Whenever I give criticism I try to give solutions to make it better. It doesn’t do any good to just criticize (even if it’s constructive) without giving suggestions to make it better. I don’t always succeed, but I do try. Last week I gave the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen a less than favorable review. The following are my suggestions on how it could have been a much better movie.

• Lose the whole “Fallen” plot. That includes the history of Transformers being around since the beginning of time, the old Transformer that has a cane, and the Fallen being some leader in space.
• Instead start the movie with the Decepticons finding a way to resurrect Megatron. Once they succeed they start wiping out humans left and right.
• The Autobots then respond to this challenge. Cool battles ensue.
• Kill off the two military guys (Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson). No one would see this coming. One of the things that I think the movie lacked was real suspense. This would add to that.
• Responding to the military guys death the Autobots win the battle, but the Decepticons woman-nap Mikaela (Megan Fox) as they flee.
• At this point you have to develop a plot. I think the plot should be built around Sam (Shia Labeouf). It could be a coming of age movie where he learns to be a leader in order to save the woman he loves. He doesn’t want to grow up but he has to because of the conflict.
• In the meantime the Decepticons are building the ultimate robot, Devastator.
• Throw in a couple of battles to keep the fan boys happy.
• You end the movie with a HUGE battle. During this battle Optimus Prime is struck down and presumed to be dead. Sam saves Mikaela, but loses Optimus.
• The movie ends. It’s called Revenge of the Fallen. It plays like Empire Strikes Back. The bad guys win. This builds a reason to make another one. It leaves the audience wanting more. It gives the movie substance and not just flashy special affects.

Those are a few of my thoughts on how to make the movie better.