In fact, anyone going to this movie expecting anything along the lines of plot, storyline, or character development, will probably have their head implode.  This apparently includes every film critic on earth.  I could go on all day about what this movie is NOT.

America today looks more like America in the last decade of the 1970’s than it should.  We are tired from a long war, beset by numerous internal problems, our economy is in a shambles, latin America is turning more and more Socialist red by the day, and the dominate political party is telling us that we, as a people, suck – we are arrogant, we consume too much, we just are not the people we used to be.  That we have to buckle down to the reality that America is, forevermore, going to be a 3rd rate country.

In comes Transformers 2, and gives us a world where “destiny rarely call’s upon us at a time of our choosing”.  A world where, despite a craven White House (who want’s to negotiate with the bad guys, without comprehending that what the bad guys wants is to kill us), the US Military – though battered and bruised, and with a timely assist from the Brit’s (well, OK, a single Brit), and Jordanians (though they didn’t last too long), hold off the back hats, allowing the hero to do his thing.

This movie is wildly successful, not just because it’s a great spectacle, but because it makes you feel good to root for America, and the American Military – for the Good Guys – for squishing evil like a bug.

Anyone remember a little movie from 1977 called Star Wars?  I think the parallels are simply to much to ignore.

So, I highly recommend anyone looking for a little positive reinforcement, and well over 2 hours of explosions, titanic CGI battles, and Meghan Fox (ok, there, I said it), could find worse things to do with their money and time.  You might even feel a little bit better walking out of the theater, than when you went in.