Megatron VS. Shakespeare

The Hulk and I went and saw “Transformers 2:  Revenge of The Fallen” today.  I really liked the original Transformers movie.  I liked this one too.  Except…It was WAAAAY too long.

When I was in college I directed a few Shakespeare plays.  They, in their entirety, are really long.  You really can’t direct Shakespeare without cutting it down.  A lot.

The director deserves a beat down for not editing Transformers 2 a little bit better.  I really did enjoy the robot on robot fighting scenes, who doesn’t right?  And I guess they needed a lot of those Megan Fox shots to keep the guys happy too.  (Even I can admit she’s hot.)  But.  Damn.  Did it have to be 2 1/2 hours long.  There were several times during the movie I kept thinking “this is going on much too long, should have cut a few minutes here”.  Maybe it’s my nerdy director side coming out, for the same reason I like to tear apart community theater.  It usually doesn’t happen during movies though.  I tend to become engrossed in films and can leave my mind out of it.

I did appreciate however, the look of the robot “The Fallen”.  Someone was paying attention to the alien conspiracy theories about there being a Mayan leader with an elongated skull, light skin and white hair that has been attributed to humans during that time binding their heads to elongate their own skulls.

Also, the fact that “The Fallen” was voiced by Tony Todd didn’t hurt either.  He has a very sexy voice.

The best line in the movie, when a soldier says, speaking of Optimus Prime, “If god created us in his own image, who created him?”