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Aug 3, 2009



Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In one word - AWESOME!!!

The premiere for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was held on Tuesday 28th July 2009 & I went to see it the next day (& so did @__Sun__, @sjdvda & @tushal).

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Ever since I watched Transformers (my first movie I downloaded), I knew if there was to be a sequel, it just had to be bigger, better, longer & have more explosions... & more Megan Fox! So my expectations were huge, as was my anticipation.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
On its release, critics unanimously bashed the film, while the public had only one reaction - awesome! Transformers: Revenge of Fallen is up to now the highest grossing movie of 2009, with total earnings excess of $800 million.
If it was really that bad, how could it have been such a massive success?

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
After watching the film, there's no doubt that the critics were barking up the wrong tree.
If you were looking for drama & great acting, watch a Martin Scorsese or a Clint Eastwood! Adventure? Steven Spielberg. Dialogues & elaborate plot? Christopher Nolan. Epic movies? Peter Jackson or Ridley Scott.
But for action, explosions & CGI, there's only one man - Michael Bay!
Transformers was all about robots fighting each other. & T:ROTF gives you what you always wanted - more robots fighting each other!
 

The Story

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The story is pretty straight-forward - the Fallen needs the Matrix of Leadership to activate a Sun Harvester on Earth to produce Energon - the energy that sustains the Transformers.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
When Sam touches a shard of the All Spark, he has visions of the location of the Matrix, which actually is a riddle. The Decepticons revive Megatron & hence begins the search for the Matrix of Leadership...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Overall the story is much darker, has less humor than the first film, especially after Optimus Prime dies. Wheelie was way funnier than the Twins. There are very few quotable lines & not much character development of the humans & the Transformers. Many of them are left unnamed, which may lead to confusion. Sideswipe, Arcee & Jolt have less screen time than the Twins or Jetfire.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Original Transformers fans won't like the plot because of the great diversions from the original story (just like I hate most of the Harry Potter movies).
 

The CGI

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
T:ROTF is the movie with the best CGI ever. ILM have outdone themselves with the transformations & action scenes! From the intricate details on Optimus Prime's Peterbilt truck parts, the emotions on Bumblebee's face to the eye-popping transformation of Devastator, it's a visual feast from start to finish. Mind-blowing stuff!

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Anyone spotted the R2-D2 in the movie? (Will need to watch the 720p to spot that)
 

The Action

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The prologue - NEST (Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers or Nonbiological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty) hunting Decepticons in Shanghai. A Terex RH-400 transforming into Demolishor. An Audi R8 (Sideways) is chased by Arcee & then sliced by Sideswipe.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Optimus Prime then makes his grand entry & takes down Demolishor! & that was just a teaser... that left everyone drooling in the cinema.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Can anyone suggest a better action movie than T:ROTF? Because there is none! Even if you didn't like the plot or the dialogues, there's no way you weren't mesmerized by those fight sequences that make you go... OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
One thing you don't miss in Michael Bay movies is explosions! It surpasses even the Dark Knight's blowing up of Gotham's Central Hospital. T:ROTF set a Guinness Book Record for the biggest explosion on film with actors present.
 

The Scenery

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Although that's the last thing you'd expect from Transformers, the Petra & Pyramid scenes were fantastic. The last time I saw Petra in a film was in Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. T:ROTF was one of the rare movies which got permission to film on the Pyramids & to have aerial shots of it.

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But what topped it off was Optimus Prime standing next to the Sphinx!
 

Optimus Prime

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In T:ROTF, Optimus Prime played a much more crucial role. Right from the start with that wonderful intro scene to the forest fight, where he bravely takes on 3 Decepticons at the same time & sacrifices himself to save Sam.

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& when he is resurrected into the much stronger “Jetfired” Optimus Prime that effortlessly kills the Fallen - that leaves little doubt that the star of T:ROTF is indeed Optimus Prime.
 

Megan Fox

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Isabel Lucas

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The other hot asset of T:ROTF. Too bad she was killed. ;)
 

The Soundtrack

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Despite all the on-screen action, I still managed to keep track of the background score. There were gems like Prime & Tomb of the Primes & of course parts of New Divide. & finally, at the end of the film came the moment I was most waiting for, the complete track of New Divide! Superb achievement from Steve Jablonsky & Hans Zimmer.
 

Faults?

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The only thing that sucked in this film was that it was in French. I tried hard to find mistakes, but there's not much.
- According to moviemistakes.com, T:ROTF has the most mistakes than any other movie. But frankly, when you are so engrossed in the action, you never notice these! You can check the trivia here.
- The General Morshower that was watching over NEST is the same general who was at the Qatar base when it was attacked by Blackout, leaving no survivors.
- Footage from the first film was used for two scenes - the Predator flying & protoforms travelling through space.
- In the forest scene, that's not Blackout revived, but it's another Decepticon Grindor.
- How come Bumblebee never recognises Alice as a Pretender? It seems to me that Transformers are undetectable by other Transformers when they go in camouflage mode. Only humans can detect them via radioactive signature.
- Why does the AllSpark transforms machines into Decepticons? Remember that all of Earth's technology was reverse-engineered by studying Megatron.
- According to the prequel novels, The Fallen was trapped in another dimension. But the movie shows him trapped in the crashed spaceship on a planet. Probably the explanation lies in the novelization.
- Jolt (Chevrolet Volt) is not seen much throughout the movie, except for the crucial Spark exchange. According to the film-makers, it was a late addition.
- If the US Army had a secret experimental Transformer-killing weapon, why didn't they use it before? Because they didn't want the Autobots to know about that weapon!
- What happened to Wheelie?
- Autobot gender not explained! How are Transformers conceived?
 

