Transformers 2... it's too long, too crude, has too much (including too much sex), and is too disappointing.

I know when a sequel rolls around that people want more. Well, Michael Bay has given us more with Transformers 2, and it just proves you can have too much of an okay thing. More is not necessarily a good thing in this sequel since it means that although we get more of the giant robots blowing stuff up (awesome), we also get more, way more, of the quirky, crude "humor" of the first movie (not awesome). Honestly you don't need to know much more than that, but if you'd like a few more details then read on, but be warned, there are spoilers ahead.

*Warning - Spoilers ahead - final warning*

Still with me? Okay, you've been warned. Let me start by saying that this movie isn't all bad. In fact, underneath the excess and crud there's actually an entertaining if simplistic giant-robots-battle-it-out movie here. Bay promised more robots, more action, and more destruction; and on that level he delivers. There almost too many robots this time out, which means your favorites, including Optimus, don't get much screen time. Still, the action is fun and visceral, just as you'd expect in a Bay-hem film. Optimus himself has several very cool moments... actually, now that I think about it, most of the cool moments take place whenever he's on screen. There are also some nice moments of sacrifice and heroism, and a far too short but touching seen between Sam (Shia Lebeouf) and his dad.

Also Transformers is once again a showcase for some of the best special-effects you'll see this summer. It is the definition of a summer spectacle film, and were it not for all the crud that tarnishes it, I'd say this a movie that is worth seeing just to see the special-effects on the big screen. If you see it in IMAX, which I haven't, you'll even get to see Optimus life-size on the screen. Michael Bay blends practical effects and stunts with CG so seamlessly that you won't even notice that the robots and humans aren't really on screen together.

Transformers also gives us something to think about when it comes to our fate in our life. "Fate rarely calls on us at the time of our choosing," Optimus sagely intones. That may be true, but the fate we choose is entirely up to us. My friend, you have two fates before you: one for evil and one for good. You can choose to have eternal torment and hell as your fate, or eternal life in heaven as your fate. And the only reason you have that choice is because of the great love of God. You and I had our fate sealed in hell because of our sin; we were quite literally the fallen. But God loved us so much that he sent his son Jesus Christ to die on a cross, paying the price for our sin and setting us free from death. Then Jesus rose from the dead, conquering death and bringing us new life.

With this great sacrifice, Jesus secured for us a new fate: eternity in heaven, eternal life in the presence of our loving God. You cannot earn this fate: it can only come through Jesus; and it's a fate you must choose for yourself. However, as Optimus pointed out, fate rarely calls on us when we would like, so if you haven't made your choice yet, then by default your fate is sealed in hell. Don't wait for that moment to make your choice, because that moment will sneak up on you like a Decepticon and take you before you even realize the moment has come. Choose your fate now and seal it in Christ, and then, when fate calls you will be ready to answer that call.

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