Transformers 2

I was invited by some friends to go see Transformers 2 tonight on IMAX before it opens in wide release. At first I wasn't going to post my thoughts since I really don't aim to do the review thing here, but then I thought what the hell.

Without revealing too much, the plot is dumber than the first movie (hint: they went the Stargate route) by a significant amount. One could argue that the movie is actually about what forms of liquids and gasses come out the transformer's bodies, and come out they do. At one point a transformer farts a parachute. I'm not making that up; I wish I was.

When the bullshit stops and the robots start fighting it out on screen a lot is forgiven. The action scenes are long and loud and basically awesome in that summer movie way.

So basically, if I were to sum it up, I hated everything in the movie that wasn't a giant robot beating the shit out of another giant robot. Come for the action, groan at everything else.