This is way worse than the original transformers movie. should have been rated R, but i don't think they would be aloud to rate a transformers movie restricted though. maybe it would give the show bad messages? anyway, there is lots of language including f--k, and other combination words. the sexual content is just as bad. the dogs hump each other, and the robot thats disguised as a girl tries to have sex twice. really, really, bad. do not let your kids watch ever. (it was still a good movie)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Common Sense says
Violent, crude, pointless sequel just isn't kids' stuff.
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for Ages 13–15
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was written by James Rocchi
Parents need to know that this sequel to 2007's Transformers is edgier and less kid-friendly than the first. Kids will want to see it because they're the ones who play with the toys the movie was inspired by, but it's packed with metal-on-metal mayhem and brutally violent action scenes that are too much for them. While most of the combatants are giant robots, the film's human characters are in constant peril, and the explosions never seem to stop. There are also eyebrow-raising amounts of sexualized and even racially insensitive material, as well as strong language (including one use of "f--k" and frequent uses of words like "bitch" and "p---y"). Plus, it's essentially a long commercial for both cars and toys.
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- Families can talk about the movie's robot-on-robot violence. Are brutal dismemberments, stabbings, and shootings easier to take when they involve large metal robots instead of flesh-and-blood humans? Even when the robots talk, think, and "die" like people?
- Families can also talk about the consumerism side of things. What do kids make of the fact that this is a movie based on a line of toys? Is the movie's goal to sell more toys? If not, what is it?
- You can also bring up the movie's stereotyping -- including the robot "Twins," one of whom has a gold tooth and later explains that he can't decipher hieroglyphics because "We don't do much readin'." Are those kinds of caricatures funny or offensive? Why?
- And you can discuss whether the movie objectifies women. Why is more screen time devoted to the leading actresses' bodies than their characters? Why do male characters not get the same treatment?
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What’s the Story?
After the events of Transformers, Shia LaBeouf's Sam Witwicky is off to college. But the long-simmering war between the noble Autobots and the villainous Decepticons is about to boil over again as Sam learns he's the receptacle for eons-old information that everyone wants -- information that includes the location of a weapon that could be used to destroy the sun, along with all life on Earth.
Is It Any Good?
Whether you loved or hated the original Transformers, it made so much money that a sequel was inevitable. It was not, however, necessarily inevitable that said sequel would be good. The faults of the first film are even worse here -- director Michael Bay brings in robot after robot after robot, making it impossible to tell the metal mega-warriors apart and resulting in action scenes where who's doing what to who is conveyed more by screaming bystanders than clear, comprehensible filmmaking.
The human characters aren't much better -- the film bogs down in scenes where Sam's parents are concerned about him heading off to school, only to jettison all that in the name of globe-trotting action. The relationship between Sam and girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox) is laughably thin, and the film's need to overdo everything results in either misshapen comic relief scenes or action scenes so loud and large and quickly cut that they're simply empty blurs. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN is, at heart, the worst of everything that modern big-money moviemaking has to offer -- spectacle, sex, special effects, and sanitized violence -- without a single redeeming feature.
Movie Details
Studio: Paramount Pictures, Director: Michael Bay
Run time: 147 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/24/2009, DVD release: 10/20/2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material
Run time: 147 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/24/2009, DVD release: 10/20/2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material
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I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Boon's rating
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I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
This was a very fun movie. It had a bad story but I still had a fun time. Just know that it's very cussy and crude this time around. Because I saw it with my friend and we both agreed that it was innapropriate. Overall it's iffy for 9+
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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Awesome
Great movie, a little gross.
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
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Awesome movie for teens and adults!
This movie is much more violent and sexual than the first. But it was awesome. Not for young kids! But awesome movie for teens and adults!
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
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Awesome movie for teens and adults!
This movie is much more violent and sexual than the first. But it was awesome. Not for young kids! But awesome movie for teens and adults!
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I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
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Actually, contrary to common sense's review, this movie is actually better than the first. It is about Sam witwicky. The story is long, but good. If you really pay attention to it, it is great. However, there i lots of violence and explosions. A main character dies, as well. There is some sexual innuendo, such as two teens making out on a bed, and many people dressed in revealing clothes. The role models aren't bad. Optumis Prime Risks his life just to save a few innocent humans, and the autobots want to stop earth from being destroyed. Great movie. WATCH IT.
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I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
ti is a move you maght want to rething
cool but lot of bad stuff not worth it un less you are like a transformers-man like me :-)
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I rate this title on for age 15 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Negative role models
too inappropriate for kids who probably want to see it
i haven't seen the first movie but this wasn't my favorite. The plot isn's so bad just the content. Sex is inapporpriate: a girl (Alice) pursues Sam even though he makes it clear that he has a girlfriend. In one scene she's on top of him and when Sam's girlfriend (Michaela) comes in on them Alice kisses him. Violence: not my main issue, but there are plenty of explosions and fighting like CS said. A major character also dies. A bug climbs up through either Sam's nose or mouth (either way it's disgusting). Profainty is too much: they curse a lot. H--ll and a--s is used a lot. CS says that they were other words but I don't remember them as much. Drugs: Sam's mom takes these marajuna pills and tackles a complete stranger (i didn't notice this my parents had to tell me). Also, there's bad role models. Michaela is one of them. She dresses suggestively, swears a lot and it said in the first movie, has a criminal record. Mudflap and Skids were kinda funny, but they sweared a lot like Michaela and were stereotypical. Some characters are good like Optimus, Bumblebee and Sam. But most of them aren't. People who haven't seen the movie may like it, but i'm just not one of them
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Kids ages: 9, 11
I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it- My concerns are:
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
good movie
the movie is good not better than the first one 12 and over for violence and sex
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I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
how don't people like this movie. It deserves 4 1/2 out of 5 stars great movie
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I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
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- Good role models
Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen
i loved this movie so much but there is a lot of cursing I LOVED THIS MOVIE
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I rate this title off for age 16 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Too bad Hollywood insists on throwing sexual innuendos into everything!
This movie had a surprising and dissappointing amount of innappropriate material. From the cursing, which was way too much for a PG-13 movie, to attitude towards women, this movie was way over the edge. I will NOT be taking my kids to see the 3rd movie. I know this movie was rated PG-13; however, they market this movie for children younger than 13.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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good
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Kids ages: 6
I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
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No good.
My son loves Transformers, so I watched this to see if it was appropriate. It is not only not appropriate for young kids, it just altogether stinks.
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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Tweens and up
The hole movie was explosion after explosion. The plot is hard to understand. Megan Fox said "I read the script, I was in the movie and I saw it and I STILL didn't understand the plot"
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I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
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Kids ages: 10
I rate this title off for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
Hate it. Was totally uncomfortable watching it with my 10 year old son. Husband thought it would be ok, it wasn't! When there wasn't cursing and violence, there was inappropriate sexual behavior. Profanity does not enhance the movie in any way. I'll never understand it.
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I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
PG-13 and above can say f**k
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| 75% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 72% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 45% | of parents say it's too violent |
| 41% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 40% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
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