Rule 32: Enjoy the little things in life.

Now that 2009 is up and over, time for me to rant and rave about the crappiest movie of the year (that I actually saw).  Now, every year will have its stinkers, but you can usually tell most before you actually go to the show.  Others you expect to be mediocre but fun, and they are.  This one is a bit different.  It is a sequel from a big-name director, and I actually enjoyed the first one pretty much.  Wasn’t the biggest fan of the lead, and thought they could do with more of some things and less of others and had hoped for the sequel they’d listen to feed back and get it right.  Boy was I wrong.

The movie, incase you haven’t guessed it yet, is Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

This movie is shit.  There’s no way around it.  It’s a pile of crap.  The only redeeming thing about it is that it has Optimus Prime in it, but (SPOILERS!) they kill him off halfway through the movie.  They kill Optimus Prime.

They. kill.  Optimus.  Freakin’.  Prime.  WTF?

Seriously?  In favor of what?  More screen time for Shia LaBeouf?  Dude was one of the reasons Indy 4 tanked, although that was unsalvageable from the get-go.  Also, the McGuffin (that is, the mystical plot device that will save everybody from the unspeakable evil, AKA, the thingie)  is called the Matrix of Leadership.  C’MON!  That’s one of the lamest things I’ve ever heard.  Should we call in Morpheus?  Or perhaps Agent Smith?  Mouse?

Really, the movie is one big pile of filth from the start to the end.  Sure the robots look cool, until they talk.  Sure the action is nice, all couple minutes of it.  Megan Fox isn’t bad looking, but there’s tons of better looking actresses who can actually act.  I’ll have to agree with a friend that a burning piece of cardboard would be a suitable replacement:  It’s hotter and a better actor.

Really, if you’re desperate to see robots smash each other, go watch the first one, or better off, Gundam.  Just not this movie.  If you just want a decent movie to watch, I can name you dozens.  Zombieland, Dr. Strangelove, The Assassination of Jesse James, and Brick come to mind off hand.

That is all. theindiegeek out.

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Other movies in 2009 friends hated:

G.I. Joe

Angels and Demons

The Orphan

Ninja Assassin

Star Trek

Transformers 2