Good family summer entertainment

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2007)

Transformers TRANSFORM - something this movie offers that is unique. The CGI sequences of vehicle-to-robot (and the reverse) are as spectacular as promised. Other elements that are however all too familiar - parents-vs-adolescent comedy and big-brother type secret government outfit, just to name two. All told, there are enough visual treats to satisfy and enough laughs to give you a good time. Definitely family entertainment but at 144 minutes, it's a tad too long.
Shia LaBeouf, seen last year in an ensemble role in "Bobby", bears an uncanny resemblance to Ryan Gosling (who is 6 years older). Watch out for him next year in a key role in the 4th installment of Indiana Jones (directed by Spielberg himself). Jon Voight and John Turturro have stereotyped roles as big shot government official and hateful secret agent respectively. Megan Fox provides youthful sensuousness and the rest of the cast whatever support necessary, all quite on cue. Scene stealing are the transformers, robots with distinct human characters and mannerism, both good and bad guy. Performing the voice of the chief villain Megatron is none other than Hugo Weaving.