My family and I were expecting a great sequel to a great movie but were saddened to see 'Revenge of the Fallen' fall short. Not for the special effects and acting but the senseless addition of excessive profanity, over the top (can't say the word in the review but the movie was full of it) connotations (far surpassing innuendos), and drug use. Why does Hollywood feel the need to ruin movies (especially ones derived from our child's toys & books) with the unnecessary addition of adult themes. The first movie was very nicely done without all that garbage and fared very well at the box office. In this movie's case, it actually over ran the plot, some nice special effects and acting. We felt like we were robbed of another terrific movie.
We thought that this was a good movie in the fact that it puts value to family and togetherness (even though the parents were obviously separated and headed for a divorce). Fantasy mixed in with reality gives a lesson without it being boring and gives kids a way to deal with tough issues like this one in the movie. The special effects were good and the storyline kept you hooked. Both of our kids (one is 13 the other is 8) enjoyed this one.