SPOILER WARNING! DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE!

I was able to see it today, and while I was in fangirl cloud 9 at the theater, the more I think about it......I have quite a few complaints about this movie. BUT there are also plenty of praises to give too.

It was certainly made to be even more epic than the first one, and I think I can agree with that. It was LONG too. Both movies seem long but this one actually was. THREE HOURS. But I suppose that's good, made spending 8 of the $12 I had worth it.

I'm super happy that they got another G1 voice actor, the one for Soundwave. I swear, one of my friends next to me had to cover my mouth when I heard his name. Now let's talk about Soundwave....he had an interesting, different role. All of us were giggling how he was tentacle raping the hell outta that poor satellite. And that's ALL he did! I was so hoping he'd get to kick some ass! But no...

Speaking of tentacle rape.....there was some stuff in that movie that you'd find in some strange hentai. (like Kissplayers!) For those who did see the movie, remember the part with Megatron getting the symbols out of Sam's mind? That whole scene was....gag-inducing. Pinning him down, making something crawl into his mouth to explore the crevices of his head! SICK! And I can't forget that line of Megs's, "I love the feel of human flesh." Or something like that. Really, what were they THINKING?! Then there was the Decepti-succubus. What the HELL was up with that!? A transformer that turns into a HUMAN!? Though I did laugh when it looked like she was gonna rape Sam.

Now there were a LOT of new robots in this one, but I was so mad that most of them were just extras! In fact....some of the main guys from the first one didn't do much either! I was SO excited when I saw Arcee, but then I saw those two other ones and thought, "Wait...She's THREE seperate people now?! Or they just different ones?" Then the twins...during the movie, I thought they were supposed to be the Lambo twins, Sunny and Sides. They even kinda looked like them! And I also saw the obvious Jazz-replacement and me and another friend kept saying "Who is that!?" Apparently THAT one was Sideswipe and the twins were actually Gobots. GOBOTS, REALLY?! They were amusing lil guys, but I'm so mad that they put in freakin' Gobots! Why couldn't they make them Sunny and Sides?! And why would you use JUST Sideswipe?! Oh well....at least I'm glad those ugly guys weren't the awesome twins.

Then I want to bring up my next point with something my friend Beth said when the movie was over. "Why wasn't Ratchet in the movie?!" Me-"He was, didn't you see him?" "What, really? I didn't even notice him!" For putting in all these new Autobots that barely served a purpose, they sacrificed giving our old favorites some of the limelight. Hell, even Bumblebee was outshined by those damn twins!

Me and my friends enjoyed Wheelie. (Though I groaned when the brought HIM of all people back.) I was pretty glad what they did with Jetfire though, he was really cool, reminded me and Beth of Rafiki (sp?) a bit even.

Now I was SUPER HAPPY about how they used Starscream and Megatron. The biggest disappointment for me in the first movie was how Screamer only had ONE line, which was used in a pathetic little moment between him and Megs. But in this, they definitly made their relationship more clear. They also did a good job with Screamer's voice, another improvent since the first movie. I also loved his last line, "Not to call you a coward, sir, but cowards usually survive." I guess we can assume that they made their getaway at the end. I was a bit disappointed with the whole apprentice/master thing between Megs and The Fallen. Beth also mentioned "Kinda reminds me of Star Wars...." I think we all know what she meant by that. But throughout those scenes, I said over and over "That's not right! Megatron is NO ONE'S apprentice!" One new character that I was happy with was Ravage. He was made into the badass kitty he was supposed to be, so there's another good move.

Now then, another big compalint I have is with the plot. Definitly much more confusing than the first one! Especially when dealing with the Matrix. Wasn't that something that was supposed to be in OPTIMUS?! During the scene where Sam nearly dies, i missed most of it because me and Beth were freaking out about how Animated Omega Surpreme was talking. But it seems like Sam basically saw the original Primes and they just.....handed over the Matrix and he came back to life. Um...okay then.

Now I did LOVE the fighting scenes with Optimus kicking serious Decepticon ass, and I liked seeing him with all that badass weaponry. Reminds me of the sorta Super Optimus from the Unicron trilogy...

Despite all of these complaints, I could never regret watching that movie. I and my friends were easily sucked into it, cheering for the 'Bots during fight scenes, laughing at those funny scenes involving Sam and his family or the twins, squeeing and reaching out to the screen over scenes with Bumblebee being cute and Screamy being....Screamy. Then you shoulda seen us when Optimus died....I seriously started crying, but the others looked close. (Oh, we got so pissed when they just DROPPED his dead body.) After that we kept praying he'd be brought back, though I was a bit pessimistic, seeing as how they've killed him before. But when he finally did come back, we were so damn happy. He was the one we loved the most. We shared the same strong emotions during any scene he was in, and felt most connected to him. Best part is, I brought my Optimus plushie with me, and I would occasionally pass it around to let the other girls give him a little hug. It was so much more fun seeing it with all my fangirly friends. I know I'll see it a second time with my guy friends, and I'll definitly get it on DVD. In the end, it was still a good, fun movie to watch, and I'm also excited that they left it open for another sequel. That also makes me nervous though...third movies usually mark the downfall of series. But we'll just have to wait and see.