a blockbuster worthy of the name

Rating: 9/10 (28 June 2007)

what a great movie. it does what so many recent blockbusters have failed to do. It displays it's multi million dollar effects and CGI to illustrate a well fleshed and well written story line. Too often we put up with poor scripts and one dimensional stick on characters because they blew the budget on 80 ft monsters and explosions. Transformers has the eighty foot monsters but also the well rendered teen angst angle, the nightmare trendy liberal parents and some outstanding comedy from support players Bernie Mac and john Turturro. the young leads were outstanding and watchable and Josh Duhamel shows he is thundering towards leading man status. The action set pieces bring to mind the fun that we had back when Armageddon, Independence Day and Con Air showed blowing stuff up was fun when you do it with real grown up actors and give them scripts written by writers with senses of humour. Even manages to stick in some gentle satire about George W.... or is it .
Go for the giant war fighting toys! Stay for the movie of the year so far.