autobottrixter

So. Return of the Fallen.

The infantile humor was piled on thick, and I found what I thought were supposed to be the "kid appeal" characters to be reprehensible cretins, but it only mattered so much. I completely understand what the critics found confusing and nonsensical about the movie, and it was exactly why I loved it: It was a cartoon, an action cartoon with an action cartoon's high concept and dense internal logic. When I saw the new Star Trek movie I couldn't believe that it was written by the same people who wrote the first movie, but I can absolutely believe that this one was written by them. This is a geek movie, and if you don't have the geek chops to know your Jetfire from your Starscream you might as well just stay home. The first movie got all the pesky establishment of backstory and concepts out of the way, letting this one dive straight into robots beating other robots up over MacGuffins. Starscream, given more lines than you could count on one hand this time, got to actually be Starscream, there was a scene of a Decepticon base that gave me goosebumps, and I could have watched an entire movie about Jetfire. It had the Fallen in it! Despite being up way past my normal bedtime I was wired and grinning like a doofus. There were moments where I realized things I had read about hadn't happened yet and I was excited that this meant the movie wasn't even close to over. Too long? I could watch a season of this!

So yeah, I enjoyed it, much more than the first one. It's a high-concept geek (but not nerd) movie, and I can see where it would be easy for the uninitiated to get lost, but as someone who's already schooled in who's who and what's what I found it to be thrilling, if a bit cringe-inducingly juvenile at times.

Also Sideswpie's a hottie.