Awesome....Mind Blowing SFX Action

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2007)

I am quite new to the Transformers bandwagon and went to the movie Melbourne on the first day as I was dragged by my friends who are absolutely crazy about the Movie.But I have to say I was quite surprised to my amusement, I found the movie to be absolutely great entertainment... the concept was easy to digest as I am a fan of fantasy adventures based movies so got stuck into the feel of the movie quite early in the movie.
The introductions to the characters was quite subtle and the excitement grew as the minutes passed by. The CGI was simply awesome and so were the sound effects. In the first 15 minutes of the movie sets you up with what can you expect in the next hour and half.
The story was simple and the pace was gradual and one can easily feel that something big is coming later down the line in the movie. The movie reminded me of T2 though at different points of time ...in fact there was one instance in the movie where the T2 theme was also played ( maybe not purposely) The lighter moments involving the character of Sam Witwiky and his life and other characters around him were not over the top and actually made we laugh but concentrated in the first half of the movie and the comic timing of the actors and the scene placement was perfect so kudos to the editing team.
I don't want to divulge a lot of details but overall the entertainment value of the movie was great and I loved the concept and how it was handled by Michael Bay and his crew...which we can expect from a director of his caliber.
I would recommend the movie to anyone who is into action/SciFi adventure and good clean fun.