My Review of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

[Yavin4]

Big shiny metal things fighting and blowing up. Oh, and a really hot chick running around without much to do except run around.

Honestly, this is one of the worst movies that I've seen this year. The plot made absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Finally, the movie was really a pro-military propaganda film.

[rcrush]

1. KABOOM CRASH! SPABOOOM!!

And then it was like all BOOOOOM!!! KAPLOW!!!!!! and then the semi truck went KLASDFHDGHSLDKHGSLEKJFDALKSJFSEKLDJFISOEFHFJKSD and then air planes were all !#(@*$)(@&$@)*(&$!!)@!$&$&@*@*!@!!!!

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. "in slow motion"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-NpyaOWV0

[Common Sense Party]

11. I love that clip. Haven't seen it in years. n/t

[rcrush]

12. I forgot to add

KABLEWEEYY!!!!! CRUSHBOOMCRASH!!!!!!!! BOOBIES!!!!! AHHHHHHH!@_($@#_*$%#()*%&()#$%#*)@*#@_(#@#@!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

[Odin2005]

3. My fellow Aspie coworker loved it and kept trying to tell me about it, LOL!

:rofl:

[Yavin4]

5. Ask Him To Explain The Plot To You

And then watch his head explode trying to explain it to you.

[Odin2005]

6. He's already explained the plot to me several times.

Not that I was paying attention! :)

[Orrex]

4. I'm sure that the film is even worse than you've charitably described it to be, but...

Is it possible for a modern-era film to feature military hardware prominently without being labeled pro-military propaganda?

I'm not arguing the point in the case of Transformers, because the conspicuous presence of the Osprey in the first film is all the convincing I need that you're correct.

But I've heard that same accusation applied to a wide range of films, and in most cases it seems like a kneejerk response to the presence of a tank or a bazooka.


Just wondering. Not putting you on the hook for it, in any case.

[Yavin4]

8. Don't Get Me Wrong

There's nothing wrong with showing the military in action. "The Hurt Locker" looks like a great film that depicts the military in the Iraq war zone.

No, what makes this propaganda are the following:

(1) The stereotypical high level civilian bureaucrat who gets in the military's way and is nothing more than a coward.

(2) Gratuitous shots of the air craft carriers which makes it all look cool and grand.

[rcrush]

9. From what I saw the military guys in the movie just did whatever they wanted

They never checked with the president (its Obama in the movie) when they want to blow something up or when they needed to call for autobot buddies. They tossed that presidential appointed guy that gets in their way out a plane. LOL

[Orrex]

10. Ah! I like that assessment.

The "coward" in #1 is frequently a micro-managing busybody who's going by what he wrote or read in some book about military strategy, only to find that his years of book-learnin' are completely trumped by those brave Men of Action who shoot first, etc.

And #2 often involves extended sequences of acrobatic F-22s and Abrams tanks rampaging over the landscape and/or huge belts of ammo being devoured by a chain gun, the spent casings falling to the ground in musical sequence.


Honestly, I don't even mind fictionalized portrayals of the military, as long as the story's good.

That doesn't appear to be the case with Transformers Part Deux, though.

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. Military (and other ) inconsistancies;

Diego Garcia is apparently not a tiny island in the Indian Ocean that is less than 2 miles across its widest point, but rather a huge place of hundreds of square miles of flat terrain with mountains in the background. Blackhawk and other types of helicopters can fly all the way there from anywhere.

If you go out the back door of the Smithsonian's Steven Udvar Hazy Air and Space museum (located at Dulles Airport) you are immediately at Davis Monthan Aircraft storage in Tucson.

Nuclear submarines routinely patrol in the middle of the Atlantic while surfaced.

Predator drones fly at an altitude of only a hundred feet or so.

But I still enjoyed it.

[rcrush]

7. The "Jive Talkin" robots were a little much

They didnt just do it for a few min they did it throughout the whole movie. And it wasnt even funny!

[ghostsofgiants]

13. There is SO MUCH more to it than that.

http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie

[Yavin4]

15. One Other Thing, When You Work On A Motorcycle

You must wear short shorts, and perch your ass way up in the air so that people can see your thong covered taint.

Now, I never took a shop class, and I don't know anything about automotive repair. However, something tells me that it was a bit exploitative.