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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallena.k.a. “Transformers 2,” “Transformer: Revenge,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The IMAX Experience,” “Toransufômâ: Ribenji,” “Transformers - Die Rache,” “Transformers - La venganza de los caídos,” “Transformers - Razbunarea celor invinsi,” “Transformers - Retaliação,” “Transformers - Yenilenlerin intikami,” “Transformers 2 - Kaatuneiden kosto,” “Transformers: A Vingança dos Derrotados,” “Transformers: A bukottak bosszúja,” “Transformers: De Faldnes hævn,” “Transformers: De beseirede slår tilbake,” “Transformers: I ekdikisi ton ittimenon,” “Transformers: Pomsta porazených,” “Transformers: la revanche,” “Трансформеры: Месть падших”MPAA Rating:
 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material.Reviewed by: Thaisha Geiger Very Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Teens, Adults
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Sequel
Length:
2 hr. 30 min.
Year of Release:
2009
USA Release:
June 24, 2009 (wide—4,000 theaters)
DVD: October 20, 2009   
Relevant Issues
Review: Transformers (2007) What does the Bible say about intelligent life on other planets? Answer Are we alone in the universe? Answer Does Scripture refer to life in space? Answer 
“Revenge is coming.” For two years, the U.S. and Autobots have had a classified alliance codenamed Nest. Together, the Nest team goes around the world hunting down the remaining Decepticons. After the security site for the last known piece of the All Spark is located, it is stolen and used to resurrect Megatron. Finally, wanting a normal life, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is going away to college, leaving behind his parents and his girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox). After packing his souvenir jacket from the last alien invasion, a small piece of the Allstar falls out and integrates encrypted coordinates into Sam’s mind. This makes him an immediate target for Megatron who wants to locate the hidden device that is powerful enough to destroy the sun. While the action sequences are less choppy than the first film, they are louder, longer, and way more frequent. The majority of the film is a battlefield with the actors yelling at one another as they run through explosions in slow motion. The plot is somewhat more complicated and hard to follow, at times, since differently accented Bots take turns with the narrations. Several of the Decepticons also look too similar and were essentially hard to differentiate at times. In this sequel, the Autobots and Decepticons are more centrally focused upon. While the latter are portrayed accurately as evil bots, the Autobots are way less relatable to their creative origin—and great liberty was used in humanizing them. While Optimus Prime remains true, his part is considerably less this time around. Replacing him in the forefront are two squabbling twin Autobots who are racially stereotypical and profane. Offensive ContentIn their liberations, the writers made the Autobots more immoral than in the first film. While there are only 11 profanities, they are heavily emphasized and are mainly used by the Autobots. In addition, one calls a human a “p__y,” has “suck my popsicle” painted on its car, and one is even shown to have testicles. Finally, one miniature Decepticon humps Mikaela’s leg as a form of affection. If one found the sexual content offensive in the first film, it would be better to skip this sequel, as they have increased quite dramatically. Aside from Mikaela’s skimpy clothing, women are further objectified, especially in Sam’s college. From wall posters to the women merely walking by, most were under-dressed. During his first day at college, Sam is heavily pursued by a very sexually aggressive girl. She straddles his lap, lays on top of him and whispers suggestive seductions. While her sexual advances are directly related to the plot, they are what they are. In addition, Sam’s astronomy professor is a pervert undercover, throwing sexual hints to the female students who react with suggestive smiles. Without warning, John Turturro is shown wearing a thong. Sam’s dog has a new companion with whom it is shown twice having sex. Although the violence is heavily styled and exaggerated, two robots are vividly stabbed. Some kind of slimy robotic device is inserted through Sam’s nose and mouth. While dropping Sam off at college, his mom inadvertently buys marijuana and is shown high in a lengthy scene. While on her buzz trip, she makes sexually inappropriate comments. Some kind of farce heaven with angelic robots is shown in a near-death scene. God is hinted at one time during the film. At one time, Sergeant Epps says that if God made man in his image, then who made the Autobots. In Scripture, God only created man in His image, not everything. However, absolutely everything, including the universe and the unknown beyond is made by the Lord. In Nehemiah 9:6, it reads: “You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything…” The word “alone” should be taken special note of, especially in a society where everyone is encouraged to find his own path to happiness and spirituality. There is a huge difference between truth and opinion. In John 14:6, Jesus famously said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Christ is not a mere bandwagon, a hype, or one of many paths. He is the only path to true salvation. If He were not, then our faith would be worthless and for naught. In Corinthians 15:17, Paul wrote, “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” I personally do not recommend this film. While I do love action movies, this one was too much chaos, mostly pausing to insert inappropriate jokes or puns. If you’re looking for a heavily-filled action movie with cleaner substance, I recommend seeing “Terminator: Salvation” instead of this offensive movie. Violence: Heavy / Profanity: Moderate / Sex/Nudity: Heavy See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.   Comments below:
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Positive - Transformers 2 is a frenetic robot war biopic with meticulous visual FX shots, too much action, and no character development—all common traits of quick-cash sequels. I love visual FX, I've been fascinated by them since I was probably 3 feet tall. As you probably can already surmise, visual FX dominate the majority of every nook and cranny of this movie. For me, it's the insanely articulate motion tracking (though not always perfect—watch the scene where Sam gets a visit from the “doc”) and the tons of reflective surfaces on every Autobot and Decepticon (which I've still yet to see a fully 3D character be 100% true to life in terms of optics) that Transformers 2 earns its weight in gold I love a good action flick like any other dude, but too much is too much. This movie reminds me of the last two Bond flicks' dilemma: commanding start quickly dissolves into something less. And by that I mean the first Transformers has a respectable sampling of all the essential movie ingredients. You got action and visual effects, but also a story, characters, humor… and oh, time to breathe. The sequel is non-stop