Now he's headed off to college leaving behind said beautiful girl, Mikaela (Megan Fox), who spends her days working on cars and bikes by artfully draping herself across them in Daisy Dukes that make Jessica Simpson seem modest" (Sharkey 2009). Despite the fact that Mikaela is a mechanic (no need for Sam to spend any time showing interest in any stereotypically female pursuits like romantic candlelight dinners or chick flicks) she dresses in micro-shorts and sashays rather than reaches for a screwdriver.
The main character has another friend, a car/robot takes the form of a typical 'muscle car' Camero, who resists Sam's decision to go off to college, in which is supposed to be a mildly humorous sequence. Of course the car needn't worry -- the need to save the world quickly forces Sam to put away his books. Even Sam's college aspirations are mocked in this film. But in a film that is supposed to be entertaining, there are no humorous, funny lines in Revenge of the Fallen. Every word that comes out of each character's mouth sounds clumsy and staged in the Transformers sequel. Characters are basically just a replay of old stereotypes -- the geeky kid, the jock friend (in this case a car) -- and the film is unapologetically geared at a male audience so women seem even less human than the robots.
The women are all substantially better-looking than the men, and substantially less important as active characters. There is no pretence that this can function in any way as a date film. The target audience...
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