Transformer 2
Somewhere along the line Michael Bay forgot a Transformers movie is supposed to be about Transformers.
I don't even know where to begin. How about how Arcee, a fan favorite, has one line. Or how they never mention Sideswipe by name. Or how they somehow brought both Bonecrusher and Blackout back to life, and used the Devastator name twice, only this time they used it right.
Yes, you can make the claim that in the first one it was mostly the humans featured in the movie, but there was still a lot of dialogue between the transforrmers. They interacted with each other, and had whole scenes with just them. Not so in RotF. They have very little dialogue, Jetfire excluded becasue he's nothing more than walking exposition. They became nothing more than action set pieces.
Of course they were some awesome set pieces. There are more battles in RotF than the first, and they are more elaborate. Props to ILM for another out-of-the-park performance.
Why did they need to bring Megatron back to life? He isn't crucial to the plan, and leaving him dead would have allowed The Fallen to play a much larger role instead of being in only 2 scenes, 4 if you count the flashbacks and I don't.
It's not a bad movie. It is a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Sweet sweet action and well paced, with some nods to the original and expanded story. But it does not capture the magic of the first. It's less of a war between the Autobots and Decepticons with the humans being the catalyst, and more of a war between the humans and Decepticons with the Autobots assisting.
I went into the first Transformers expecting garbage. I walked out giddy and really liking the direction it went. I went into RotF expecting another knockout, and was sorely disappointed.
I don't even know where to begin. How about how Arcee, a fan favorite, has one line. Or how they never mention Sideswipe by name. Or how they somehow brought both Bonecrusher and Blackout back to life, and used the Devastator name twice, only this time they used it right.
Yes, you can make the claim that in the first one it was mostly the humans featured in the movie, but there was still a lot of dialogue between the transforrmers. They interacted with each other, and had whole scenes with just them. Not so in RotF. They have very little dialogue, Jetfire excluded becasue he's nothing more than walking exposition. They became nothing more than action set pieces.
Of course they were some awesome set pieces. There are more battles in RotF than the first, and they are more elaborate. Props to ILM for another out-of-the-park performance.
Why did they need to bring Megatron back to life? He isn't crucial to the plan, and leaving him dead would have allowed The Fallen to play a much larger role instead of being in only 2 scenes, 4 if you count the flashbacks and I don't.
It's not a bad movie. It is a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Sweet sweet action and well paced, with some nods to the original and expanded story. But it does not capture the magic of the first. It's less of a war between the Autobots and Decepticons with the humans being the catalyst, and more of a war between the humans and Decepticons with the Autobots assisting.
I went into the first Transformers expecting garbage. I walked out giddy and really liking the direction it went. I went into RotF expecting another knockout, and was sorely disappointed.