I enjoyed the first Transformers film. OK, it had its faults but in general it worked pretty well. Big robots, fighting, explosions - what wasn`t there to like?

However, if you didn`t like the first film or were a bit "meh" about it, then I certainly wouldn`t even think about gping to see the sequal in the hope that they fixed the not-so-ggod things about the first film.

It`s like the looked at the first one and took all of the stuff that worked and put it in one box then all of the stuff that didn`t work and put it in another box. Unfortunately they then picked up the wrong box when deciding what to put into the sequel! Terrible humour? Actions scenes shot way to close? Stupidly fast editing to make things seem more exciting? Long, drawn out scenes that have absolutely nothing to do with the plot or characters? Loads more pointless Transformers all of which look near identical? Story that seems to be made up as you go along to jopin up some pre-designed action sequences? Yup - the sequel has them all.

Saying that it would be interesting to see the IMAX version, several scenes of which were shot in the full IMAX format like Dark Knight last year. They supposedly look spectacular. I would also think it might help solve the problem of placing the camera too close to the action so you can`t tell what is going on - with the extra height of the IMAX screen it might make things feel more open. Unfortunately a big screen cannot help with the terrible story, script, characters, trashy dialogue etc.

There was one good action scene in the whole film showing a fight in a forest. It felt like it had been shot buy a different director/cameraman/editor. The camera was a lot further back, didn`t move around as much and it wasn`t edited in half second bursts, thus you could actually see what was going on. And it worked so much better. If only the rest of the film had been like this.

In summary: poo with the odd laugh and odd bit of exciting action. Who would have thought giant robots, fighting and explosions could be so dull?