Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
AKA: Michael Bay's wild man/bot-orgy! You'll see soldiers and robots going at it like never before! Explosive climaxes that will get your pistons pumping for sure!
Ahem.
So, instead of going to see the fireworks on the National Mall this Fourth of July, I decided to see Michael Bay's (equally patriotic) fireworks on the big screen.
First Impressions:
Does it speak ill of me that I actually enjoyed this film? I mean, I'm not saying it was good. It was awful. The plot holes, good God the plot holes. The crappy dialogue and crappier jokes. The utter lack of anything remotely resembling true physics. The total disregard for military protocol on the ground, while at the same time being all "HOMG GUYS THE ARMED FORCES ARE AWESOME YOU SHOULD JOIN!" (Except for the Navy--until the very end they pretty much got reamed at every opportunity, poor guys.)
But for me, at least, it was still...really enjoyable.
Maybe it touched on that visceral "Man" part of my psyche that loves seeing shit get blown up, or that enjoys seeing both the evil and the pompous getting their just desserts through copious amounts of unilateral violence. ...Or maybe it was all the hot dudes in uniform carrying big guns. Or the scene where Sam took Bumblebee gently by the chin to apologize, and then saying "I love you." (THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS SO CANO-- ::SHOT::)
AHEM.
WHATEVER THE REASON, I thought Transformers was a lot of fun. Perhaps not quite as amazing as the first film, but a just successor even in (or perhaps because of) its awfulness.
DAN'S RATING: *** and 1/2 stars out of *****!
Ahem.
So, instead of going to see the fireworks on the National Mall this Fourth of July, I decided to see Michael Bay's (equally patriotic) fireworks on the big screen.
First Impressions:
Does it speak ill of me that I actually enjoyed this film? I mean, I'm not saying it was good. It was awful. The plot holes, good God the plot holes. The crappy dialogue and crappier jokes. The utter lack of anything remotely resembling true physics. The total disregard for military protocol on the ground, while at the same time being all "HOMG GUYS THE ARMED FORCES ARE AWESOME YOU SHOULD JOIN!" (Except for the Navy--until the very end they pretty much got reamed at every opportunity, poor guys.)
But for me, at least, it was still...really enjoyable.
Maybe it touched on that visceral "Man" part of my psyche that loves seeing shit get blown up, or that enjoys seeing both the evil and the pompous getting their just desserts through copious amounts of unilateral violence. ...Or maybe it was all the hot dudes in uniform carrying big guns. Or the scene where Sam took Bumblebee gently by the chin to apologize, and then saying "I love you." (THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS SO CANO-- ::SHOT::)
AHEM.
WHATEVER THE REASON, I thought Transformers was a lot of fun. Perhaps not quite as amazing as the first film, but a just successor even in (or perhaps because of) its awfulness.
DAN'S RATING: *** and 1/2 stars out of *****!