Michael Bay cares not for anything but special effects

Rating: 3/10 (10 December 2009)

Its always hard to convert a previous media into a film and pull of something that can be defined as excellent. There is no doubt that Bay had intentions of doing this but all he has delivered is soulless piece of work with some good special effects. The Transformers story is one of simplicity and for that Bay and his screenwriters cannot be blamed, however they can be blamed for the awful dialogue given to the characters and the cliché images of each and every character in the film. They are all so one dimensional and predictable that there is no interest to be found in any of them. The movie is at its purist sense a dummed down 'hollywood-enised' expression of the Transformers brand. Its saving grace are its action scenes where meticulous effort has been put into the effects, but even these are far too monotonous that after about the fourth one you beginning to get rather tired of the whole concept of giant robot aliens battling one another. To those who like a shallow explosion filled action flick than this is for you, but for those who like depth to a movie then certainly avoid this one.