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More than meets the eye? Well, maybe.
So on Thursday I took myself out to see Transformers 2. Y’all know how much I’ve been looking forward to that. Since I had a doctor’s appointment, I took advantage of being home much earlier and got a ticket for the first evening show [and coincidentally the last matinee viewing = = CHEAP TICKETS! Woot!]
So if you haven’t seen the movie yet, don’t read this post. Plot spoilers abound. Consider yourselves warned.
Initially, I liked this movie. Not as good as the first one but still good in its own right. However, everything happened very quickly. I know I kind of complained about how it took forever to see our first transformer last time, but they certainly got to the point quickly. So much so that I didn’t have a chance to build up that anticipation to see Optimus because BAM! There he goes. And I felt like this one was campier than the first. That whole scene about Sam’s mom eating the pot brownie? Really? Because that lasted a few minutes too long.
It was definitely more graphic…well, as graphic as you can get with computer generated robots [plenty of split heads and stabbings and shootings].
Of course there were the plot holes. I felt overall that it was a bit rushed in places but it also looked like they just slapped a few scenes together and called it a day. I was looking for how they’d explain Shia’s hand being busted [after his DUI incident] but they didn’t even do that. Didn’t address it at all. At first I thought it would be written into the part where Megatron has him pinned down on some platform but nope, he escaped scott-free. So when did they do it? Oh, after they were in the Smithsonian one second talking to an ancient transformer who then teleported them to Egypt. They fall all over and get up, they spot each other and suddenly its night and Megan Fox is wrapping Shia’s hand with a bandage. WTF dude. How did he hurt his hand while TELEPORTING?! Are there sharp objects in the vortex? It didn’t even look like he landed all funky on his hand either.
I didn’t like the new transformers they introduced: the motorcycles left a lot to be desired and Skids and Mudflaps were annoying and off-putting. I actually wanted them to die. Alas, it was not meant to be; like I was soooo excited when Mudflaps got eaten by Devastator [the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger decepticon] and then incredibly bummed when he survived. Like, my face fell, I was so disappointed. And the she-bot a la Species and Terminator? I mean, I knew something was wrong with her from the get-go. I don’t like knowing stuff like that from the get go. Though hearing Shia screech was worth it. But what’s the point of having a transformer who can turn itself into a human? Why are all the other ones still equipment?!
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