Robots in disguise

Okay, so, any critic that praised the first Transformers movie and then decided to crap all over Revenge of the Fallen needs to give his or her head a shake. I cannot see how people who loved one can hate the other. I truly enjoyed Revenge and strongly recommend anyone with interest in seeing it to cough up the extra few dollars for IMAX - so very, very worth it. Like The Dark Knight there are a handful of sequences shot with IMAX cameras that fill the entire screen, and seeing a close up of Optimus' head 50 feet high is worth the price of admission.

Are there problems? Sure - same as the original film. It's bloated with exposition, every scene not involving the robots runs about two minutes longer than it should, and there are several characters that could have been eliminated with little effect on the finished product (including Megan Fox, whose role consists almost entirely of running in slow motion and looking concerned while other people talk). But Revenge of the Fallen delivers on some seriously cool action, and, surprisingly, it's easier to tell the robots apart this time around despite there being exponentially more of them. Most of the comedy works, the locations are interesting, and the sound will rock you to your very heart. Don't believe the hype - this movie pays off. I can't wait for the Blu-ray.