preface
"Unbelievable but true. It has actually lasted a whole week until I finally wrote the report on the Germany premiere of Transformers 2 have done [...].
The review will probably tomorrow or so. "[Hamburg, 22 June 2009]
WHOOPS! Did I actually "tomorrow" is written?? I meant of course "in half a year" 8DDDDDD No, seriously ... I was just too lazy. But as a wonderful final round of the year 2009, I finally post my review for the summer blockbuster "Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen!
Have fun!
REVIEW
Introduction
Once again a tendency for a year to a close and once again, a lot has happened. Much good, but unfortunately many bad: Black / yellow was elected to the Bundestag, the swine flu is spreading and the impact of the financial crisis are being felt still very strong. But especially in the field of cinema incredible things have happened. For in this hope to achieve all the super cinema year stood out in particular a film, "Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen "(to Dt." Transfomers - The Revenge "). The sequel to the 2007 summer hit "Transformers" is probably one of the most questionable box-office hits, has recorded the history of cinema. With loud explosions and giant robot battles could Michael Bay's new summer blockbuster worldwide attract countless viewers into the cinemas and played an incredible 833 million U.S. dollars. Transformers 2 thus belongs to the 10 most successful films of all time. But while the numbers seem to speak for the movie, rip from critics in the same breath the world does that pompous robot deathmatch in a thousand pieces. Words such as "racism", "preadolescent humor" and "brainless" are repeatedly brought to the film in context. Even if Michael Bay for its content free, but very successful films is known, never before have success and criticism as far apart as here.
action : Are
Four years after the dissolution of Sector 7 and the battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons in Mission City already passed. But peace on earth is far into the distance. Despite the death of Megatron (Hugo Weaving), are seen everywhere in the world again and again Decepticons. The Autobots, led by the heroic Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), together with NEST, the new military organization of people who have taken on the task to protect the world from the Decepticons. But in her last fight in Hong Kong has been left them a warning: "Fallen will rise again." While the Autobots
guessing at who or what it could have been a "Fallen" is Sam Witwicky (Shia Labouf) finally grow up and go to college. To his regret, he must be his friend Mikaela (Megan Fox) and leave his robot friend and protector Bumblebee. But when he actually destroyed a splinter of the Allspark, the source of all life, finds and sees all strange since, cybertron characters, Sam falls again in the crossfire in the endless war of the Autobots and the Decepticons.
If the Autobots can avert the end of the earth? Who's the case and what is he up to? And what the "matrix of leadership" is?
criticism
There can be no doubt any claim that "Transfomers - Revenge of the Fallen" one of the most explosive and technically intensive seen action movies is a long time. For as soon as Optimus Prime beats his fists into the metal body of the Decepticons and fly around everywhere and he shreds his two swords in ballet-like movements of the arms and legs separated his opponent, then the child in the audience will again awakened. They are happy just to be allowed to do this show and was fascinated about this visually stunning Staging. But the whole action would be without ILM and co. not nearly as spectacular. While the first film, the computer graphics were groundbreaking already, so here it is again improved by miles. The Transformers have considerably more screen time this time, there are a lot of crazy action and CGI has rarely seen one robot in such a detailed and realistic look like in Transformers 2 Except for some scenes, you quickly forget that all robots are the ultimate computer-generated completely. You can see where the money is flowing executed ... and it was well spent!
striking even the ubiquity of the U.S. military is in the movie. Although it is very striking, disturbing the masses of soldiers, tanks and fighter jets continued not, but leave the battle fields are all the more epic and grandiose. Whether it's advertising for the U.S. military now was simply to be seen again.
But while the action sequences and the technical sophistication as such unimpeachable in its fascination and genius, so the film in other areas, suffers from numerous and sometimes very serious drawbacks. For action alone can not take 2.5 hours and this movie is "Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen" more than just clear. In order to, in and of itself be a good movie, playing himself in an action movie plot, story flow and pacing is crucial. They give the fight scenes and a sense of suspense. They are important tools that make the action worth seeing in a movie. But in these points is Michael Bay's work rather messy and can only be convincing in places. The plot, for example, can be divided into two different main areas: 1 The mystery of traps and Sam's life in college. 2. the search for the matrix of leadership. The big problem here, however, that in the first half of the film, the voltage by frantic change of scene and action sequences is built up steadily and reached its peak in the fantastic battle in the forest. From here, however, there is a break and the film suddenly takes a very steady pacing, which is in complete contrast to the previous battle. It is working towards a new peak, but the intensity of the first peak in the forest is never seen again reached. The viewer is torn from his effort simply to be brought back slowly to the action. But the expectations of a continuing tension that has built up over the entire first half, are not met. The great final battle of the Pyramids of Egypt is compared to the fight in the forest not as breathtaking, and leaves the viewer with a rather unimpressed back feeling. This is of course not so nice. Often, the potential of the plot is given away. Thus, important key scenes that are supposed to explain many questions, very inelegant by a quasi-Deus Ex-Machine (Jetfire) initiated and confuse more than clarify that. The love story between Sam and Mikaela is sweet to watch, despite their very kitschy character and makes the two main characters more sympathetic. Some will like it, some less so again.
