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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Directed by Michael Bay
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Most recently watched by dmosher, jenerator, sensoria, suspectk
Overview
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers’ war.
Rated PG-13 | Length 150 minutes
Actors
Shia LaBeouf | Megan Fox | Peter Cullen | Hugo Weaving | Tony Todd | Josh Duhamel | Tyrese Gibson | John Turturro | Ramon Rodriguez | Kevin Dunn | Julie White | Isabel Lucas | John Benjamin Hickey | Matthew Marsden | Andrew Howard | Michael Papajohn | Glenn Morshower | John Eric Bentley | Erin Naas | Rainn Wilson | Katie Lowes | Jonathon Trent | Walker Howard | America Olivo | Aaron Hill | Jareb Dauplaise | John Sanderford | Christopher Curry | Cas Anvar | Michael Benyaer | Deep Roy | Ruben Martinez | Spencer Garrett | Ralph Meyering Jr. | Aaron Norvell | Eric Pierpoint | Annie Korzen | Sean T. Krishnan | David Bowe | Kamal Jones | Aaron Lustig | Jim Holmes | Kristen Welker | Cornell Womack | David Luengas | Derek Alvarado | Alex Fernandez | Casey Nelson | Jason Roehm | John Nielsen | Rick Cramer | Arnold Chun | Marvin Jordan | Marc Evan Jackson | Jayson Floyd | Aaron Garrido | Josh Kelly | Joel Lambert | David Paul Olsen | Geoff Reeves | Brian Shehan | Mark Ryan | Reno Wilson | Jess Harnell | Robert Foxworth | André Sogliuzzo | Grey DeLisle | Charlie Adler | Frank Welker | Tom Kenny | Calvin Wimmer | John Di Crosta | Michael York | Kevin Michael Richardson | Robin Atkin Downes | Jenn An | Alexandra Begg | Caitlin Dulany | Andrew Hwang | Matt Iseman | Shayna Ryan | Karina Michel
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/03/2023 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| 07/04/2009 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 4 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Continuing my 4th of July celebration with the next installment of this Stars and Stripes franchise. Only saw this once in theater and p sure I didn’t like it. — yep! Just checked and I hated it hahaha
Welp, time and thousands of movies later has changed my opinion. I get why I didn’t care for it; this movie is overstuffed. I read it was a victim of the writers strike and that makes sense bc that screenplay needed another pass. There’s just shit in this that doesn’t need to be there and only drags the movie down. Like the parent’s vacationing in Paris then brought to Egypt… why?! The entire special agent with orders from the president to stand down… all of that can go and does nothing to move the story forward. It’s like they had this huge screenplay but couldn’t mess with it once the writers left so Bay just said “fuck it we’re shooting the whole goddamn thing!”
It suffers for it but once again he knows how to shoot the hell out of this and the VFX work is excellent. So many Michael Bay moments too, both cringe and awesome. Most of that makes this more entertaining than it would in someone else’s hands.
Still amazed how well that CGI blends with real locations and still better than 90 percent of what we’ve seen in recent years. And shooting in daylight instead of hiding the FX in the dark or rain.
Wish Tyrese was given more to do this go around. I wouldn’t revisit this one as much but it was nice to see again and admire the craft of creating a movie around that goofy screenplay.
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