No it's not that bad at allllllll, as a matter of fact, my girlfriend (who by the way hadn't seen the first film and knew nothing about The Transformers, Period!) and I went to see it on the IMAX screen on Saturday and we both loved it! We were both thoroughly entertained from just a... Great Summer Fun! Action Packed! Special Effect Extravaganza! No Holds Barred! Just Entertain me for a couple of hours action flick that was fun, now let's go get something to eat point of view! And again, just like Terminator Salvation, that's all I expected, that's all I wanted!
I keep reading this "Respect the source material!" For Pete's Sake, the original source material was a bunch of extended commercial's aimed at selling a butt load of toys! And if you go back and watch those cartoons again, just like anything else fondly remembered from that era from the late 70's to early 80's. Six Million Dollar Man, Speed Racer, Voltron, Thundar The Barbarian, Etc! Etc! Etc! The overall animation, the corny dialogue... A-Lot of it was ****, things remembered are much better than they actually were! And this is coming from someone who loved all those things and still does, but only for the memories! :love
Other than a few things if you were you calling all the shots, yeah, I might of taken this out or it might of cool if they would've done this, but really, who cares! It's a great summer popcorn flick that if you are ever going to see it, now's the time, because it just begs to be seen on the big screen, IMAX if you can! There's soooo many other bigger issues to worry about in this day and age, so just go check it out, sit back and enjoy my friend, ENJOY!!!
:cheers