Awesome!!!

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a true geek movie! It completely exceeded my expectations in all aspects, a great sequel to Transformers. Two and half hours long of mind-boggling CGI action, an exceptional soundtrack & Megan Fox eye candy, everything that leaves you wanting for more. At the end of the movie, you are left with only one word to describe it - AWESOME!!!
The biggest entertainer & the best movie I've seen this year. I enjoyed it so much that when I left the cinema, I had stomach ache because of the excess adrenaline!

Rating - 8.5/10

See you all in 2012, for the next Transformers movie. :)

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Saajid said...

there's no way you weren't mesmerized by those fight sequences that make you go... OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
That about sums it up... :D

"I enjoyed it so much that when I left the cinema, I had stomach ache because of the excess adrenaline! "
Does that explain the weird encounter? :P lmao


About the mistakes:
"According to the prequel novels, The Fallen was trapped in another dimension. But the movie shows him trapped in the crashed spaceship on Mars. Probably the explanation lies in the novelization." - Are you sure that's Mars? I'm pretty sure I saw Megatron moving past Jupiter O_O

"If the US Army had a secret experimental Transformer-killing weapon, why didn't they use it before? Because they didn't want the Autobots to know about that weapon!" - AFAIK Simmons was the only one who knew it would work against Transformers :)

Bruno said...

For the Megan Fox part, a picture is worth a 1000 words. I figured out you understood this statement :D

I havent seen the movie yet. :'(

carrotmadman6 said...

@sjdvda
Weird encouter? Yep! :P

According to the comics it's Mars, but it may be one of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn. :)

Yea, that's another possible explanation. :D


@Bruno
:D

Sun said...

ah.. mush awaited article.!!

AWESOME is the word. I cant imagine how T3 will be..

Another fault i saw was, in the end when that ex-sector 7 officer stuns Leo(sams roomate) in the car because he's making lot of fuss! Seconds later the car stops, and Leo is running. lol..

But who cares!!! Optimus Prime is so cool! XD I'd say he's sexier than meganfox...! *geekophilie*

To those who didnt like the movie : seriously! you suck!!

carrotmadman6 said...

@Sun
Yeah, that was another fault. :P

Optimus Prime FTW!!! xD

Noor said...

I really liked the first one (watched it abt 4 times) but this one makes me sick just watching once!

Great effects but bad plot! Bad story! Really bad!

Especially those twins and wat abt lame-ass jokes! Oh, come on...the humor was really fcked up in this one!

If you're talking abt mistakes;
Wtf was that about the ex-agent climbing that pyramid when the huge robot was going on the top of it while rocks was falling everywhere but not on him. And abt the twins fighting inside the cave or watever to just discover the matrix?! Really!?! and there're more mistakes... Then i started having a headache.. i didnt leave the cine hoping it would get better in the end but it didnt!!

I was expecting more from this but...wat can i say..its Michael Bay!

Anyway, for me, it was a really bad experience!


Better watch Terminator 4! Which i found really good!

carrotmadman6 said...

@Noor
I agree that the story wasn't the greatest, but it was just ok.
Yea, the Twins were redundant - they only contributed to the Petra scene!
As for Simmons climbing the Pyramid, he was on the far left, where you can see the rocks not falling. There was also some kind of cavity there that could have sheltered him. :)

985M3rv|n said...

Megan fox is awesome yeah lol =)

Yadhav(AloMoris) said...

:P Nice Review and Pictures, Transformers - the Best Action Movie of 2009 :)

Tushal said...

Megan sexy fox..well, now stop looking at my girl..

@Carrot--->Were you shocked because of Saajid?You do know that he could not sit still in cinema. Each time Megan was on the screen, he was moving a lot..I don't know why!

carrotmadman6 said...

@Tushal
LOL xD

Keshav said...

Critics and Michael Bay haters can shove it up. All Michael Bay movies are made with the objective of entertaining and never fail to do so.

The cinematography in TF2 is equally awesome. :P

Host Intruder said...

Yeppp ... best movie ever ;).

Rite$h said...

great movie, lived up to its reputation

Yasir said...

awesome indeed, in fact i was rather impressed by the AI and special effects!! I don't know how tranformers would have looked like if bollywood was the movie indrustry *ROFL*

Inf said...

Effects are awwwsome! Haven't seen such good effects in a while! And the logistics used! Simply wow! Hot girl, nice robot action, how can we ask for more?

Storywise, found it a bit flat. The Fallen was too weak in the end. Too bad.

Anonymous said...

LOL... kumsa zot tou in contan sa fim la? Seriously? Mari kk ek buffon sa fim laa!! robot geler.. robot p hump lipier megan fox, robot vin vier.. enan la barbe.. ek robot enan testicules? Zistoire kk.. pna logic, riser pouser p aler em.. explosion ici labas ek shia labouf saves the world!

Top fim!! loool

keshav said...

@ Anonymous.

LMAO. :D Go watch Juno or something if you are into realistic movies.

Saajid said...

@Anonymous
Dude, this movie is about robots. 30 feet-tall robots transforming into vehicules.

Read that previous sentence repeatedly until you realise it doesn't even have to be logical. :P

Anonymous said...

ah transformers 2 best movie ever so goood!!!!
cant wait for 3 to come out
watching it on projector in my rooom surround sound
so good

buy 2gb compact flash said...

To write a review in appreciation or attempted criticism which is always easier by the way of a movie such as Transformers wouldn't be fair at all if you haven't read the comics or followed the animated series. That the movie lacks depth of a story and of characters would also be the most often used remarks by critics.

Andrea said...

when i saw megan fox in this movie, i felt like seeing myself. rofl

Anonymous said...

good movie

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