Let me start off by saying I LOVED the first Transformers. I am a fanboy so I'm not siding with the stiffs in the critic world, but after months of build up and trolling tf2005.com and countless teasers and trailers it was time to finally watch the second installment of what we geeks affectionately like to call Bay-Formers.

The question everybody inevitably asks first is: "Did you like it?" The simple answer is YES, I liked the movie BUT and this is a very complicated but, I didn't like it one bit as a sequel to the first one. Yes fanboys you heard right not one iota! So before you get your angry typing hands at the ready let me explain.

First the good;

It's "Giant F@%$ing Robots!" The CGI without a doubt was nothing short of incredible and that's where the "good" ended for me.

Now for the bad;

Starting with the story, on par with the subject matter? Yes. On par with Transformers lore? Not so much. Don't get me wrong, I'm over Optimus having lips! I never really cared about those minor details, I do however have a huge problem with a iconic character like Soundwave spending the entire movie latched onto a satelite like a giant space teet! Why oh why? To add insult to injury he's voiced by "Claw" from Inspector Gadget!? It doesn't stop there, the first movie had a lot of emotion with some comedy sprinkled in, this movie was the exact opposite, besides the cliche (SPOILERS AHEAD) Death of Optimus which we all new was coming and the scenes between Sam and his parents there wasn't a whole lot there. But seriously folks, Sam going to Autobot heaven!? <---- Okay not exactly but you get my point.

Speaking of characters returning and new......why introduce "new and exciting" characters just to kill them off within minutes of intorduction? Or barely see them on screen? So much time spent on obnoxious characters like the Twins but not of Arcee or Ironhide or even Ratchet. Where was Barricade? I mean it goes on. I'm convinced there more footage lying in Bay's garage because it's atrocious the way character devolopment went down in this movie.

I couldn't take Megan Fox seriously I really tried, but I kept thinking she just stepped out of a botox clinic with every passing close-up. I wanted to slap Bay for the Twins, seriously, the people are right they're ridiculously offensive, I'd be lying if I said they didn't make me laugh but that doesn't mean I agree with the characters, I'm just juvenile that way, I laughed my **** off with "Under the Alien's scrotum", but I digress lol I'm just saying I was watching the birth of lets say it together; "Jar Jar Binks X2 of the Transformers world." nuff said yo. <----- They were that bad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I really believe that this was rushed into production to capitalize on the first film, there is obvious signs throughout the movie that is vintage Bay rush job, example; he used the exact same scene from the first film when the Decepticons were entering the Earth's atmosphere, trust me, it's identical except the angle, also when Starscream fires his misstles at the Twins and Bumblebee etcetera in the desert scenes Bay used the same scene twice. He did this with Armageddon also which irritates me because it's lazy film making, the first movie and correct me if I'm wrong had not one repeated scene.

Even the soundtrack let me down. I listened to it by itself before watching the movie and I liked it a lot, but when used in the movie it's really lacking, with the exception of a few scenes like the forest battle I never got those goosebumps down my back like when watching the first movie. When Optimus enters the battle in the City in the frist movie and Transforms in motion while Megatron is ripping Jazz in half GOOSEBUMPS! Arrival to earth by the Autobots EPIC GOOSEBUMPS! But in ROTF I only had one semi goosebump moment and that's dissapointing.

Like I mentioned before way too much comedy.The parents were so **** funny that when It came time for their characters to have a serious moment it wasn't believable. There was tonnes of build-up to the Prime/Fallen battle which ended leaving you empty a little when it was over. Prime should have stayed dead until TF3, they could have had Rodimus become a Prime (Yes I know he's not even in the movie but he should have been), and have Optimus make a triumphant return in the 3rd. Too much story or lack there of crammed into 2 hours + which seemed way longer and unfortunately, not in a good way.

As a wonderful effects driven piece of eye candy it doesn't dissapoint. But as a sequel to the most wished for screen adaptation since LOTR it falls extremely short. Just as the scenes with Sector 7 made us roll our eyes and cringe in the first movie, Transformers 2 AS A FANBOY left a bad taste in my mouth. So, as mentioned earlier in this review, I did like TF2 but I also hated it so to that I say; Watch it, enjoy it for what it is, not what it's suppose to be. To the fanboys, let's hope they change gears for the 3rd movie beccause I don't see LOTR when I think Transformers now, I see Star Wars: Episodes 1 -3! Need I say more? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

awesome review, i also loved it and i hope they do a sequel too