Transformers 2 (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) is predicted to bring in thick dollar at the box office. The second in the Transformers franchise has high monetary expectations but not so much for the actual quality of the movie itself.
The film is rumoured to kind of suck and only got 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. This film is going to be downloaded en mass and watched in full online rather than in the cinema, no doubt. Frankly if it sucks as bad as people say, who can blame people for watching bootlegs rather than the real thing.
- At once loud and boring, like watching paint dry while getting hit over the head with a frying pan. And at two and a half hours, it really is very long. (The Guardian)
- Even if it were a more tolerable 90 minutes, it would still sum up everything that is most tedious, crass and despicable about modern Hollywood. (via The Daily Mail)
- Big, loud and definitely not clever, it’s a giant, lumbering idiot of a movie that, were it not for all the explosions, would send the most devoted action fans to sleep. (via The Mirror)
- This re-run of the previous thrills and spills displays a disappointing lack of ambition. (via The Sun)
More Transformers 2 reviews can be found at Rotten Tomatoes.
Transformers 2 will still be #1
I think it’ll suck so I might be one of the people who watches online. It’ll defo. be the one of the highest grossing of all time – but the reviews have been brutal.
I don’t give a damn. I’m going to see it. Gotta appease my inner fanboy! Personally, though, I think people are just overreacting and being haters, but that’s just me
It’s a shocking set of reviews. Usually it’ll be one hater and the rest will love it. Most seem to damn well hate it. Eek.
I saw it and I liked it. I don’t understand why it got bad reviews.
Hi Jessie, welcome to the site and thanks for the comment. Glad you liked the movie – I’ve not seen it yet but fellow readers agree with you, that the reviews are undeserved.