Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

The day finally came. Dakota and I went off to go see the sequel to Transformers. Going into this, I had an idea that this movie would be non-stop action and very little storyline. Being a fan of the original cartoon and movie, plus the first live action movie, I was skeptical about this one. After the first 15 minutes of this movie, I had nothing to worry about.

While the movie is over two hours long, the movie keeps a nice flow of both story and action. Like the first movie, I always thought it was pretty cool that they kept the same voice actor (Peter Cullen) to do the voice of Optimus Prime in the movie as he did in the cartoon. Sometimes, as a movie goer, it's nice to have that familiarity with the characters, even if it's just the voice. Shia LaBeouf is great as Sam Whitwicky, the human who the Autobots trust. Dakota told me after the movie that Bumblebee is still her favorite, but she agreed that there were a few other robots that stole the show. As for Megan Fox, she does what brought her to the dance: look hot! Of course, John Turtorro is excellent as Agent Simmons. I found it to be nice that they introduced the Matrix of Leadership to the storyline. For those that saw the cartoon movie back in the 80's, the Matrix was the device that dominated the movie and new episodes that followed it.

It looks like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will give Star Trek a run for it's money at the box office. As for me, while the movie isn't as strong as Star Trek, it is right up there as far as one of the best movies of 2009.