You've got to be kidding me...

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2007)

SPOILER: I can't believe the ranking this movie has gotten so far on IMDb. First off the good things: the special effects are great, without a doubt. The comedy in this movie is also great, until it turns to cheese. Shia LeBeouf is great. Unfortunately that's it. The plot is riddled with holes - check out the "Goofs" to see just some. There were superfluous characters - Anthony Anderson. Characters were unbelievably weird for no reason - John Tuturro. The soldiers acted absurdly - why would Sergeant Lennox charge the Decepticons with a hand-held weapon when he just called in an air strike. The Transformers went from near indestructible in the beginning of the movie, to Bumblebee getting caught with a net, back to being nearly indestructible (Ironhide at the end battle). Also, I know it's a little more visually pleasing to have the transformers be giants, but how exactly does a camero turn into a two-story robot or Frenzy turning into a boom-box and then a tiny cell phone? And even while the special effects were great, the cinematography was so shaky and close-up that you couldn't even tell what was happening when the Transformers were fighting. Also, I understand that you want to do a little tribute to the original Transformers cartoon and movie, but did ALL the dialog between Optimus and Megatron have to be so cheesy? Michael Bay dropped the ball on this one. In fact, I'm changing my vote to a 5/10, and that's being generous.