explosions, fights, and soldiers and Sam alike arbitrarily lunging off rooftops, dunes, cars, balconies—anything really. Okay, so I exaggerate. You say “But Keenum—this movie has humor and people and stuff.” Read on. Positive - …I …thoroughly enjoyed it! It did have some inappropriate things which would be offensive to some people, at least those that never look past these things and see the movie and story behind it. It was action-packed definitely, which makes an awesome movie. Is it better than the first? Almost. I would really recommend seeing this movie if you like shows in this genre. Shia did an amazing job as usual, and the movie's plot played out smoothly—couldn't help but notice they left it wide open for a 3rd—sweet! I really like the new additions to the Auto-bots, they were the comic relief, and fun to watch. You should go see this movie it was amazing and fun! Positive - I honestly loved this movie. The story may have been a little too fast moving at times, but it worked out overall. The effects were great as well. I am a Christian, but I believe I have thicker skin then some. Taking young kids …maybe not the greatest idea honestly. I watched this film, and had to listen a 6 or 7 year old boy keep asking his mom what every joke meant. Especially on the ones aimed at adults and more mature audiences. If I was to have kids of my own, I'd wait til this movie came out on video and watch it with one of those curse free tv things. This is not to say I thought they content was too strong. I simply think younger kids… around the ages of maybe 10 or younger, should watch it with an adult. Positive - I think any movie these days will spark controversy with anyone. What I don't think is that everyone with a computer should be putting in their two cents worth because they feel they've been directly offended by said movie. Sure the movie needs to make money and they will do most anything they can to do that and I think this is a blockbuster movie to be reckoned with. I think they did a fantastic job to make the movie as free of objectivity as they could. I mean come on PG-13 like most kids under that age haven't heard or said something worse than what's in this movie. I think a lot of people have a lot of growing up themselves to do if they think that movie makers are going to make these styles of movies G rated because it hurts their feelings. Transformers has been around since 1984 so think of the age group they are targeting. They argent targeting children as much as they are the late 20's early 30's. So suck it up princess and go watch wall-e again. Or better yet Ice Age 3 is coming out, but I'm sure you'll find something wrong with that too. Positive - I personally fell that the movie makers could've done without the language and amount of sexuality that was used. I wasn't counting, but if I had been, there was at least 5 times when I looked over at my husband as if to say, “I can't believe they are saying this stuff!” We took our 5 yr old and 8 yr old to see it and they even whispered, “mommy, he just said another bad word.” I don't feel that it was offensive to me at all, however, my little ones didn't need to hear all of that. Typically the “Theatrical” version is more muted than the “Unedited DVD.” It should've been a choice for the movie go-er considering they were using more than one theater… it would've been nice if there were two versions. Don't freak out though, the “F” word and “N” word were not used… but there were a few “A,” “B” and “S” words thrown out there. All around it was an awesome movie! I hated for it to end. It was thrilling from start to finish and I almost cried twice! I look forward to the next one, but I'm not sure if I'll be taking my children to see it next time… what a shame, those are kids toys! Positive - Everyone really needs to grow up a bit and realize that this is a movie. For people to honestly say how shocking and vulgar they found the movie to be, need to turn on the TV to any MTV show or whatever. So what if there was some profanity. Optimus Prime was incredible. A true heroic character that I think children can look up to as a role model. I mean, the guy is always sacrificing himself against all odds for his friends. And frankly, I thought they included more religion and spirituality than they were going to. They could have left out the whole heavenly experience with the Primes. I would think that parents would find it comforting that the filmmaker chose to include those aspect, especially if they are taking children and they want their children to think spiritually. Besides come on, its Transformers! It's an alien robot war movie. What did you think it was going to be like? It wasn't rated G, you know. Did you think everyone was going to be saying things like, gee wiz. golly. I mean, come on, I for one went to a christian high school and let me tell you, some of the worst, most profane, slutty, hypocritical people I have ever met. Not to imply everyone is like that. But people, get off the high horses and enjoy the M-O-V-I-E for what it is. A movie. entertainment. Positive - The movie was great. True, it could have been better like for example, I thought Optimus Prime and the Fallen should have a whole “Prince Hector vs Achilles” (from “Troy”) showdown type thing, that was the part that kind of discouraged me. Other than that though, and some of the unnecessary extra “lust” scenes, the rides were tight, acting was good and for the most part entertaining. (Didn't put you to sleep) I really felt a sense of sorrow when Optimus Prime was killed, but was glad (so was everyone else in the theater) when he was brought back to life. …SO MANY times people applauded and yelled in support of the Autobots. I think instead of criticizing and pointing fingers we should applaud the efforts, after all, the same thing happened with “The Matrix” trilogy, “The Matrix” was bomb while “Reloaded” and “Revolutions” let the crowd down. “Revenge of the Fallen,” didn't let me down, it had its mystery, romance, and action. Positive - I went with great excitement to see this movie the day it came out. I didn't get the chance to see the first one until it was on DVD, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and didn't want to miss the chance to miss the 2nd in theaters. And I have to say, I wasn't disappointed. Knowing how vulgar and base action movies can be these days, I went into it knowing that although the first Transformers wasn't that bad, this one had the potential to be. So I was pleasantly surprised that there were no outright sex scenes, no long strings of profanity, no useless killings… Yeah, there is a scene with a [SPOILER ALERT] freaky Decepticon chick trying to “get it on” with Sam, but he is RESISTING because he wants to be faithful to his girlfriend. [END] Positive - …“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” began pretty much not long after it left off in the first movie, I sat in a movie theater that was almost full, a number of us went together or met at the theater (over two weeks after it opened), we all came just to see this movie, yes, there were some crude remarks, sexual innuendo, mild language that I would not use (so, I will not take my thirteen year old daughter to see it), but the overall movie was enjoyable, some of the one liners even touched a chord from my past life, making me laugh at myself, although I do not agree with young ones using drugs or experimenting with physical contact before marriage, the drug induced spree by Sam’s mom and the aftermath of the heavy petting session with the Deceptacon with a long tongue were two of the funniest parts of the movie. Positive - Awesome movie; must see it. Somewhat bad morals, but its the world we live in. Positive - Good movie, its one most well made movies I've ever seen. It has some unnecessary junk. But overall it is really good. The suggestive parts are very mild. And drug scene was funny and in no way said drugs where okay. I recommend it to ages 8 +. Neutral
