Oh no you di'int. A review.

A strange thing happened to me when I was watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.  I wanted to leave.

It wasn't immediately, though.  It came later on, when the comic relief became so excruciating that I thought to myself 'nothing has been, or probably will be, so severely cool that I need to sit through this'.  And had it not been 2AM on a Tuesday, I might have left.  But I didn't.

I am not writing my review with the intentions that you will not see this move, even though nothing I can write will keep ANYBODY from watching this movie because it is so greatly anticipated, I am merely writing it to help you set your expectations.

First off I LOVED the first Transformers movie.  Many people criticize the first movie because its story and plot weren't as high a caliber as it could have been, but so what.  This was the first live action Transformers ever, it could have been Optimus Prime tuning a violin for 3 hours and I would have loved it along with everybody else.  So for the first movie, they could get away with that stuff.  They thought they could commit the same crime twice with Transformers 2 and get away with it but they couldn't.  Despite its flaws I liked Transformers 2, just not as much as the first movie, which I hold as the superior Transformers movie.  I won't go too much into the plot and spoilers but I will say a a few things that made me want to leave the theater;  1. The main villain is supposed to be so evil and powerful, but he DOESNT DO ANYTHING until the very end.  2. There are two new 'twin' Autobots that are so transparently racially stereotypical its painful to watch, and they are supposed to be the comic relief.  NOBODY in the theater laughed when they were on screen, and I could feel the entire audience collectively cringe at once everytime they spoke.  3. WAY too much time is spent with the human characters, and they all are just shouting goofy one-liners.  ALL of them.  If they had cut 50% of these scenes and turned them into dialogue and interaction within the Autobot team, this would have been one amazing Transformers movie.  And one that would have been hard to top.  I could go on, but I try to stay positive, and since this is a Transformers movie, it gets special treatment.

BUT, there were parts that were just plain awesome.  The fight scenes are 10x better than the first movie, and there were a few moments in the movie where I literally threw my arms up and cheered, much to the dismay of my girlfriend who was sitting next to me.  One of the gem/fanboy scenes that were included were scenes of bickering between Megatron and Starscream.  At one point Megatron actually pushes Starscream to the ground and stomps the hell out of him.  Great additions.

When Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is good, its WAY GOOD.  But when it's bad, you're going to have to challenge yourself to sit through it.  And it's going to be a tough challenge.  But if you have the strength, you're in for a giant ride.  All the things that Transformers fans could want is in this movie, but you have to fight through a lot of excess to reach it.