Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen




Save money - reuse a movie poster.

*Spoiler alert

So we went for our free movie yesterday (tickets provided by Lazy's boss, who got it in some car promotion, but did not want to go) right after someone came to view my bike (that I don't really want to talk about because frankly, $6k for my Boreas is something of an insult).

Seemed like everyone else had caught Transformers before we did. I actually didn't believe them when they said it was better than the first, seeing as how good the first one already was. Suddenly, a whole bunch of people in my friends' list became fans of Megan Fox. I think it was because of the slow-mo' run akin to Baywatch where she went doink-doink-doink, then falling down and squashing her hooters, pulling her top dangerously low.

Anyways, it was real good. It really was better than the first Transformers movie, which was saying a lot because it got the attention of a non-fan like me. I didn't watch the original cartoons and I didn't even know about the blue-eyes-good-red-eyes-bad thing until I watched the first one and Lazy explained it to me.

I can actually use three seperate words to describe this sequel.

Action (of course)
Artistic
And a hint of cheeky

The first movie got a bit confusing when the machines started fighting and you didn't know who was who. This one had a lot of ultracool slow-mo effects SHOWING you how the autobots killed the megabots.

I absolutely loved how our favourite machines first appear in the movie. They made super grand, super majestic entrances, each old favourite tugging at our heartstrings and each new entree (eg. the motorcycles) awing us. There was also the element of danger with the inclusion of two megabots who "defected" to the good side.

And there's the cheeky part where the little megabot turned autobot and went "Who's your little autobot?" and started humping Megan Fox's leg. Also, they took it one step further and gave the super megabot (I have no idea what that thing is called, its made up of different megabots), wait for it, iron balls. That hung from its crotch and clanged. It was unexpectedly hilarious.

I had my eyes wide open the entire show. We watched the movie at Cathay Grand, where the surround sound effects kept us on our seats the whole time. When the bombs were going off behind Shia Lebouf and Megan Fox, you actually felt the dull thud resonating in your chest, as if a real bomb went off somewhere nearby. I think it was only at the Cathay Grand that we could feel this.

And the perfect icing on the 2009-movie-cake-of-perfection, was Tyrese Gibson.



Baby Boy.

If you want to see perfection in chocolate, Tyrese Gibson is the answer. Doesn't really help that you can see his ass in an already censored version of Baby Boy (playing on HBO, usually in the middle of the night for some reason)

Now, perfection comes in army uniform (I have something of a fetish for army-clad men). Double perfection, tripled with the perfect 2008 action movie of the year. I think I can die happy now.

*sighs contentedly*