Neutral - Watched this film today with family, really shocked that this was given a 12a in the UK. Full of sexual type remarks. Crude use of words; some parent will find this offensive for younger children. Transformer fans wont be disappointed though with this film, full of action, ongoing throughout the film. wouldn't recommend taking your younger children if you find swearing and inappropriate language offensive. Neutral - “Transformers 2” is very unlike its predecessor. The morality of the film was horrible, but the action and movie-making quality was outstanding. As far as offensive content goes, the cussing is mild and easily ignored; the sexual innuendos and references are out of line and not necessary. The first movie was so clean, and then with this film they just went wild on the sex references. Megan Fox's wardrobe above reproach completely, but the other “hot girl” of the movie was pretty bad—she saddles Sam in one scene and then she literally attacks him on his bed and you can see her butt and underwear. There is a shot of one of the guys wearing a thong, one guy runs out of the bathroom with his pants down, there is a reference to “enemy scrotum,” “balls,” “the media ball sack,” dogs humping each other, and several other sexual innuendos. Neutral - First of all, I thought this movie was exactly what I expected. Lots of explosions, lots of shallow people in a shallow plot, lots of skimpy one-dimensional women. Seriously people, it's a Michael Bay/Jerry Bruckheimer movie. You know what your getting into when you walk in. I expected a brainless popcorn fluff movie, and I got it. Don't watch it if your looking for something deep, intellectual, or morally uplifting, in any way. Don't watch it if you are easily offended by sexual jokes, profanity or violence. It is, in all honesty, a 2 and a half hour commercial for the military… and patriotism—to a stretch. There just happen to be Autobots and Decepticons duking it out and people trying to get out of the way. Neutral - I have a mixed opinion on this movie. The good is definitely in the story and special effects. The story is fairly good, not as great as the first movie, but not disappointing. There were a few parts that were unreasonable, or even silly (***SPOILER****: the “transformer heaven” made me laugh). But the overall story is well put-together. But this film's strongest point is the special effects. They are literally incredible. The transformers look completely real, and their ‘transformation’ into cars is amazingly realistic. But there was a fair amount of bad in this movie. The dog humping just didn't need to be in there. Mikayla (Megan Fox) could have worn alot more clothing. Unfortunately, there was a good amount of the B-word, S-word, and D-word, also completely unnecessary. The sex jokes disappointed me too. They threw them in between the tense moments, but instead of comical, they just seemed stupid. Overall, I recommend this movie, but wait until it gets out on DVD and try getting a version with the language and some of the scenes edited out. Neutral - While the first Transformers film had questionable content, this one was almost ridiculous. As a family we were all disappointed in this film. One of our children is on the autistic spectrum and spoke continuously after the first film and also of the the release of the new one. Actually, we were all very excited for the new release. After watching this, the child really hasn't said much, and was put off by the language and sexual content (this child is actually warning others to beware!). Our kids are 15 and 13. This could have been a pretty good movie without the above mentioned junk. We as a family would prefer to see something a little corny and action packed rather than something like this. My bet is people would still have paid the same money to see this movie toned down. Neutral - This is, by far, one of the best movies ever made. The acting is great, the special effects are fantastic, and the action is non-stop. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” deserves an academy award at least for special effects, but the biased in the award system, which only awards political perverted movies will have that honor. The reason I rate it offensive is because of the foul language and the highly suggestive themes in the movie. This is definitely not kid friendly movie. I would take only older teens or young adults to see it. The violence presented may offend some, but it is about a war, between the heroic Autobots and their human allies, against the evil Decepticons. Negative
Negative - How the Transformers have fallen! The first one was so good and even had the Gospel message in it, giving up your life for others. This one was terrible. Don't see it. I thought it was rated PG and was totally aghast at the filth in this movie. It shouldn't even be a PG-13 or an R. Although God's name was not taken in vain, every other swear word was in there, including b**** at least twice. Even though the “f” word wasn't in it, they did say “f-in” many times, as well as “frickin.” Even the p**** word was used. This wasn't even the worst of it. The female lead was on a motorcycle dressed in short shorts and leaning very provocatively. There was a scene where a girl (aka transformer) was on top of Sam. She had on a very short dress and twice they showed a metal tail coming out of and going back into the backside, and you visibly saw her underwear and rear end both times. It also had one dog humping another dog as well as a small transformer humping the female lead's leg. Negative - I was always a fan of Hollywood movies, but lately I am definitely not. This movie definitely convinced me of that. As born again Christians, both my boyfriend and I felt uncomfortable watching this film, so we walked out of the cinema after a while. This film contains scenes which are so worldly… Megan Fox's wardrobe for this film was definitely very revealing, and I think no woman should wear that little amount of clothing… Sam, the leading man of this movie, goes to a frat party, where he meets this girl who is clearly not interested in him, but only in his body. What kind of message are these actors sending to teenagers or anyone that go watch this movie? Negative - I went to see “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” thinking I was in for some good clean fun with some humor, action and decent story. