Went to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...

...no this is not a review, Tom already did one.

But I got so annoyed, because there were parents bringing kids to this movie. Seven to Ten year old kids! I mean its PG-13, and it has a really good amount of sexual humor. Even as blatant as a girl riding sam, even though there wasn't any riding.

How idiotic do the parents have to be, to take their adolescent children to see this movie with the rating specifically showing it has sexual content and anyone under 13 shouldn't see it. Yeah I can understand if a kid gets to do it in his own home even though he isn't supposed to, but the parents taking them to the theatre knowing kids shouldn't see this movie in theatres?!

I'm not alone on this issue, there has been stories of children being dragged into R rated movies, even babies, and having them cry and annoy the others to the point of having a shooting occur by a frustrated movie goer.

I don't approve of such a thing, but in the theatre I was in, some dumb kid was telling his parents play by play what was going to happen on screen. He must've read the wikipedia version of the plot before seeing the movie or some other site, because he basically predicted the whole movie. I had the urge to tell him to shut up, but I didn't because I was locked onto watching the transformers. He only did it a few times anyway, but this is the point i'm trying to make.

For the mature audiences, we shouldn't have to deal with KIDS being brought into movies they shouldn't even be printed a ticket for, and cringe when something inappropriate has to be seen.

It's about as bad as watching a sex scene in a movie with your parents, it's kind of uncomfortable.

Oh and btw the movie was good, the negativity over the twins is overhyped, the movie only suffers from jumping all over the place plot wise, but its not as good as the first.

But dang that kid was annoying.

Movie Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

When Transformers came to the big screen in 2007 I was skeptical but excited to see what Michael Bay was going to do with his adaption of the popular 80's cartoon. Those expectations were quickly put at ease with the films release. Action, adrenaline, and fun filled the first movie, yes it was flawed but it worked for me. After the first film I really wanted more so finally two years go by and look a that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is here.

It's hard to know how to go about this review, there's the whole critical point of view and then the fanboy point of view. Of course thats all bullshit, so lets just go with honest alright. I had a lot of fun with this movie, I don't think I enjoyed it as much as Star Trek but it was still enjoyable. I only wish the film could have moved along a little faster. While it starts fast it kind of just flutters around for a while. The last hour of the film definitely make up for it. It's pure all out Autobot and Decepticon war. Basically the film does everything the first film does x10. I hate making comparisons to films I haven't seen but from what I have heard this film feels a lot like Crank to Crank: High voltage as far as fans are concerned. The first was good but the second too much of a good thing.That seems to be the consensus when talking about Transformers 2.

I for one really enjoyed the action and didn't find it very hard to follow. I saw in in IMAX so I'm not sure if that may have helped but it was a lot of fun especially the big end desert battle. I don't wanna spend much time on the story because I really couldn't tell you what happened. Other then one or two points which I would consider spoilers there isn't that much of a plot to speak of. Sam is in college for about 30 seconds before he is swept away on an adventure. John Turturro returns and while I didn't enjoy him in the first film I really liked what he did in the second. He was still cartoonish but I just had a lot more fun watching him. The parents of Sam also were a lot of fun once again and had some great moments. Megan Fox while fun to look as isn't exactly fun to listen too. After about an hour in the film she has no purpose to be there anymore. One of the many flaws is that a lot of moments didn't need to be in there. it's a 2 hour 30 minute film and it could have been a lot better had about 30 minutes bin cut out. A good screenplay should always move the plot forward and here Transformers has trouble. The movie is a lot of explosive dumb fun regardless though so enjoy.

4 out of 5

What is with the flaming around Michael Bay?

Recently on IGN I found THIS article with Shia defending Michael Bay's style of filmmaking. 

Seriously, I'm getting tired of this. Michael Bay is a filmmaker, you take the plunge to specifically see his movies, or more recently you are a Transformer fan who wants to see a live action movie sequel. Michael Bay is in no way, shape or form the best director out there. 

But his success, his HUGE success with the first Transformers movie has got movie purists in a twist of hate towards him. Alot of the time these fans talk about vision, and the fact that Michael Bay likes to blow stuff up and have hot women. Oh, so we're cave men then?  *sigh* I can understand the hatred towards Friedburg and Seltzer's terrible movie parodies. I can even tolerate criticism of people like Uwe Boll who is an idiot for not taking criticism.

Michael Bay is none of these, his vision is not subdued in fear of his critics and he doesn't pour over his negative critics to discredit them. Transformers just worked for him because it was originally for kids and was adapted for all levels of people while staying true to the original series. Michael Bay is good in my book because he's not trying to be something he's not, under the executive producing guidance of Steven Speilberg and his growing record of movies, things changed for Bay. 

Blowing stuff up and his taste for action melds well for Transformers, Michael Bay hasn't made enough movies to be a visionary on the scale of names like James Cameron, or Speilberg. But he made a very enjoyable Transformers movie that wasn't all jokes, it glorified the transformers. The upcoming sequel is supposedly more darker with Michael Bay signatures, and you could be seeing worse movies than his. Trust me.

No, Michael Bay isn't one of my favorite directors by any stretch. He just happens to do Transformer's adaption well.