Just The Right Amount Of Epic

I just saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and I have to say, I was more than impressed. If anything, the way I felt about this movie should have been the way I felt about the first one. It had more "HOLY CRAP, did that just really happen!?!" moments than I can count, and had the entire theater vocally cheering on Optimus Prime and his gang on several occasions. The failure of the original was gone. Yes, Shia LaBeouf talks his freaking head off more than necessary, no, the main heroine still can't act and is there for nothing more than makeout sessions, slow-mo running scenes, and modelling jeans. And there were most definitely more nauseating vertigo-inducing zoomed-in 360 degree shots than I care to remember. But when you see Decepticons and Autobots literally beating themselves to death, you forget about the fact that its all smoke and mirrors. The first movie really lacked the epic battles and scale that this movie amply provided. However, inappropriate jokes abound along with cheese-laden comic relief. I audibly groaned more than once. But even the lengthy dialog sections of the feature couldn't break it. Again, the astonishing action sequences hold the movie together from beginning to end. I really recommend seeing this one while its still in theaters. I can strongly say that this film was much more than everything I had hoped the first one would be (and was more than disappointed when it wasn't).