too much to ask for more complex "Dark Knight" popcorn movies and less movies that might as well be a series of scenes from video games all edited together? It's this mentality of "brainless/mindless movies are fun entertainment that should be rewarded" which is why H-Wood keeps getting away with stuff like this.

Now, I know what people will say "Hey, dude, relax. It's summertime, the time when all we do is turn our brains off and watch the pretty, shiny things blow up. If you want reality, look out the window". Well, fine, keep thinking that and see how many more crappy, mindless movies get produced. Sit back and enjoy as H-Wood takes every cartoon series and childhood memory you have and rapes them with "Batman & Robin" levels of camp. I'll no part in it. But hey, I'm clearly talking to brick walls here online where ADHD teenagers rule.

PS: On a happier note, rumor has it Michael Bay will not return for "TF 3". He says it's because he's tired of critics bashing his movies before they are even released. Well, Mikey, maybe if you tried making a low budget, slow-paced drama, the critics might give you an ounce of respect. But seeing as all your movies look (and pretty much are)  the same, that respect is going to remain a pipe dream.

Well. I like Sci Fi. I like Disney. I like stuff blowing up. I like giant robots!

That said, I didn't like Transformers I. The first half of the movie was actually pretty good, then the plot fell to pieces, the dialogue got even more amateurish, and the entire movie went to hell.

This is about Transformers II, tho'. I had hopes it'd be one of those rare sequels, one that would surpass the original. Hopes that appear to be dashed. Oh, well.

I am, also, developing a strong dislike for Shia Lebeouf. Here's to hoping this second offering of dreck gets his career flushed down the toliet. I doubt it, given the box office, sigh.

I'm not gonna contribute to either his or Bay's pockets by seeing what I already know is a piece of crap, not even on Blu-Ray. Sue me.

You know, I just read the first sentence of that post, and was totally about to make a whole food analogy as well. Derp. Lazy me. But in mine, I was going to call TF2 a Fried Twinkie.

I found out today that for one particularly large explosion, they spent SEVEN MONTHS, which was longer than the shooting of the entire film. Does this show where the priorities lie?

SPOILERS!

Also keep in this is nothing but a 150 minute long toy ad for kids, and yet it has a mother eating pot and freaking out, a robot humping Megan Fox's leg, a reference about the giant combining robot's "balls", not to mention when Bumblebee peed on a guy in the first movie, and the fact this movie is full of PG-13 cursing ... and the fact the Twin Autobots are the most insulting sterotypes of blacks since Jar Jar Binks. Yeah, bring the wife and kids along, it's family friendly! Oh, and by the way, Sam buying Bumblebee and meeting the Autobots was not an accident, it was all part of a Cybertron prophecy. Yes, that's right, because nowadays, having a prophecy in your script covers up any and all plotholes ... in theory. Palm, meet forehead.

This movie is the ultimate example of Hollywood trying to cash in, even right before the writer's strike; it was rushed as hell. One critic at RT compared this to "Batman & Robin"; I agree completely.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" sets Wednesday with $60.6 M debut it beat out Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in 2007 I guess there a safe bet that will be seeing Transformers 3 real soon.

I read in Rolling Stone critic's Peter Travers (whose a voting RAZZIE member as well) on this not just giving this zero stars but is thinking that this has a shot at the title for Worst Movie of the Decade. Here's a LINK to read his full review...

All right, I came back from seeing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and I've come with a review. Not a pro- or anti-Michael Bay letter, mind you.

I honestly don't understand what the problem with everybody around here is. So far, all the negativity surrounding ROTF revolves around the Twins, Skids and Mudflap. Really? I first saw these guys in a trailer, and I was never lead to believe they were degrading stereotypes of African Americans. The fact that people are so hung up on them, as well as Megan Fox's acting (which I'll get to) and the humor of the film, honestly leads me to believe that there are a lot of those who have huge objects up their ass. I'm not kidding, because it was a real exhilirating movie, besides the last part, which dragged out, and I wanted to see the scene where Sam nearly bites it.

This leads me to that scene. This is where the spirit of the first Transformers movie shined the most. It was a very emotional scene, and Megan Fox handled it without going into unnecessary melodramatics or stiff acting (I think she can be a good actress if she can lay off any plastic surgeory, and an interview she did with E! News last night kinda makes me think if recent hate towards her is just angry douches with minimal life). Maybe it's me, the scene was really heartbreaking, seeing Sam Whitwicky almost die. Am I alone here?

The only problems? Well, I can't list any, besides the somewhat long-ass finale (it's still was packed to the gills with action, I'm not lying). And there are numerous shots with so many distracting lens flare. Aside from that, Shia LaBeouf and Megan managed to jump around the romance subplot with humor and some sweetness that elevates it from cliched CW corniness, and co-star John Turturro brings his colorful personality along for the ride as former Sector 7 agent Simmons.

Look, maybe it's me, and I'm probably a puppet of Michael Bay's collection. So, sue me. But I think there are people who are afraid to admit they liked it, and decide to bag on Bay because it seems to be a fad. I won't defend him, but I won't join the crowd and bag on the guy.

Overall, I'll give it a 7/10. Will that be reasonable, or am I being a dick?