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in all respects. First and foremost, the amount of profanity from the characters was just absurd. Two characters were supposed to be the Autobots versions of “Gangstas” and couldn't go a sentence without some form of profanity. These same two characters also serve as the stereotype of the “Magic Negro” made popular in early cinema, with feats of strength and powers, along with traits that obviously distinguish them as being “Black.” As if that weren't enough, several scenes from the college portion of the depict women as objects only suitable for sexual gratification. Finally, the story itself is no different from any other action movie. Hero is too weak to save the world, gains special powers, fights off enemy, blah, blah blah, yada yada yada. This is a waste of time and a waste of money, avoid it for your own sake. Negative - I enjoyed the first “Transformers,” Michael Bay actually did something right with the first one because it is now a classic. Which made me think the second would be better. I watched the midnight showing with a couple of friends. As I watched the movie, explosions and crude humor came often, then more frequently. By the time the ending came, it never came. I felt like it was never going to end. I looked at my watch fifteen minutes later, the same thing was still happening explosions and yelling, followed by more crude robot humor. The movie was 2½ hours of crude humor, Megan Fox's lip-gloss and non-sensational dull action. The mom in the movie eating a weed-browie, robots cursing, and racist stereotypical robots were the comic release in the movie. Also Michael Bay's shameless advertising of his “Bad Boys” poster making a cameo in the boy's college dorm room. I'm sure that wasn't Shia Laboeuf's. Negative - My husband and I saw a midnight showing of “Transformers” last night. The movie starts out suggestively, and continues with crude humor, a lot of swearing, and a lot of sexual content (though not actual sex scenes, but through partial nudity, crude jokes, sexual innuendos). Don't be fooled, This is not a kids movie! I thought the plot was great, and it has action galore. The “clean” humor was fun, and enjoyable. However, the explicit content was very very distracting from the movie, and felt uncomfortable, like they were trying too hard. Sure some of the scenes generated instant laughs, but that's what every other movie does. Hire a writer to write some real jokes. Transformers was a children's cartoon, and now they're selling out to be “hip.” Sadly, sex does sell… I'm not a prude, and am usually kind of an “just ignore the bad” kind of person. You just couldn't ignore the bad in this one. It was WAY over-the-top. Negative - After seeing the first Transformers I was especially excited to see this one, so I went to the midnight showing, only to walk out not even halfway through the movie. This is the first time I have ever walked out of a movie. Normally I check ratings and read up on movies, but I had no idea that this was what I was running into after the first one. From the very beginning the crude sexual implications began. Sam's own mother was the worst. She not only is seen doing weed, but then proceeds to talk sexually to her husband until she is off the screen! Although I'm not sure if that was worse or if the cussing was. The constant use of it made my stomachs turn. Me and my friend did walk out and return our tickets, but another one of my friends stayed. He later told me that despite the immorality of it, the movie sucked on it's own. I was very disappointed not only by the fact that I had to walk out, but also because I so enjoyed the first one. If you do still go see it, please spare your children. I would never bring a child into a movie like that!! Negative - Disappointing, indeed. As we were heading home after watching this movie my wife said “I'm really sorry you had to sit through that.” I battled between walking out and staying seated several times during this movie. I stayed seated and was rewarded with a very long, very cool final battle scene with incredible sound effects. But the price we paid! This movie is over the top with sexuality. Visually there are scenes with dog-on-dog (twice), robot-on-guy, robot-on-girl, under skirt shots, lap sitting, male g-string, inappropriate guy-girl body positioning, suggestive wall hangings, and even a robot crotch made of construction wrecking balls. The language was just as hard to deal with, including phrases I haven't heard or spoken in 15 years… I'd type some of them, but then this page probably would not pass a decent internet filter. My wife and I agreed last time we felt assaulted by a movie that we would always check the Christian movie reviews before watching. I didn't follow that rule with Transformers 2, mainly because the first Transformers movie was pretty clean, and very funny. This was my wake-up call. Parents, please keep your kids away from this film. Negative - My friends and I stood in line for 45 minutes to receive tickets for the midnight showing of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” It was crampacked with sexual references and an obscene look at a man in a thong. (unexpectedly shown and not at all necessary for the plot or enjoyment). I was extremely disappointed in this movie. As other viewers have said they went in this movie based solely on the fact they immensely enjoyed the first movie. That is exactly why I went, I guess even if you like the first movie in a series you should still do your homework and research the ratings first. My friends are huge fans of Transformers everything, we are talking posters, Christian versions of Transformers t-shirts, watched every episode of the cartoon for kids, saw the first movie… etc. Well, they were highly disappointed in this movie and said not only was there so much profanity and crude humor, the plot was hard to follow and they did not enjoy the portraying of young women in the sense that they are nothing more than sexual objects, and they all want to sleep with their 40 plus year old college professors. Anyway, the movie was horrible all around, context, style, plot… it definitely wasn't worth a 3:30 in the morning bedtime or the $9.25 it cost to get in. Also I was extremely disappointed because my friends sister was 14 and my sister was 16 and they should not have been exposed to such trash. The Bible says, “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry; the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth” Psalm 34:15-16. Negative - Man, what can I say, this movie was horrible. I didn't want to watch the 1st Transformers because of preconceived ideas, however after watching it I liked the over all jest of the movie. “Revenge of the Fallen” however was far more insulting then the first one. First of all I was in the theatre with at least 150 teenagers, Just think one of those kids could be yours! And the whole movie was based on sexual gratification. I mean from humping dogs, to humping robots with a lot of human sexuality scattered all around. God forgive me for watching this unholy movie. All I can say is this movie was produced by perverts! (Please don't throw out my post for stating the obvious) The sad thing is that I was a huge Transformers fan as a young child and even now walking through any shopping center the Transformer toys are everywhere, This is what we are teaching our kids! Please parents, don't even let your teenagers see this movie, it is “American Pie” with a lot of action. P.S.