Hmmpost

Never thought a movie could have too much action but if you ever needed an example go see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. That’s not an endorsement because it’s like running a marathon without taking a breath or gulping any water along the way. We paid $40 to go see this movie last night and I wanted to ask for my money back.

There were a few redeeming moments in the film like where Megan Fox runs around and her breasts bounce through her shirt or the bit part machines make some humorous asides. I read a few reviewers saying that there was no plot, but there is one and it goes something like this: there is a magical shard that Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) carries with him that sets off in his brain an ancient map to a massive power source in Egypt. Because the Decepticons took over a satellite they can listen in on the world’s conversations and they just happen to catch that Sam is the man they need to target to find this power source. The Decpticons want this power source so they can kill the sun and the only one that can stop them is a Prime like, well, Optimus Prime. If you are saying yeah, right, then you probably understand why some reviewers felt the movie was thin on plausibility and long on grinding, loud action scenes. The movie is ouch loud too. We made the mistake of coming in early before they show the 15 minutes worth of previews at the movie start time (when are they going to end this stupid trend?) and before the volume goes from 15 out of 100 to 110. No, really, my ears were hurting at times. I was going to show a picture of the Transformers tickets price but a Google image search of Megan Fox is much better. This movie is not even rental worthy, don’t bother. Grade: F