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Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Think of Transformers 1 on crack. In other words, this sequel took all of the extreme elements that made fans love the first movie and increased them exponentially. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humor. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White)provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious. As far as the “plot” goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron is out there--and it is looking for something on Earth that is tied to the very origin of the Transformers race. Fans of the franchise will be delighted by the addition of many new robot characters (there are well over 40 in the sequel, versus only 13 in the first). The second Transformers has shaped up to be one of the worst reviewed and most successful movies of all time. This strange pairing is really just an indication that this movie has one purpose: to entertain. The creators didn't want to waste time bogging down the action and drama with substance--which was arguably a good decision. --Jordan Thompson
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 Excellent Product |
| Review Date: August 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Giovanni, KILLEEN, TX, US |
| Thanks, this is one of my 2 year old; yes I said 2 year old's favorite movie. It was on time and made his day. |
Great buy!
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| Review Date: September 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: TheRosenbergers, |
| Great condition, came faster then estimated, and was worth every penny. Thanks for being an honest and reliable seller! |
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is blu-ray at its best!!!!
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| Review Date: June 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Porfie Medina, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
The Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen blu-ray is nothing short of spectacular. The picture and sound are top notch. I was one of those kids who grew up watching Transformers and playing with all the cool transformer toys. I was thrilled when the first live Transformers movie came out a few years back. I was just as excited to see the new Transformers Revenge of The Fallen movie, but was a little worried after reading some pretty bad reviews. I don't know whats up with all the haters and critics who hate this movie. Oh well, all that matters is that I enjoyed it, and many Transformers fans will enjoy it as well. After seeing the new Transformers movie I can say the critics are wrong, this movie was awesome! The entire original cast is back which plays a huge part of this movies success. The movie takes off where the last one left off. Starscream (now the leader of the Decepticons) decides to return to earth from Cybertron to revive the Decepticon leader Megatron. After the Autobots discover Megatron has been revived and is now seeking revenge, Optimus Prime tries to get Sam to help them stop Megatron once and for all. This new movie is even more action packed than the first, and if you're a fan of Transformers you will most likely love this new movie. This is now one of the best looking blu-rays to date. The Walmart edition is similar to the IMAX Dark Knight edition, with a few fight scenes that fill up your entire TV, but other than that there's not much difference. There is no doubt that this will be the one of if not the biggest selling blu-ray to date. With the new PS3 slim and top notch release like this, I believe this is the movie to finally take blu-ray to the mainstream.
As an added bonus, the Blu-ray will include an exclusive interactive feature that gives viewers the ability to customize their own robot characters and get a glimpse at a rogue robot. Out of all the available permutations, one will unlock an exclusive interview with Michael Bay about his plans for the next adventure.
Two-Disc Special Edition DVD & Blu-ray:
The TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen specs below
The Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. The disc breakdown is as follows:
Disc 1:
* Commentary by Michael Bay, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Disc 2:
* The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen--This multi-chapter documentary chronicles the entire creation of the film and includes interviews with the cast and crew:
o Seeds of Vengeance - Development and Design - After the overwhelming success of 2007's Transformers, how do the filmmakers top themselves for the sequel?
o Domestic Destruction - Production: United States - Michael Bay believes in going big: Big action and big explosions. Cast and crew are pushed to the limit as they traverse the U.S. from New Mexico to Pennsylvania.
o Joint Operations - Production: Military - No other filmmaker in the world enjoys the kind of military access and cooperation Michael Bay has. Here we see just how efficient our armed forces are and the awe and respect shown by the cast.
o Wonders of the World - Production: Middle East - You can't really reproduce Egypt anywhere but Egypt so off we go to Giza and Luxor.
o Start Making Sense - Editing - In order to turn over the massive amount of film as quickly as possible to VFX, four editors work tirelessly in a unique tag-team approach to shape the film.
o Under the Gun - Visual Effects - Revenge of the Fallen features the most complicated VFX in film history. So complicated in fact that the filmmakers were unsure they would make the deadline. The DEVASTATOR VFX alone required 83% of ILM's total render farm capacity.
o Running the Gauntlet - Post-Production and Release - Working seven days a week, Michael Bay and company usher the film through sound design, Digital Intermediate color-timing and a globe-trotting whirlwind of premieres.
