Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen opened on Wednesday to over $60 Million eye-popping dollars in sales. This sequel is filled with bigger, badder robots, more hot chicks and double the slightly dorky guy power. Want to know if the sequel is as good as the first? Read on to learn about the good, the bad and the ugly (and the not so ugly) from the Transformers sequel. Spoilers may be included, consider yourself forewarned.

Transformers 2 used a very cheesy plot gimmick to move the story along. You know the old, just when the bad guys are listening we will recap key information, one. This involved the jerk politician who tries to take over and screw up the whole operation.

Right when the Decepticons started listening in to a top secret conversation, the politician recapped where the leader of the Decepticons, Megatron, was buried at sea, what secret facility the last shard of the Allspark used to bring that leader back to life is kept and the secret Krabby Patty formula. Okay I made up that last part for the Spongebob fans. It was a cheap plot gimmick.

Transformers 2 had some moments that made no sense. The first was when Sam gave Mikaela the shard of the Allspark. Why not give it to BumbleBee? He put this dangerous metal which burned a hole through his house in what looked like a film canister and then gave it to his girlfriend and seemed to forget about it. Yeah, that's safe.

Another part of Transformers 2 that had me scratching my head was the craptastic security for this incredibly dangerous piece of the Allspark. Why would Optimus Prime allow humans to guard it alone when they have been largely ineffectual against the Decpticons? Why keep it in the first place?

If the shard managed to reanimate Megatron at the bottom of the ocean, why couldn't Sam use his piece to reanimate Optiumus? Where were the rest of the Autobots when Optimus was battling the Decepticons anyway? Did they stop for Starbucks?

I've mentioned the bad about Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, here's the good.

The robots in Transformers 2 kick butt. One favorite is made up of what look like ball bearings which became tiny robots, who merged into a razor thin bigger robot. Another was the old Transformer who came complete with a cane to shake at the younger robots when he felt like shouting "Get off my lawn." He would fit in at the old Transformers retirement home.

The Transformers 2 fight scenes included explosions and robot on robot action as expected. The sinking of a huge carrier ship was pretty cool, though it looked really fake. Another cool fight scene is when Optimus is brought back to life and flies through all the debris to take down The Fallen. A funny fight scene is when the little kitchen robots were destroyed by BumbleBee along with part of the Witwicky house only to be scolded by Sam.

The comic relief carried over from the first Transformers into Transformers 2 pretty well. There were several funny moments from Judy Witwicky like when she bought a "special" brownie at college and was stoned out of her mind. Other funny moments were when she was in France and tried escargot.

The addition of the roommate, Leo, was unnecessary. You could tell they wrote the part to add a character more like Sam's in the first Transformers. Just like the addition of Galloway as the government weenie was brought in to replace the Simmons part from the first movie as well. The actors did a fine job, but they weren't needed.

Now, down to the ugly and not so ugly in Transformers 2.

With a few very hot exceptions, the movie was filled with dorky kind of guys. One professor of Astronomy wasn't ugly, but was way too much of a dork to have a classroom full of hot chicks mooning over him. It was like watching Toby Maguire strutting and acting sexy in Spider Man 3. No way in heck would it happen. It just wouldn't.

You would have to be blind not to see that Megan Fox is a hottie. The girl sizzles. But really, her first shot where she is draped over a motorcycle, butt in the air, back arched dressed in tiny shorts to paint the front of the bike was a bit much. Though my husband tried to argue it could be realistic.

Speaking of unrealistic, Sam is in a relationship for two years with a girl who looks like Mikaela and never tells her he loves her and she accepts that and has sex with him? Puh-lease! She would have kicked his nerdy butt to the curb.

While watching Transformers Revenge of the Fallen one question haunted me. What kind of bra was Megan Fox wearing in Egypt? It put the Wonderbra to shame. She was able to run, jump, do flips and get blown up and she never once popped out. The girls stayed firmly in place with no visible riding up or bunching or wardrobe malfunctions. The best supporting part of this movie should go to that bra.

Overall, I liked the movie. Yes, there were a lot of plot holes and unrealistic scenarios. But it was fun. If you liked Transformers, I recommend seeing Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. Now if only someone could recommend where I could find that bra!