The first international trailer for the Transformers sequel, ‘Revenge of the Fallen’:
Not sure if I’ve ever gone into details with my feelings on the first Transformers here, but they can be pretty aptly summed up with the word ‘massivedisappointmentthanksMichaelBay’. The first script was an abomination. Apart from the virtually non-existent plot, the writers also came up with one of the dumbest names for a movie protagonist ever; Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Sam Witwicky’. I was buying early on LaBeouf stock prior to seeing the first ‘Transformers’, but I quickly morphed into the stock trader standing on the ledge after realising his portfolio is worth about as much as a turd. The last Indiana Jones film actually made me jump. I don’t think my opinion of LaBeouf will ever recover.
I liked Transformers as a little kid. I thought the concept could have made for a goofy yet wildly entertaining action movie. I even love some of Michael Bay’s films (’The Rock’ is brilliant). But almost every decision made by the creative team of the first Transformers, from script to cast to production, bled all the goodwill I had going into the movie.
And don’t get me started on the ‘battles’ between the Transformers in the first movie - a ridiculous, physics-defying, cartoony-fake, CGI Cluster F.
Transformers 1 is waiting for a rewatch on my DVD shelf at the moment, and as much as I wish it won’t be doubly disappointing on a second viewing, I have no doubt it will. And unfortunately, with the same creative team behind Transformers 2, I’m expecting the same from ‘Revenge of the Pixels’… I mean, ‘Revenge of the Fallen’.