Mr.Movie
Since: Feb, 2014
06/26/2014 00:00:00
You would love the Cinemasins video on this movie.
JamesPicard
Since: Jun, 2012
06/28/2014 00:00:00
The Autobots did at least have motivation to oppose the Decepticons, that being protecting the humans from the destruction of the sun. Still, the movie blows anyways.
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
When most film-makers sit down to start making a movie, the first three (or four) things your average film-maker tends to consider are characters, plot and setting (and for a fair few of them, theme as well). When Michael Bay sits down to start making a movie, his first and only concern is set piece explosions and how to string them together in what could faintly be considered a plot. The result: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 150 minutes of explosion followed by explosion, interrupted briefly at the start for a few poor horrible at humour.
Characterisation is forgotten. Most characters are lucky if they have two defining features. Major Lennox is heroic and compassionate. His black aside is heroic and black. Simmons is heroic and stupid. And annoying. The two transformer twins who follow Sam around are defined by their lingo, which gets very very old, very very fast. Everyone of them is a cliche, from the reasonable supportive General to the jerk-ass stupid suit from Washington, with zero depth.
Character motivation is best shallow and uninteresting, at worst non-existent. Deceptions are attempting to destroy the sun. Why? Because they're Deceptions! And the Autobots must stop them. Why? Because they're Autobots!
Except Sam, who is the only one with anything close to real emotional depth and human characteristics. Credit should be given to Shia Le-Beouf, who is given a hard time over this film but who manages to defeat a dodgy plot and poor script to ALMOST give Sam emotional grounding. Sadly however, he is a character defined by his interactions with others, and everyone else is hallow and uninteresting.
As for the effects? The Transformers themselves are a combination of moving gears and parts thrown poorly together in a mess of grey and a rusting, barely visible coating of paint on the outside. In a fight it is impossible to tell characters apart, and after watching the movie I can honestly say I cannot remember the visualise any of them besides Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee and the Fallen as a result. Not worth watching.