The wife and I just watched the first one last night. I'd been avoiding out of sheer non-interest, but really it wasn't all that bad. Lebouef is always good, and the effects were pretty cool. The writing was hokey, and the begging-to-be-hip-with-black-people factor was embarrassing, but overall a decent popcorn flick.
Oh, and now I understand what the fuss about Megan Fox is about.
June 15, 2009 8:39 PM
[Image] From cinemablend, The movie is still a couple of weeks away and most critics here in America won’t be able to see it until a day or two before it opens, but Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has already started screening for the press in places like Japan and the UK. Most seem to have seen it on Saturday which means reviews have already started appearing from around the globe.
Early Revenge Of The Fallen Reviews:
“The biggest movie of the summer is finally here, but that's the problem with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - it's just too bloody big. Epic, spectacular but unfortunately far, far too long; the film proves that when it comes to Michael Bay blockbuster movies, you can have too much of a good thing.” - Orlando Parfitt, IGN UK [3/5]
“Fallen so frequently approaches the first pic’s all-out awesomeness, and even occasionally surpasses it - notably in an opening blitzkrieg in Shanghai and a forest face-off between Optimus Prime and three Decepticons impressive enough to merit comparison with King Kong’s multiple T-Rex smackdown - that it's this close to being the perfect summer flick. The problem is, it’s the parts you remember, not the whole.” - Mark Samuels, Total Film [4/4]
“Terminator Salvation director McG challenged Bay to a "dick measuring contest" between their admittedly similar-in-concept movies, but his efffort failed because it took itself far too seriously. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, however, succeeds because it's ridiculous in all the right ways. Check your brain in with your coat and soak in the most gloriously dumb spectacle of the year.” - Ali, The Shiznit [4/5]
"Early reviews are good for Transformers 2"
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The wife and I just watched the first one last night. I'd been avoiding out of sheer non-interest, but really it wasn't all that bad. Lebouef is always good, and the effects were pretty cool. The writing was hokey, and the begging-to-be-hip-with-black-people factor was embarrassing, but overall a decent popcorn flick.
Oh, and now I understand what the fuss about Megan Fox is about.
June 15, 2009 8:39 PM