Overall...

Rating: 7/10 (28 June 2007)

THIS CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS YOU WILL NOT BE BIG-TIME SPOILED!
Its almost a kids film. I had HUGE expectations for this film...like as many of you do right now. let me give you a BIG pointer:
DROP ALL EXPECTATIONS NOW!
If you go in with huge expectations, you will be disappointed. Like me. I will post a thread in the forums and will answer all questions that people want to know, like what happens with this and that blah blah.
But the SFX are INCREDIBLE. I mean absolutely incredible. The only problem , and I'm sure you will all cringe when you hear this, the camera is really shaky. I think Bay wanted to make us a part of the action, but it didn't work. The camera was too shaky and blurry that you couldn't even see the Transformers properly when they were in action. Which SUCKED. Plus: for all the fanboys wanting to know, the transformations are fast, so don't blink when your watching. Plus each character only transforms about once or twice throughout the whole film.
THIS IS WHERE THE SPOILER-SPOILERS COME IN.
The plot was quite...well....horrible. The Decepticons were introduced 3/4 way through the films, the Autobots half way. There is a lot of flip flop at the start, but the action begins 5 minutes in. Its sort of in a zig zag effect.
Megatron had about 20 minutes of screen time overall, with about 3 minutes of dialogue. Starscream was pretty much the only other Decepticon that spoke. And he had 3 lines. It may have even been 2.
Overall, I think its a kids/teenagers film (I'm 15, by the way). AMAZING action scenes, AMAZING SFX, good storyline, great acting.
I will say this again, go into the cinema thinking this is a brand new film. Original idea. No Expectations. Don't try to relate it to the original Transformers. It wont work.
I gave it a 9/10, just to be nice :P