—I am disgusted with this perverted movie. Negative - I took my son and his friend out to the movies last night to see Transformers. We own the first one and even in that one there was some unnecessary stuff. But this new one takes the cake… Even my 12 year old would look at me and roll his eyes… he knows what's right and wrong, but Hollywood today seems to be making movies that obviously would attract the younger generation but aimed at an older audience. Who wants their kids to hear B***h* and other profanities and see dogs going at it in a sexual way, and all the sexual stuff aimed at women. My son is at a young impressionable age and this movie is geared towards, sex and violence. Definitely not suited for any teenager or younger. It's such a shame, the graphics were good, but the sexual stuff and profanities totally take away from the movie. Negative - The action is intense and the special effects are great. Other than that, the story is full of holes and sometimes just plain dumb. SPOILER ALERT***we get to see a Transformer “heaven” when a major character dies. There were people laughing at the stupidity of this scene. It is highly suggestive sexually. No nudity, but half naked Megan Fox and a few scenes at a college campus of raunchy girls. Foul language permeates the movie. It has moments of enjoyment, but to think that it IS marketed to young kids (To the fanboy who says otherwise—if it wasn't, why are they promoting it with happy meals and ads on nickelodeon.) makes me sick. Even if it was on TV, the TV version wouldn't take out much, just cursing. The racial stereotyping of the pimped out twin autobots was annoying and unnecessary. The dogs and robot against the leg imagery was something I wouldn't want to try to explain to a kid. There is a war besides the one on screen. It is a war to make us complacent enough to buy and support the garbage of this world that the film industry wants to sell us. We are not of this world, but a Heavenly Priesthood. It is troubling to think that so many of us are OK with this and that many of us would take kids to see this without previewing it. LOVED THE FIRST MOVIE-this one stinks in many ways… Negative - I am relieved to see that others share in my disgust. I thought I was the only one. I went to a midnight showing of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and was ashamed. I found myself covering my ears and eyes as well as my mouth with what I heard and saw from these characters. I could not believe that I was watching a PG-13 rated movie! Now, I can not remember how much profanity was used in the first movie, but I am sure that this one takes the cake. I do remember seeing the lead female in unnecessary poses. As a 26 year old, I was offended. In no way was the profanity in this movie funny. Not only was it used by humans in this movie, but also by the robots repeatedly and unnecessarily. The robots. Robots whom action figures my children play with. Robots whom my children think are awesome and talk about endlessly. They are cursing and laughing about it as if it were okay. I regret spending my money and sleepless hours on this movie. Even more, I regretted telling my nine and six year old that they were not going to be able to see this one. I was relieved when my nine year told me he didn't really care. Although, I believe he was pretending he didn't care. Negative - It seems that some people with very warped minds wrote this. The whole “plot” seemed to make perverted comments and to show off sexually explicit images. You could not tell who was fighting who and if there was not perverted comments the movie would not peak any interest. Negative - COMPROMISE!!! I am ashamed to say that I compromised my values and went with my desire to see the sequel to the first. I was appalled by the language, the verbal and visual sexual innuendos. I don't know how any born again Christian who is endeavoring to walk in holiness can say anything positive about this movie, let alone watch the whole thing. I'm disgusted with Hollywood's agenda to wrap poison inside these sensational movie concepts and then ram it down the throats of not only secular viewers, but Christians, too. And the Christians sit there watching and listening to this garbage. The worst part about it was all the young children in the room that heard the vulgarity and saw the close-up's on the characters' body parts--some with clothes and some barely clothed. I AM DONE WITH HOLLYWOOD! I REFUSE TO SUPPORT THEM ANYMORE. I say we boycott the entertainment venues of this present world. Me going to see and spend my money on this material isn't reaching any sinners for Christ. THAT'S IT, I'M OUT! I hope many of you will join me. Negative - I can't believe the reviewer of this movie didn't mention the racist stereotypes surrounding the two “twin” robots. Just to name a few, the robots in question are modeled after hip hop stars, but are made to embody every black stereotype out there. Bay made them about as ugly as humanly possible (a “white” robot like Optimus Prime is made to look as noble and beautiful as possible, but the “black” ones have crooked eyes and bad teeth). In one scene, one of the robots admits that he can't read. They fight each other practically every two seconds. There literally isn't a scene or line involving them that isn't used for racial humor of the most offensive nature. Negative - …the first one wasn't nearly as bad, and it had a couple parts it could do without, but this one crosses so many lines its ridiculous. At first I was ashamed that I had taken my kids to it and had NO idea that it was gonna be like it was. But when you do something in life, and it doesn't turn out how you think it should… turn it into a lesson. For myself and my 2 children, I will never trust the PG-13 rating again. we don't go to see any R or NC-17 movies period. the way times are now it is getting close to never seeing anything but G or PG. I was SO excited to see this movie, I jumped the gun and went before I read a review. Had I had known, I wouldn't have wasted my money. Action scenes were cool, story kinda bombed, but the sex/language/drug stuff were made so intense on the screen that the film was ruined. A christian says he can watch this and recommend it to other adults? Better look inside that heart of yours… Negative - I felt this movie went way off base in all the offensive content it had in it. The cussing was way out of line. This was supposed to be a movie based on line of children's toys. Some action and tense scenes are understandable, however near use of the “F” word, the B word are not. I was shocked how much cursing that was in this film. I feel it is not necessary, and on top of that, this was based on a popular children's cartoon. Parent, be warned, I am twenty-three and found a lot of this very tense. Also, it is VERY, VERY LOUD! I felt my ears go deaf with all the explosions. There is constantly something blowing up. Negative - I went to the midnight showing for “Transformers,” and this