| Transformers Revenge of The Fallen |
| Written by Donald Hester |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 21:31 |
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I don't get the critics. They don't like any of the good movies. But I digress; let me tell you why I like this movie, even better then the first live action movie.
The movie is an action movie and it is a sci-fi movie. So you have to suspend disbelief on things like an ancient robot alien device in the great pyramid. The same way you have to suspend disbelief with Benjamin Button.
Moral of the story
"Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing." When fate calls we need to rise to the occasion. That is what Sam does. Reinforced with his near death experience where he is told he has what it takes to be a leader. All good stories need to have a moral or some great truth we can relate to. This movie has it even if the critics could not see it between all the explosions.
Character development
Most people will miss the references and parallels to previous Transformers stories. If you take the information or themes of the characters from those earlier sources you will get a deeper appreciation for the characters.
For example Jetfire (Skyfire) in the original series was a transformer who was found on earth and was stuck on Earth long ago much like Megatron was from the first Transformers movie. He was fist a Decepticon and then changed sides to the Autobots. He risks his life to save the Autobots. The parallels with this movie are easy to see and bring added depth to Jetfire’s character.
Another example is The Fallen. The evil overlord to Megatron and the one who wants to suck the energy from the sun leaving Earth in the dark in this movie. In the Comic book series Transformers the War Within, The Fallen is one of the original 13 transformers. Long ago he forgot his name but was overseer of the universal clock. He then fell under Unicron'c control and tried to bring Unicron to consume all the Universe and waits to see the last star wink out. Lots of depth to The Fallen that is lost on most movie goers, especially pretentious critics.
Storyline
The story line is a classic good triumphing over evil. Of course there is no suspense if at first evil does not triumph over good and good has to return to win the final battle. This is a classic story line.
Now look at the story as an archetype. You can see Optimus Prime as an archetype for Jesus and The Fallen as an archetype for Satan. I mean Optimus Prime even dies is and resurrected. Optimus Prime gives his life to save others just like Jesus. In the end, Optimus vanquishes the evil Fallen, just like the final fate of Satan. “One shall stand and one shall fall.” Sam even believed there was a reason for what happened and believed Prime would come back and save the day. The movie is a spiritual journey wrapped in an action packed sci-fi story.
This movie is deep. Far deeper than those shallow critics give it credit for.
Rant
(If you haven't guessed I disagree with most of the critics of this film. Actually, I disagree with them often; elitist critics who continuously bash top grossing movies? There must be a disconnect! I mean, pretentious critics continuously miss the mark. What they call good barely makes any money and the movies they hate, like Star Wars, blows the top off the box office. One would think that if no one would pay to see the Mona Lisa then it would not be fine art. People pay to see the Mona Lisa because it is fine art. Don't tell the critics, they have a feeling of superiority and if we burst it, they may have no meaning left to their menial lives. You know what grinds my gears, movie critics.)
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