Guest Author - Terry L Kosse
Transformers 2 – Shia LaBeouf
Sam is so anxious to start college and be a normal guy that he tries to leave everything behind. He soon learns that is not to be. Stumbling onto a secret that could bring about another war with the Autobots, Sam struggles with the images that he has absorbed by touching a small metal object. Now buried in Sam’s mind are Glyphs that will lead to a power source the “Fallen” need to take down the Earth’s Sun.
The “Fallen” is an Autobot bent on destroying Earth in a last attempt to take over and destroy the planet. Sam teams up with his girlfriend Mikaela, played by Megan Fox and another student from college who happens to be at the wrong place at the right time; Leo, played by Ramon Rodriguez. Together the three of them seek out the help of former Government Agent and the all around irritating Seymour Simmons, played by John Turturro. Will they unlock the secret? Will they save the world? If you want to know this you will have to watch yourself, I don’t want to give too much away. I will tell you the mistakes I found.
When Sam is on the college steps he drops his papers. Behind him and slightly to the right are three people walking up the steps. When it shows Sam again from that angle those three people are just getting to the steps.
When Sam goes to the frat party he gets a green drink. If you watch closely the drink goes from full to almost empty to full again.
When The Fallen is climbing the pyramid the top gets broken off. In a scene after that the pyramid seems to be intact again.
When we first see Mikaela for the first time she is leaning over a bike to the right. When it shows her again she is leaning over to the left.
During the fall onto the sand in Egypt, Sam hurts his hand. Mikaela crouches down to bandage it for Sam and then when she finishes she rises again. In the next scene it shows her down again.
When the three of them are trying to escape the Decepticon girl Mikaela deliberately crashes the car into a pole damaging the front bumper. In the scenes that follow it goes from severely damaged to only slightly damaged between shots.
As much as I love action movies with a lot of special effects the mistakes in this movie are many. If you can get past that you will enjoy seeing the Autobots do their thing. Sam is as cute as ever with his teenage twitchy self and Mikaela is just as gorgeous. If you liked the first one don’t miss this one, it will please the true fan.
