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Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2007)

Was well looking forward to it, and once again, poorly acted, terrible script and some awful characters detracted from what in fact could've been one of the greatest Action Flicks ever... stunning effects are spoilt by the inane drivel of the main character played by Shia LaBeouf who quite frankly is now up there with Slater on my most hated list. There isn't a scene he's in without mouthing off and just creating noise... which brings me onto the most disappointing thing about the film... IT'S THE NOISIEST FILM I'VE EVER SEEN... and it's TOO much... there's no build up properly, it's literally just bang smash caaapppoooo for 2 hours 24 minutes and it's just an assault on the senses... I need a let up in a film... and this doesn't have it.
However, the roberts are everything and more I expected and it's certainly done justive to the cartoon from the 80's... in fact, it's got one scene that's so nicely filmed it's one of my favourite scenes ever and it's only 5-10 seconds long... with the "roller scating" Deceptacon chasing Optima Prime... WOW... it looks incredible.
Great idea, solid film making... but could've been incredible... shame...
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