* A Day with Bay: Tokyo--An intimate and fun all-access journey with Michael Bay as he travels to Tokyo, Japan for the world premiere of the biggest film of the year.
* 25 Years of TRANSFORMERS--Access an all-new featurette celebrating a monumental milestone for one of Hasbro's most successful and popular franchises.
* NEST: Transformer Data-Hub--Explore conceptual artwork created by the production for 12 of the most popular AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from the film.
* Deconstructing Visual Bayhem with Commentary by Pre-Vis Supervisor Steve Yamamoto-- A series of multi-angle pre-visualization sequences allowing viewers to learn how some of the film's most spectacular scenes were created with an introduction by Michael Bay.
* Extended Scenes
* Music Video: Linkin Park's "New Divide"
BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE:
* The ALLSPARK Experiment--Viewers get their chance to unleash the power of the recently recovered ALLSPARK shard on Earth vehicles. Begin by selecting and customizing a vehicle with a selection of parts and accessories. Then apply the ALLSPARK to this creation and watch what happens. Applying the ALLSPARK to certain custom combinations enables four new robot characters with special powers. If viewers discover all four, they unlock a fifth vehicle, which reveals a top secret message about the future of the TRANSFORMERS movie franchise.
* NEST: Transformer Data-Hub--A database of some of the TRANSFORMERS characters that appear in the new film, offering users access to each robot's confidential file including:
o Innovative 3D spin galleries of each robot
o A timeline for each TRANSFORMERS character charting its origins, back story and design evolution from toys to animated series to comics and finally feature films
* Giant Effing Movie - A very personal look at the making of the movie.
* The Matrix of Marketing--An archive of the film's promotional media including trailers, posters and television
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good as the first
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| Review Date: November 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: CESS, baxter, tn. |
| I love this type of movie. Its not for everyone my girlfriend hates this type of movie. If you grew up with transformers this was awesome and great on my 47in. The action was incredible with an excelent storyline. |
Another Very Rewarding Blu-ray
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| Review Date: December 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Tyler S., Brentwood, CA United States |
This is a great example of what a movie and special features should look like on blu-ray. A lot of distributers try to cram in useless extras like U-Control and BDLIVE, that simply don't satisfy the people who actually watch special features. Transformers 2 has a good block of behind the scenes footage, which is all that is necessary. Separate extra segments with titles, but put them all in the same 2 hour chunk of time. I was very impressed with my Blu-ray edition, and I'm sure they designed this disc solely with the audience and fans in mind. Other stuff like interactive games and transformers history are on the disc as well, which might not be as entertaining, but interesting none the less. My only issue with the disc(Not the film) would be that Michael Bay sounds way too self-righteous on the interview segments. There's about a 20 minute segment explaining how he knows its a good movie and how critics should be ignored. I give him a moment to justify himself, but it seemed like too much time was wasted on this subject on the commmentary and behind the scenes.
Now as for the movie: I happened to enjoy this film much more than the first one. Main reason would be that the action sequences are a lot more crisp and clear. I can actually see whats going on in the fights this time. In the last film I had not a clue on who was kicking/punching/stabbing who. I was glad to see that they greatly improved on this aspect, and took a wider shot approach, as opposed to the tight close ups.
Ok. This movie has been bashed and criticized in every which way and a lot of it I do agree with. The film is not smart or dynamic, but the one thing it is, is.......entertaining! It would not have sold so many tickets if it was not this entertaining. Michael Bay is making a movie for not only adults, but children as well. Hundreds of children would be left in the dust if Bay tried to make this film an intelligent action thriller. He has to take shortcuts and write lots and lots of jokes to keep people entertained. Otherwise why would we want to watch it more than once. In order to sell so many tickets, he needed to make a huge action movie with comedy sprinkled all over it. Yea, it's a little cheesy at times and some "dramatic" scenes feel like cheap tricks, but I still gotta say that it's great entertainment. Those expecting another Dark Knight or Star Trek will be majorly dissapointed. What this film is about is entertaining a WIDE audience. And it looks like more of the common people were satisfied, rather than the smaller population of critics and skeptics. I happened to like it because it's just good entertainment. It looks beautiful and the action scenes work well, and I even laughed a few times. Don't expect the film to move you in any way. Just expect the beauty of it to blow your mind away. |
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