Excuse me, are you the tooth fairy?

Rating: 8/10 (18 June 2009)

I must say that I wasn't really expecting much from this movie. When I came to see it among a DVD I bought which had several movies on it, including the Harry Potter series (which was why I bought the DVD anyway), I thought: Just Another sci-fi movie. I just said let me see it.
However, I got more than I bargained for! I was actually riveted by the movie and the performance of its main male and female leads (Shia Leboeuf and Megan Fox). As Sam Witwicky, Leboeuf grows from a geek-like nobody into the young man who saves the world. Megan Fox seems to let everyone know how hot she is, and there is no doubt SHE IS HOT! The look she gives Leboeuf when her character Mikaela says "I can take it all apart, clean it and put it back together," was one of the most seductive glances u'll ever see on screen. However it seems predictable that both of them would come together at the end, but that's a minor drawback.
Despite the fact that it is the CG that takes up much of this movie, I think that in general, the human actors did pretty well. Former Miss Universe contestant, Rachel Taylor was quite decent as Maggie, while Anthony Anderson was his usual funny self. As for humor, the film's got enough of it. The most moving was the little girl who is woken up by the transformers' crash-landing on Earth and promptly goes out to their swimming pool. She doesn't seem scared to see the gigantic robot (autobot) that emerges from the pool and steps over her, but simply asks if he was the tooth fairy. For me, that was the most moving and humorous scene and it whenever I watch that scene, I laugh. Another great scene was the car-chasing one in which the Camaro (aka Bumblebee) is followed by the police vehicle (aka Barricade), with Leboeuf and Fox in it. Yet another funny scene is the one in which the autobots' medical expert says that Leboeuf's pheromone levels suggested he wanted to mate with Fox. However an intelligent observer from the audience would notice that as soon as he/she sees them together.
One complaint I have though is the climatic battle scenes. They seem a bit overdone.
But beside this little detail, Transformers is good clean fun, as its merits greatly overshadow its faults. I pray the sequel is just as good as, or even better than, this one. If anyone hates this movie because of its faults, then I must say u are VERY HARD TO PLEASE!