POSTIVES
1. The one person that really stole the show for me was Julie White who plays Shia’s mother Judy Witwicky. She is hilarious.
2. My one main beef with Transformers (1) was with the battle scenes. Who on Earth was fighting who? You had to wait until it was over to see who had the upper hand...or wheel...
3. I didn’t have to worry about that with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. They got the perspective right so that you could see what happened to who. Much improved.
4. The human moments within the film were more entertaining than the robot destiny stuff.
5. Shia Labeouf. His timing and quick delivery of his lines is just perfect!
6. Best robot: the little one from Megan’s garage.
7. The usual classic Michael Bay style filming, i.e slow motion camera work, going in low, coming up the actor’s body making them look ‘cool’. It’s been done before but this is a summer ‘fun’ film so I’ll let him off.
NEGATIVES
1. Megan Fox’s character. Her main motivation throughout the film was to get Shia’s character to declare his love for her. Where’s the strong independent woman??? Also, let’s face it, Megan could get any Tom, Dick or Harry! If she classes herself as a proper actor, then it doesn’t come across in this film. She is just there because she is pretty. I’m looking forward to seeing her act in a film.
2. Robot voices. Enough said.
3. I found the room-mate highly annoying.
The film in total was much much much better than the first film. I think I was actually bored in the first film. However the Transformers franchises has definitely transformed into a better film.
I'll give it a 8/10.
Bring on the next Shia film (which I believe is “New York, I love you”)!