to these shortcomings in the plot but one could overlook really fast, because the action is still terrific, and because the film is technically part story makes much better than the previous one. If not for the incredible level of loose humor that runs through the whole movie! Time copulate two male dogs, sometimes running amok, the mother of Sam, because she ate cannabis cookies and another time you see the crown jewels of the kilometer-wide Decepticon "Devastator" but the really supposed to look scary. Yes, with Devastator are actually seeing his balls! In general, the film seems to be genitally fixated humor technically (eg the kitchen has a large transformer gun as a penis). There are also still annoying comic relief characters like Leo, has nothing better to do than rumzumeckern, crying and talking frantically any nonsense or Wheelie, who seems to have only perverted stuff in my head.
can pull over and the pre-adolescent jokes through the entire 145 minutes of the film and only very rarely be laughable. Were only few such jokes have been seen, one could ignore this, too easy. But unfortunately they are so striking and so present that it is almost impossible it is to ignore it. They are so below the belt, they pull the film into an unnecessary depth. It was not necessary!
actor Technically the film is much more convincing than the first film and there are some very dramatic moments, which are sometimes the absolute highlight of the film. Just a pity that these outstanding moments of the shortcomings in part be covered.
Conclusion:
In short we can say that the action and CGI but phenomenal, the main plot of the film, however, is partly much too confusing and poorly thought out. Since the actual story, the film had lot of potential in this respect is all the more disappointing. About the ubiquity of the U.S. military and the corny clichés can ignore, since they contribute little to the story and are working well with meaning and purpose. Whereof one can not ignore the bizarre humor that breaks the film into a bottomless pit and it does more harm than good for you.
The movie has made so much better than the first, but unfortunately, again much much worse. Despite the many shortcomings is "Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen" remains a very entertaining movie and recommended for lovers of the cinema quite bombastic! All others can view it with a lot of beer.
As Transformers fans: 7.5 out of 10 points
As a film critic: 6 out of 10
discussion :
have already mentioned at the beginning of many criticisms of the film in almost torn apart. This often of the same points have been addressed and criticized. In the following part the most interesting topics are again being questioned and discussed. The most controversial topic
of the complete film, which led to a storm of indignation, the two Autobot Twins "skids" and "Mudflap". These are two relatively young and stupid, especially Transformers, which will also contribute to the humor of the film. To illustrate their folly, however, they decided to use them to miss an appropriate appearance (two prominent teeth, which is one of them a gold tooth, deformed Faces, etc.).
Many critics saw the two characters, a racist stereotype of African Americans and felt it as a terrible insult. They felt vindicated in their criticism, saying in a scene was that the Twins could not read what was naturally felt to be an allusion to a primitiveness of African Americans.
This criticism is unwarranted, because it is in no way an actual if not existing image is of African-Americans. White hip-hop junkies with their bent caps and squishy clothes look much more like the Twins as the African-American. It's much less of the stereotype of African Americans than the stereotype of the young, messed-up generation of today. And nonetheless, to be clear.
As for the illiteracy of the Twins: A general fact that no one could read the writing of the Primes (neither the Twins nor Bumblebee or wheelie) was. Accordingly, it was part of the plot. Why do critics see this as yet another racist comment? While I can understand that many people are very sensitive to some things, simply because the African-American history has been particularly nice. However, it is incomprehensible and unjustified, that in so many ways racism and Hate-sees, although it actually knows that it is not like that. How many people can already claim to have seen more blacks that match the stereotype, the Twins seem to represent, as such, do not look like that? Accordingly, one should then ask why you are so angry about something that is not true and has never voted and whether it was not even a stereotype of African Americans in the head, but still want to go with the flow.
Another theme is the explicit violence of the film, especially in terms of brutality on the part of Optimus Prime. This violent behavior not correspond to the original '80s character of the heroic leader of the Autobots. This may be true, but over the 25 years that the Transformers franchise exists already lived through many forms and interpretations of Optimus Prime, and this here is just one of them. Furthermore, the brutality is quite understandable, since that is the Autobots and Decepticons are two peoples is located thousands of years in the bitter war in which there seems to be no more diplomatic solutions. In a war, killing is unfortunately an inevitable part of Optimus Prime is ultimately just a soldier.
now arises But again the question: What is at such a force in a film so bad? It is not disgusting, not bad or anything ... It is BADASS !!!!! Never before has so been a stark Optimus Prime: D Yes, the idea of Transformers is that the robot "emotional beings" and so on, but it is ultimately just a movie! of course, is a matter of taste (as always) but I do not see how you can complain to the Optimus Prime bit x)
but probably the most questionable point of criticism, of which I belong rt have is the fact that in Film only pretty women walking around ... ... .. ....! WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LORD GO WITH YOU ?!?!? Want to see ugly women or what? XD Expect people about realism in a film that deals with meter-high robot that can transform into vehicles and aircraft? While I can understand if you have something against the general glorification of Megan Fox (where it's really hot), but it? This is called Nitpicking! Many critics pick out little things that really have no meaning for the entire film, and can they be unnecessary in the width, just to make the movie worse than he is and feel vindicated in their criticism to themselves to. It's just like with the American Flag in Spider-Man 3 The scene was cheesy? Yes! If those 1.5 seconds film made so much worse than he would actually be? No, absolutely not! It is incomprehensible how such small things that usually are even far from bad, can sometimes cause so much excitement! Fuck you, people ...! ! Fuck you (edited slightly; D!)
[The Silence]
PS: I've seen the movie four times already; D * wink *
