Everything I expected and more

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2007)

I'm 26 - one of the lucky people who got to grow up with the animated series, and once upon a time used to drive a plastic Optimus Prime around, and as a fan of the original, I must say I love this movie. It's everything I expected and some more.
"Transformers" is probably the best cartoon-to-movie adaption I've seen so far. It's funny, with underlying seriousness, and honors the old animés. The actors work for me, and I won't say anything more about them, 'cause lets face it - this is not the movie to watch for the sake of human actors. (A regal curtsy to Shia LeBeouf, though, for his great interacting with the robots.) The robots, on the other hand, I could go on and on about. (Don't worry, I won't.) They look simply awesome. This is CG at its best; balanced and believable. From the moment Blackout started shooting things up and on, I sat with a happy grin on my face, that only got wider towards the end.
The voices are better than I imagined. Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime will forever stand alongside sir Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan Kenobi in my memory, as two actors who managed to pull off some, at times, very difficult, bordering ridiculous dialog. Hugo Weaving is superb as Megatron, and makes the Decepticon leader the menacing madman he is. His "You've failed me yet again, Starscream" was music to my ears.
As a hardcore fan of the animés, perhaps I haven't been very critical about this movie, but I don't want to be either, because this IS Transformers.