movie review: transformers: revenge of the fallen

got an early start today and headed to see transformers: revenge of the fallen. the good thing about it is that because it is a sequel, the action starts straight away. it reminded me of spider-man 2 that way. the background work had already been done so there was definitely more action.

the movie seems to have a lot more humour in it than its predecessor. i don’t remember laughing that much in the first one. seriously, actual laugh out loud stuff too. it’s almost an action comedy…

needless to say the special effects are top-notch. not that you would have expected anything else. there some really good robot action sequences and of course, nice explosions, as only director, michael bay, can do.

there are some new characters in here: for the autobots, there is sideswipe, arcee, skids and mudflap. for the bad guys, the constructicons make an appearance before turning into devastator, ravage and my all-time fave, soundwave. he’s not the blue tape deck he used to be, but he’s still pretty neat.

human acting is adequate, running and screaming in the correct places before moving to the side so the effects could do their job. shia lebeouf was pretty good, while megan fox was just plain pretty. maybe less speaking roles for her next time. (am i the only male on earth who doesn’t think she’s gorgeous??)

the notable omission is still my main boy, hound. *sigh* one day…

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