Movie Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Kansas City Star
Jun 23, 2009
Transformers 2': Big, Loud, Mindless, Awesome
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opens just after midnight Tuesday in regular theaters and IMAX.
Here's a roundup of what critics around the world are saying about the sequel.
IGN.com: "The biggest movie of the summer is finally here, but that's the problem - it's just too bloody big. Epic, spectacular but unfortunately far, far too long, the film proves that when it comes to Michael Bay blockbuster movies, you can have too much of a good thing."
Total Film: "'Fallen' frequently approaches the first pic's all-out awesomeness, and even occasionally surpasses it. A forest face-off between Optimus Prime and three Decepticons is impressive enough to merit comparison with King Kong's multiple T-Rex smackdown. It's this close to being the perfect summer flick."
London's Daily Mirror: "Pure mindless adventure mayhem that sticks firm and hard to its winning formula."
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Hollywood Reporter: "Shia LaBeouf gets little chance to show what charm he might have. Meanwhile, Megan Fox has little to do except look great in a tank top and tight jeans while running in slow motion through flying sand."
Variety: "The sheer amount of ripping steel, exploding mechanical parts and mutating vehicles of all shapes and sizes is something to behold. Industrial Light & Magic's superb handling of these sequences, which are like a little boy's playtime fantasy taken to Wagnerian proportions, are the veritable centerpieces of a narrative that makes little effort to set up the fights."
London Daily Mail: "Virtually all the dialogue is inaudible, drowned out by battles, explosions and gargantuan lumps of metal crashing into each other. I noted down a few morsels: 'Punkass Decepticon, any last words?' 'The boy will not escape - we have him in our sights!' and 'There's another source of Energon on this planet; the boy can lead us to it!' I have no idea why I wrote those lines down, still less what they mean. I was just grateful to be able to hear them."
Shiznit.com: "Somewhere toward the end, when you realize the plot literally centers around magic dust, you'll feel ever-so-slightly silly for enjoying it."
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