![]() ![]() CLICK HERE to read the full Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review by Jim Vejvoda. ![]() What were the filmmakers thinking? The first Transformers may not have been bigger, but it was certainly better. But all of these complaints are quibbles when compared to Mudflap and Skids, the Amos 'n' Andy of the Autobots and two of the most offensive characters in recent cinematic history. Jetfire has his moments, but his grumpy old man schtick (seriously, he uses a cane?!) gets tired fast. ![]() Arcee, the film's only female Autobot, is wasted she barely speaks, has no function, and no personality. Since the characters, human and otherwise, are seldom engaging, the film only works when things go boom. If plot isn't important in films of this type - as its most ardent defenders will inevitably claim - then why did director Michael Bay and screenwriters Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman spend two and a half hours telling it? Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is more epic, bombastic and overwhelming than the 2007 original, but it's also charmless, dumber and cruder by comparison. Its sequel has the opposite problem: The battle scenes are comprehensible, but the story isn't. One of the biggest complaints about the simply told first Transformers was that many of the battle scenes were damn near incomprehensible. ![]()
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