movie was amazing. You will not be disappointed. The special effects, the acting, there's so much action and it leaves you on the edge of your seat. It meets up to the expectations in my opinion. There was nothing that I would of changed EXCEPT there was sooo much trash in this movie that I was vexed. My boyfriend leaned over and said I can't believe this, we cannot let our families watch this. The whole movie was trashy until the end. I can't even count on two hands how many cuss words these two robots said throughout the movie and that's not counting everyone else in the movie who cussed! Negative - There is nothing good about “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” It is an awful movie in every single way. The first movie was mostly good, thanks to the lively characters and rather engaging plot, though it would have done better had ten minutes been shaved off action scenes near the end. The second movie needs more like 30 minutes, or maybe 60, cut entirely. Oh, and while we're on the action scenes: No, they are not as good as the first one. Don't listen to people who say they are, because they aren't. In fact, the action is far worse. The first Transformers had huge action scenes. This movie has… well, behemoth-sized action. And bigger most definitely proves NOT to be better. There is way too much on the screen at one time. Limiting 8 robots to the first film was a wise decision, because 40 transformers whirling around onscreen, dozens at a time, with all their parts flailing and morphing and shooting rockets is confusing, ugly, and irritating. Negative - Following the high success of the first Transformers movie, a movie that I enjoyed immensely and still do, I was looking forward to the sequel and the return of the constant war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. In this sequel, The Autobots have made an alliance with a military group known as “NEST,” and their primary goal is to fully eliminate the Decepticons. However, as one Deception dies, there is a warning - the Fallen is coming, and he's wanting revenge and domination. It's then up to both the Autobots and NEST, along with Sam Witwicky (Shia Lebouf) and Mikaela (Megan Fox) to stop the evil plans of the Fallen and save the day once more. Negative - The sequel to the (in my opinion, excellent) movie, Transformers was a huge letdown for me. While the movie would have been a good serious movie, it seems the director went out of the way to create a movie that would appeal to massive amounts of people - and in doing this, I believe it took a lot of appeal away from those who enjoyed the original. Negative - Against my better judgment, I went to see this film, and I regretted it. I had heard from more than one source (including this Web site) that this movie had too much bad language and sexual references. But I liked the first Transformers quite a bit, so I really wanted to see this one. Bad mistake. There were countless swear words, and several disgusting sexual references (already described by other reviewers). Negative - The movie itself wasn't bad; the scenes were choppy, in my opinion, making it hard to following the battles, but the special effects and cg were really cool. I was very disgusted, however, at the high level of sexual content that was inserted into this film. It was totally inappropriate and not needed. Add to this that it involved robots, and you get totally sick. I do not plan to watch this movie again, as I don't feel the need to see all the immorality. PARENTS!!! screen this movie before taking your children. It's not for them. Negative - I don't understand how Christian America can drive their SUV's to the movie theater and pay good money for tickets to this Godless crudfest. Megan Fox, portrayed as a “sex icon” was highly offensive to me. I brought my five year old son, because he loves robots and that was a mistake. The sex in this movie is so overwhelming, I can't even understand why anyone would go see this. All the slow motion scenes are of Megan Fox running toward the camera, and it is too sexual. There is a lot of violence, the preview made it look like this would be robots saving the world, not robots just killing each other for no reason. I don't even get the plot. I wish someone would have warned me to stay far, far away from this movie and not waste 2 hours and 45 minutes of my life watching teenaged sexual tension between two poor actors and giant robots ripping each other's limbs off, frightening my five year old son in the process.… Negative - Sometimes I wonder when reviewing other “Christian” reviewers' comments on movies like this one, if people truly understand what the LORD our GOD expects of us when we surrendered ourselves to obey Him. Righteousness and morality is certainly absent from this movie and I myself had to repent for watching and condoning so much of it. I was first disappointed in myself for even going and sitting there so long. And what was even more disappointing and amazing was the fact that the cinema house was filled with children under 13 absorbing all the perversion and being desensitized by it. I believe that this is truly the goal of such movies, to brainwash our youth so that morality becomes a personal preference and not a right / wrong issue. Negative - I could'nt believe my ears or eyes. Hollywood never ceases to amaze me on how low they can go. Obviously, this movie is a tool of the devil to pervert the minds of young people. As I watched it with my wife, sister-inlaw, two neices and nephew, I found myself fast forwarding the movie a lot. It wasn't my movie or I would have stopped it and trashed it. I was highly offended after the first ten minutes. I began watching it in the middle of the movie. I made comments here and there and even found myself fast-forwarding some scenes. Finally I had all I could take and left the room. I feel sorry for all the children who watch movies now aday. Pg-13 is yesterdays X-rated. There's no excuse for letting you children watch this trash. (here is wisdom) “Would you as an adult, tell a teenager one dirty joke??” Of course not. And if you are an adult Christian, you have no business watching it either. Negative - Bad, bad, bad, bad movie. Action sequences are tedious (and violate tons of rules of visual composition… Your eyes are going all over the place, and you get a headache trying to follow everything), the characters are boring (again, this movie is called “Transformers,” and yet, they're the characters with the least personality… It'd be like calling the “Star Wars” movies “Lightsabers”), and the sense of humor is just…ugh. There is nothing funny about half the stuff Michael Bay throws at us. It's Disaster Movie-quality humor, along the lines of an Autobot passing gas, a running joke about dogs AND robots humping, and a quick but very visible look at John Turturro in thong underwear. And that's not even the half of it. The robots all talk like gangsters, especially the Twins, some of the most obvious racial stereotypes I've ever seen, who spend most of the movie calling each other things like b-ch-a-s. I don't feel like going through all my opinions on this movie… Anyway, if what I just said didn't make it apparent, this isn't a movie