I wasn’t really entertained by this. Didn’t care for any of the human characters, cared even less for the autobots. Also way too long. Had it been an hour shorter, I might have liked it better.

worth it but i got bored half-way through.

This second Transformers flick continues the big boom a minute frenetic energy from the first, and it only lets up for fractions of a second to showcase caricatures of humans. The robots are cool, very cool, they’re the main reason anyone would even think of seeing this – but at the back of my mind while I’m woah!-ing at the special effects, the kickass robot fights, the very clever “bearing-bots” (hey Ravage, is that you!) hacking into top secret military base – I can’t help but wonder if this movie could’ve been done just a tad better. Less boom more… substance? Or would that be oxymoronic of a summer flick? Highly recommended viewing for kids, teenagers, also great for a date movie (cos you really don’t have to pay attention to the movie, &c.), and anyone who’s enjoyed the first one or people with the ability to park their brain at the door.

Plus, Jetfire as a crazy oldtimer. Ha!! And even crazier Agent Simmons as a decommissioned super secret agent reduced to running a deli in, is that Queens? Excellent! This accompanying poster pretty much sums it up.

Never going to be branded a classic of cinema, but it did exactly what it said on the tin: big robots beating seven shades of… rust… out of each other. ’nuff said!