Movie Review: Transformers 2

Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots

This movie was absolutely unreal. I will be the first to admit, I am a biased fan of Transformers. I loved them when I was a child and that rolled over on to my adulthood. I find the concept of it fascinating.

When I found out that Michael Bay was making the first Transformers a couple of years back I had mixed feelings about it, but I was more excited than not. I knew it would probably not have the best storyline on the planet, but it would be action packed... and that is what happened. Shia LeBouf is terrible, but if you want to rationalize it most people would have been just as annoying and dumb as him in the role, its just the way the part was written. Megan Fox being beautiful outshines his bad acting. I honestly feel that Transformers 1 was one of the best movies as far as action and CGI in a long time, it pushed movies to the next level.

Megan Fox in Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Which leads me to my review of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. I walked into this movie wearing my Autobots t-shirt and was a giddy child all over again, I couldn't wait to see what the story held for Optimus Prime, Bubblebee, Sam and Michaela and all of the Autobots. Again, I expected it to be more action based than storyline based, but that is where I was wrong. It had plenty of explosions and amazing action, but there was storyline that made the movie as good as it was. There was a thick plot, which revealed many unknowns about the existance of the Transformers as well as developing new plots to what is happening in the now. There were many surprises, and many different emotions ran through me as the movie unfolded. Times where my jaw hit the floor, times where I was laughing my rear end off, and times where I was so shocked that I felt like I was going to cry.

This movie has gotten many many mixed reviews, however I felt that this movie was flat out incredible. The ONLY negative to this movie, was that it was long... just under three hours long... and it felt long. There are movies that are long but feel like they went by in an hour because you are so captivated by what is going on. However, even though this movie felt long, I wouldn't have cut any scenes out of the movie to make it better and shorter, it was simply great.

Go see this movie. 5 out of 5. I cannot wait to rush out to get it when it is released on Blu-Ray!

The next movie that I will most likely be reviewing will be Tim Burtons movie 9. Go check out the trailers on YouTube, it looks awesome.

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Steve McNair, 1973-2009

It has been a while since I've updated this blog. Sorry to those of you who actually read this blog. To be honest it was pure laziness on my behalf. I was gearing up, preparing a blog update for the latest summer movie that I have seen, Transformers 2. But after hearing the terrible news from this past weekend, the movie review can wait. The death of one of the biggest class acts in sports is more important. Rest in peace Steve McNair.

I found out about it during the evening of the 4th. My jaw nearly hit the floor. "Air" McNair had been one of my favorite players of all time. I remember being a youngster and being with my mom while we purchased his #9 jersey, back when he was on the Houston Oilers. I still own the jersey and have it in my closet. I still wear it every once and a while around the house. Now it has such a different meaning behind it.

There are more and more details coming out each day about the circumstances of the death and his relationship with the woman he was with. I pray that there was nothing too shady that went on, and that his potential romantic relationship is something that his wife knew about (maybe there is a chance that he and his wife had had a rough patch and were on a break for a bit or something?), but one way or another I have to admit, it does not look good, which hurts to hear.

The Red Shirt Senior (Right) wearing his Steve McNair jersey at the 2006 Madden Challenge held at Gillete Stadium in Foxboro, MA alongside Boston radio personality Adolfo Gonzalez of 104.1 WBCN

Every athlete is hurt at some point in their athletic career. But there is a difference between playing hurt, and playing injured. McNair was able to play injured on a regular basis towards the end of his career. Every Sunday he would strap on the pads and go to work. I always looked up to that.

Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. Rest in Peace.