for kids. This isn't a movie for anyone. It's an awful movie, the only one I've seen in years that actually doesn't do a single thing right. Stay far, far away. Negative - I liked Transformers one and I heard this one had a lot of ridiculous sexual content so we waited until it came out on DVD so we could fast forward past that stuff. We watched it last night and I am APPALLED at the amount there was; I honestly wish I never watched it! Sure, the graphics were amazing but corrupting my mind with the slutty, horrible portrayal of women and the evil, demonic-like robots was NOT WORTH watching it. Protect yourself, your family and your children, the women in this movie act like porn stars and I truly CANNOT believe they went this route. It was so filtrated throughout most of the movie, I had to fast forward past a lot of it and missed the story line! Its sad really, that is 2 and half hours of my life I will never get back! Don't waste your time. Negative - The graphics were amazing, no doubt, but the most positive thing about that movie is I am done watching it! And that I had control of the controller so I could fast forward past the female actors they portrayed as porn stars through most of the movie. I would have stopped watching but felt compelled to not leave my husband there to have to fast forward past those parts, even though I know he would, he would just cover his eyes and ask me to fast forward it so he didn't have to see it either. Don't waste your time. Comments from young people
Negative - Horrible, I saw this movie yesterday and I can't recall why I wanted to see it. May be it was because I thought the first one wasn't that bad. But this one from beginning to when I left (in the last seven minutes of the movie) was raunchy, vulgar, and down right offensive. One person referred themselves to being God. Foul language was throughout, sexual content was pervasive. I left in the last seven minutes of the Movie. I didn't care to know how it ended, the Decepticons could win for all I care. I'm not a huge fan of the Harry Potter Series, I've only seen the first four movies. But I hope the Half-Blooded Prince does way better at the Box Office than Transformers 2! Spare your eyes and memory, don't go and see it. Wait for Ice Age3 Neutral - Well… wow… “Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen” was… hmm… well that's just it, I don't know how to describe it. The action was amazing and the CGI was great and during those scenes it was a rather good movie to be seeing. Yet that in the entirety of the film was about 45 minutes. The rest of the film was made up of sexual scenes and comments, bad clothing choices, and cussing. A major downer for me was that the robots cussed a lot more than the first film (just goes to show what happens when you're on our planet too long and are influenced.) So if you are thinking of going to see Transformers 2 either be prepared for a lot of unneeded material or just don't see it… Transformers 2 overall was a let down. Negative - Wow. I really enjoyed the first Transformers film. But this one…. I can't believe it's even by the same studio. Where do I begin? I saw this film at the midnight showing. The film was terrible! The only positive thing I can say about it was it was well filmed. That's about it. From a moral standpoint, this movie has 10 times the amount of sexual innuendo that the first Transformers film did. And there is EXCESSIVE profanity. In a PG-13 film, a little cussing is excusable. But I felt like every minute a character would spew a profanity in this film! Ugh. Positive - I saw this film at midnight and I was very excited to see it because I am a huge fan of the first film. I have to say that story wise, this film was disappointing and the first one was way better in that aspect. But when it comes to the action and coolness of the film, it surpassed the first by a mile. Megan Fox did a much better job in this film than the last one. The story was very hard to follow and there were too many subplots. This made the film too complex. Also, the ending of the film seemed very rushed. It seems that they could have taken out the college scene and put more time into ending the film appropriately. When it comes to the action, it was insane. Although it was hard to see what was happening, the action scenes were intense and fun to watch. Moral wise, the film was a tad shaky in some areas. The college scenes were a bit over done and were probably the most offensive part of the film. Also, there was way more profanity in this film than the first. Not excessive, but still it was a lot. There was some minor drug references (Sam's mom accidentally does drugs) and minor sexual humor. Other than that, the film is ok. This film is good, but not great. I think it was because the first Transformers was so good, it was hard to make another one even better. But in the end, this film was good and I enjoyed it. Transformers is the new Star Wars of the 2000's (Not Comparing the two, just saying it is THAT series of our century) and I'm looking forward to at least one more. Neutral - Although this movie is slam packed with action around every corner, it does contain suggestive themes and crude sexual humor. I would not recommend this movie for anyone under 13. The action is fantastic. Complete with explosions and metal mashing chaos, the movie will not disappoint the action movie seeker. The language in this movie is also unacceptable. Aside from the language and sexual content, it is a very long movie and, depending on your moral standings, can be thoroughly enjoyed. I liked it a lot, because I'm a guy and I like action, but it is definitely not suited for younger children. As a family movie, it is NOT a good movie. But possibly for the more Biblically and spiritually strong it is a movie worth seeing. Negative - This movie was a complete disappointment to my family and I. After eagerly anticipating the “Revenge of the Fallen” after the first Transformers, we were very letdown. After 30 minutes of continuous cursing and crude humor, we left the theater. This is not a family movie, and is one of the greatest disappointments. Negative - this movie is a great action movie and had great potential, but it is very sexual the whole way through the movie and the last fighting scene is so quick that it gives you the feeling of “that was it” and does not have a real great plot and some very good humor, but is not what the movie was hyped up to be and is not worth seeing till DVD. Positive - The movie was very good; I mean it had more content than the first one, but some of it was brief. The language was not as much as the first, but still they really don't need language in a movie. I recommend the movie to anyone who is at least 12 or older. Positive - Story: If you haven't watched Transformers 1, go see it, then see this. It makes it worth it. I though the story to Transformers 2 was very well scripted, very well played out, and almost expertly handled by a creative mind. I felt the story was paused at times, but I have never worried too much about story as long as they maintain continuity, which they did at a moderate scale. I had the thought that maybe they should've done what The Matrix Trilogy did: Made 2 