Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen received some pretty horrible reviews, and before I saw the movie, I couldn't understand why.  Were people expecting something other than CGI robot violence and minimal plot?  If so, that's their problem.  So on Saturday night I defiantly went and saw the movie, where I quickly learned why it received such bad reviews.  Sure, it had plenty of robot violence and a brilliant demonstration of American military firepower (which was awesome), but it had several glaring plot and character deficiencies, such as: 

1. Megan Fox.  Can we please get over this girl?  Sure, she's attractive, but ok, fellow Americans, can we please just get on with our lives?  She has a poorly worded prison tattoo for god sakes.  I've had enough of her oversexualization and her stupid pouty lips.  Give me robots and explosions!
2. Skids and Mudflap.  These two robots are to Transformers what Jar Jar Binks was to Star Wars.
3. No wahnt wahnt wahnt wahnt wahnt.  The familiar robotic transformation sound was mysteriously missing.
4. Love story.  Did I mention that all I'm interested in is gigantic robots, guns, and loud noises involving metal?  Why must there be so much lovey-dovey nonsense in a movie about intergalactic robot aliens that magically take the form of common earthly automobiles?
5. Spielberg.  I didn't realize Steven Spielberg had anything to do with this movie until the closing credits.  Then I remembered all the cutesy little anthropomorphic robots who made all the kids and moms in the theater giggle and "aw".  Spielberg has a gift for this kind of thing, but I don't think it belongs in a movie about ... have I mentioned recently ... robot violence, guns, and explosions!

In conclusion, Transformers 2 was a decent movie, but I can certainly understand why the critics were so harsh.  Regardless, it was entertaining, which is really all I was hoping for from a movie about alien robot violence, destruction, bombs, explosions, guns, firepower, and creaking metal.