A waste of your life

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2007)

I have been a fan of the transformers since my childhood, ever since I first saw the robots in action I was awe struck. When i heard that they were going to do live action movie I thought 'Wow, its got to be impossible to get that wrong!' You could be forgiven for thinking that a movie about waring giant robots that transform into various vehicles would be about robots. So I would have to ask where were they?? What were they doing?? In this movie they get very little screen time and even less character development than a dog, which is called 'Mojo' in case you were wondering.
Optimus prime hardly has anything intelligent to say, why they made him into another Lee Evans or even Charlie Chaplin I'll never know, when he does say something intelligent its a huge dramatic speech. By the time he breaks out a speech you are genuinely shocked he's capable of it due to his bumbling foolish mannerism he is presented with.
As if that wasn't bad enough this movie has too many story lines going on at once, which detracts from what should be the main story line of the Transformers themselves. At times it tries to be a teen romantic drama and at others some sort of slapstick comedy movie.
The movies effect are faultless, ILM did a wonderful job. Their effects are the only reason this movie gets anything above a 1. I just wish the same could be said about everyone else involved.
I'm not going to comment upon the acting here as I believe the underlining fault with the movie was with the choice of script and and the direction.
If you MUST see this film, don't worry you can fall asleep and not miss anything. Take someone who will wake you up for the last 20 minutes and you should be happy. The rest of the movie is a waste of your life.
PS Someone please give Michael Bay a romantic comedy film to make starring Hugh Grant so he can stop ruining action movies and my childhood memories.