entertainment, and nothing more

Rating: 6/10 (4 July 2007)

i'm not sure why people would think a michael bay film would have any semblance of depth, and to think Transformers would be anything more than a cynical money driven appeal to old 80's "kids" and prospective new franchise victims is somewhat naive.
anyway, i thought it was good, low brow flashy entertainment with lots of explodey things, a token hot chick for the boys to fap about when they get home, an inane love story for the female viewers, and a poke towards self-styled and essentially brain dead federal authorities. I got just what I expected, all the Hollywood boxes were ticked, and for a couple of bucks it was worth the entertainment.
The only thing that really irked me was Bumblebee was not Bumblebee and Megatron was completely reinvented - but meh, don't really care. I stopped being interested in Transformers back in the 80's when I was 10 years old.