movies out of the storyline, Transformers 2 and 3 as a connected story, so that they could have filled more details and explanations of what's going on in each movie. Story: 7/10 Positive - I really enjoyed seeing this movie. My whole family went and we all loved it. I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole time. The action was great, the plot was great, and the acting was great. Oh and yes there was an inappropriate part with a girl from Sam's college and there was a little bit more cursing in this one than in the last one and there was some offensive stuff with Sam's mom. But over all it was a great movie. I definitely recommend it to anyone twelve or older. Shia and Megan did a great job once again! Negative - I went to go see this movie… with my mom, dad and 13 year old brother.It was totally awkward for me throughout the movie because of all the sexual parts with my parents sitting right there. I had waited months for this movie because I thought that the moral value and the message like in the first one would follow through to the second. Boy was I wrong!I was shocked at the amount of sexuality in it and even the intensity of it. What they did with the Decepticon girl got annoying real quick and even Sam's roommate. You would have missed absolutely nothing if he was not in it. And, just about (if not) everything that came out of his mouth was sexual. Personally, I think that they should have skipped his part in general from the name of his web address to the position that he was in with the lead girl after they get transported from the Smithsonian. And even the language in it. Positive - First of all, I want to say that the acting was better than what most reviews say. Shia was great (as always) and Megan was a good leading lady. The special effects were probably the best I've seen in my life (I've seen plenty of movies). I didn't get to see the first one in the theatre, but I loved it and the second one was even better. Morally their was nothing offensive to me, but that's probably just my opinion. There were plenty of swears, but if you look past that it was a good movie. It was very funny in parts, and I thought the plot was great. I recommend this movie for mature pre-teens to adults because there is definitely plenty of violence and profanity. If you can look past that, it is extremely entertaining and worth $10. I can't believe that the critics didn't like it. What matters most is that the people like it (which they do), and it is the #1 movie in the world grossing more than 300 million, and it still has a long time to go.… Neutral - I saw this movie with 5 other friends and left the theater feeling both amazed and disappointed. I thought the action scenes were fantastic. There were many slow-motion scenes and close-ups on the robots body and faces. The special effects were great and the movie also had some very funny parts to it. However, not all of which were appropriate or comfortable watching sitting next to a girl. I was disappointed that there was a fair amount of profanity and sexual content. Half of which wasn't even funny just pointless. I found it weird that two of the robots swore just like any trashy human would. It kind of lowered my respect for the script writers and people who decided that it was necessary to put that in there. Negative - …I was dragged to this one, unfortunately. By far the worst film I've seen this year. This film disrespects the entire legacy of the original Transformers, with a film that isn't even that much of a film. It's a 149 minute hodgepodge of action scenes with a plot that barely exists, since the film changes directions in plot about every 5 minutes with no real evenness in structure. It felt like 40% “humor” (mostly racial stereotypes), 25% buildup, and 120% action; I know the numbers don't make sense but you'll understand when you see it. Shia LeBeouf is a likable enough actor who's been in a couple excellent films, but in this one, he is only used for screaming and running from pyrotechnics. Megan Fox just contributes to the movie's sexism, with the script taking every opportunity for her to run or take off a jacket so the camera can zoom in on her body in order to please lazy college kids' fantasies. Neutral - Well, I am 13 years old, and I, at first, thought the movie to be very disturbing. I also found that there were unnecessary parts like when the woman turned into a robot. It was scary, and I didn't expect it, so it did a bit bring down the movie. Positive - I thought movie had great action it also had great acting. Sure there was some language, but, other than that, I think it was a great movie—better then the first one. Positive - This was a great movie! The special effects were great, just like they were in the first Transformers. I actually liked this one better than the first, but that is my opinion. The language was just as bad as the first. It had some vulgar parts, but nothing worse that a few d words, s words, 1 p___y, and the f word was not used, it was a great movie with a great story line. I encourage everyone to watch this movie. Negative - I was looking forward to seeing this movie, because the first one was so good. But this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Though it followed a good story line, it was barely enjoyable because of all the offensive language and the sexual scenes and innuendos in the movie. I DO NOT RECOMMEND this movie to ANYONE!!!… If you were really concerned about what you and you family were seeing, you would not see this movie. Neutral - This movie is Very Offensive, but cool. Comments from non-viewers
As a child I would rush from the school bus to the floor of my living room, and with hands cupping my chin, I would stare in awe as I beheld one of the greatest cartoons on TV… “The Transformers” (right next to the other greatest cartoons… “He-Man” and “Voltron”). I always admired the spirit and conviction of the Autobots as they bravely met their adversaries and fought against them, risking their lives for humans and each other, and it amazed me as a youngster to see their heroic actions over and over again. I felt like I was 11 years old again when first saw The Transformers come to life on the big screen a couple of years ago, and though I was displeased with the adult content, I shrugged off the conviction with a hope that they would not repeat the same mistake next time. Wow, I can't believe that people here are making excuses for seeing this filthy film. I guess they're used to watching vulgar material, and think it's o.k. If you want to find out what specific things are in a film before you see it, another good site is “Screen It!” …My husband and I take the time to check films out before we go, and Christian Answers is always our first stop, and “Screen It!” is second. That's how I found out “Transformers: The Fallen” would have been a better title. Major kudos to the reviewer for standing up for the right thing, and recommending passing up this tremendous disappointment of a Transformers movie. The first one was so good, except for one particular reference. My suggestion is to go see “Imagine That” instead! Very touching and has a great moral. |
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