In a summer where every other high voltage action movie has disappointed (Watchmen, X-men Origins : Wolverine, Terminator Salvation), I for one am amazingly impressed with Transformers ROTF. Even before I write the review, I have to say that I am one of the bay-explosions fan. I write reviews, I read them as well, and I see almost no one has a good opinion about the movie. Well, I do and I love it.

To start with, I loved the first Transformers. Trucks and Cars changing into Humongous kicking robots. That’s pure awesomeness. So, when the sequel was announced, I was excited to say the least. All I wanted was bigger robots, bigger settings and louder explosions and that is exactly what is there in the movie. I do sound like a moron here, but there is nothing like watching building sized alien robots fighting death-match on the big screen with big sounds.

What is interesting is, Bay does manage to fit in a story. The left over piece of the All Spark, from the previous movie is the key this time as well. Sam (the kid with the camaro) is now in college, and is exposed to a piece of the All Spark, which implants detailed plans to the location of the Energon Generator, which is the source of life and power of all Transformers. So, the Decepticons (the bad robots) are after Sam for that information and the Autobots (the good robots) are with Sam to protect him. A decent story for a summer blockbuster.

Let us not forget that the story is just a setup for more and more battles. Optimus Prime and Megatron and their colleagues are beautifully rendered in never-before-seen CGI. The way they are integrated into the scene, you have to give credit to the designers for the limits they have pushed themselves. I read somewhere that, a few computers caught fire while rendering these images. Wow! The music is spot on as well, and Bay uses slow motion at appropriate situations. There were at least 3 times, when I went like ‘Ooooooooooooooo’ right there in the movies along with 100’s of others in the theater who were equally charged by what they are seeing.

Mikaela (Sam’s girl friend) is hot, and she is there only for eye candy, Bay does not even bother to justify her presence in the movie other than that of her pure hotness. There also twin robots, who are there to just talk non-sense humor. Here again, Bay knows they are for that and that is it, and does not give any other justification. Many reviewers seem to have complaints regarding this.

A whole new set of robots are introduced in the sequel. In one scene, 6 Construticons (Decepticons disguised as construction equipment based vehicles) transform into one HUGE MEGA DECEPTICON, and you have to be there at the movies to experience it. Not to miss is the Optimus Prime Vs 6 – 8 Decepticons fight in a forest, where Optimus Prime protects Sam is simply awesome. Bumble bee is just plain sweet in its devotion towards Sam and gets as bad-ass as Optimus with several Decepticons.

One thing I missed though is the amount of screen time given to Bumble bee and other Autobots. You almost don’t get to see them fight, with most of the focus on Optimus Prime. Other than that, this movie is awesome. I am watching it again next week, and so should you.

4 out of 4