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Finally saw this last night. Military porn at its finest. I know Bay has had a love affair going with the military, but he took it to a whole other level in this film. I got a few chuckles from some of the humour, but most of it made my eyes roll. I know a lot of criticism regarding racial stereotypes has been leveled at the "twins". Personally, I didn't find them racist. I just found them to be tediously infantile and annoying. The movie just felt like it suffered filmic constipation every time they showed up. The character I that I did think bordered on racist was the black butcher with the bad teeth. For some reason, I felt that was more offensive than the "twins" robots, who were just plain stupid.  I also didn't get why Bay decided that it was a good idea to up the level of obscene language in the film. For the most part, the language just felt misplaced; although, I did get a few laughs out of the scene where she used the torch on the RC-bot, and he had a few choice words for her.  The characterization for the mother was just cringe inducing. I actually felt embarassed for the actress who had to deliver that shit.

The big fight scene was long, but I didn't mind it so much because I felt like I needed some sort of pay off for having to endure Bay's infantile sense of humour. The fight at the end at least delivered in that respect.

Decided to skip Transformers 2, but this almost makes me want to see the film (in an MST3K sort of way)...

www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php 

- Walter...

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I think that was posted before. Still, it's funny and is a pretty accurate description of the film. The movie was amazingly senseless as far as storyline is concerned.  

Just checked Box Office Mojo and Transformers 2 is closing in on $800m after just 5 weeks. It's this years Dark Knight, but with a fraction of the hype and none of the tragedy. Though some might argue this sequel is a tragedy.

It's #1 this year so far, but The Dark Knight was doing better at this point in its run, and ended up stronger domestically than foreign. Transformers is more like this year's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Doesn't quite have the same cachet, does it? 

Well, I enjoyed all three POTC to varying degrees, but no worries it looks like Hairy Potter and the Half-Baked Plot might be this years box office winner.