10 Most Insufferable Film Sequels Since 2000

Even for a movie made in conjunction with a toy manufacturer, Revenge Of The Fallen is outstanding in its attempt to cater to an audience of remarkably low intelligence, and it’s terrifying to try to envision what kind of crowd Michael Bay and his focus group must’ve had in mind. Did they look at pictures of Cletus The Slack Jawed Yokel and say, “Like that, only dumber”?

Aimed at people who’d lose a game of Tic-Tac-Toe to a chicken, this sequel is all razzle-dazzle and loud bangs, and when things aren’t blowing up, viewer interest is maintained by a constant stream of “hilarious” jokes. For a PG-13 movie, some are quite risqué, but mostly they’re just perplexing: dogs start humping on the living room couch, Sam’s mom gets high and goes crazy, a Decepticon rubs itself up against Megan Fox’s leg etc etc.

Special mention must be made of Skids and Mudflap, a pair of “comic relief” Autobots that perform what could loosely be termed “urban humour.” Speaking in voices somewhere between Pam Grier and Jar Jar Binks, these clods exist to deliver such unforgettable dialogue as “Boogy boogy boogy boo” and remind us that Hollywood still loves dialect humour.