Hey
Just got back from seeing
ROTF, great movie, some mixed feelings
SPOILERS!
To answer many frequent questions
NO Barricade in movie
No explanation why Megan Fox puts the white dress on and holds the flowers, just does it for no reason it would seem
No explanation what the Twins reformat from the Ice Cream truck, they just do it in the hanger
Bikes do NOT combine (you only see the rider ladies once and one bike is killed at end or badly shot)
Optimus/ Jetfire combination NOT permenant, one whole booster ripped off fighting with Megatron and the Fallen. Prime tears rest off at battles end
Jolt appears out of nowhere 1/2 way into film on the runway (as does Ratchet) and you old see Jolt one other time from what I could see. Never a main shot or close up of him. His hands sizzle electricity like the SW Emperor. He must have less than 5 seconds screen time
There are LOADS of constructicons, after Devastator has combined you still see Mixmater and Long Haul loads, plus others
Bonecrusher from 1st movie appears in truck mode
You do see Soundwaves head but he never transforms. Voice is Welkers
G1 Megatron voice
The "Blackout/Grindor" bot is never explained, just appears, slightly different head to Blackout though
Sideways only seen for robot for split second then back to car, then Sideswipe cuts him in half longways
FINALLY a shot of Optimus turning into the truck!
Megatron is a triple changer, you see him as robot, tank and a jet. Jet looked like tank but with flat wings, hard to see
Mixmaster is triple changer, robot, truck and weapons platform. Uses platform mode twice at the end
Shot of the protoforms arriving, some reused footage from first film. Some first film footage used with more prototforms added
Best Lines from the film
The Twins "That hurt" - "It's an ass kicking, it's supposed to"
The Twins "Maybe he's just a pussy!"
The Twins when they see Devastator "Look at that mother f*BANG*"
Jetfire (when hanger doors won't open) "Oh bollocks!"
Jetfire "I'm too old for this crap!"
The good -
SUPERB Special effects, truely amazing
The music score is great again, some lovely chior pieces
Optimus is solid, really kicks ass - As does Bumblebee when he tries!
Action, action, action!
Some lovely moments between Starscream and Megatron
The bad:-
Sam's mum getting stoned - Really annoying pointless scene
Alice - Pointless character and waste of screentime
And I am very, very, VERY sorry to say - Devastator. Totally pointless him being in the film. He doesn't get involved in the final battle and Simmons bringing him down is very WTF, by far Devastator biggest let down in movie
When Sam dies and goes to Autobot heaven - WTF???
Stuff different from trailers
(I have a pretty good photographic memory but I may be wrong)
Bumblebee never says "what is your purpose Sam" like in the Showest footage - I might be wrong about this one
Some of the Showest sections are different takes in final film
The military guy saying "Looks exactly like a truck" not in movie
Overall
I loved it, superb action at the end. I feel its equal to the first movie, not better and not worse
Looking forward to seeing it again!
Happy to answer any questions!
Hitch
