After the awesomeness of the first Transformers, people were really excited for this one to come out. Overall, it was a good film, but unlike the first one, this film seemed to be more about the special effects, Megan Fox, and a forced plot. Most of the things I recall reading about the film, turned out to be momentary snippets that didn’t amount to much.

The film is about Megatron being brought back to life by a crew of Decepticons that are hiding on earth. From there, they have to find the key to a machine that has been hidden on the planet for thousands of years. The Decepticon behind all this is named Fallen.

So, the film, while loaded with action and awesome special effects, really lacked an attention grabbing plot. For a film that is 150 minutes long, you really need one of those.

Budget: $200 million
Director: Michael Bay
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf
Megan Fox
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson
John Turturro
Isabel Lucas
Rainn Wilson
Ramon Rodriguez

What a great film – it’s been out since 2008 and you can buy for a good price at almost any store now. The film is about Indiana Jones being kidnapped by the Russian and made to help them find a particular skull that he had helped excavate years earlier. Like the previous films, he escapes, only to find out someone he cars about has been kidnapped in his place, so now he’s unwittingly forced to help the Russian, though he doesn’t want too.

The skull itself, as it alludes to in the title is made of a solid piece of Krystal and is is magnetic. This makes the viewer wonder where it came from. The whole film is filled with action and back references to previous films, which make is fun.

You can’t see it in theaters anymore, so if you can, rent it or buy. It’s a really good film.

Budget: $185 million
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring:
Harrison Ford
Cate Blanchett
Karen Allen
Shia LaBeouf
Ray Winstone
John Hurt

Michael Bay ’s first collaboration with Steven Spielberg, The Island, was a surprise box-office failure. Not even the combined star power of Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson could save the movie partly because the movie was bland and director Bay could not inject fresh ideas into it, having exhausted all of them in Bad Boys 2. And Bay has learned from his mistakes. He has been very careful and very domineering while at the helm of Transformers. He’ll make sure the movie will be the most successful one this year when it hits theaters July 4. Why? Simply because an ego as large as Michael Bay’s cannot afford to be humiliated the second time around.