Don't Believe the Anti-Hype

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2007)

Ignore all your Michael Bay hating friends. Ignore the self-proclaimed critics of the minor changes made to the bots (my manic friend picked only 3). Ignore the fact that it's really just a kids movie.
This is quality viewing. No blood splattered in the name of violence. No gratuitous horror/sexuality/nudity. Just fast-paced action and adventure you can take your kids to.
I was not expecting much more plot substance than just robots fighting. But believe it or not there is actually an interesting & coherent plot - even i can't believe i just said that. However i must confess the root of the story is almost a direct rip-off of those Roland Emmerich movies where there's good, bad, the marines and the government - who start off wanting to be bad then become good 'cause "America! Hell Yeah!!" The time passes really quick, you don't notice that it's taken over 2 hours of your precious time but it's well worth it. It's even worth your partner calling you a world class geek when you come home raving about the movie...