"based on the back-cover of a toy package"

Rating: Null/10 (23 December 2007)

Watching this, I delightfully realise... "thankfully, no real writer has to take responsibility for writing this pool of toxic waste." The story is so obviously written by a toy-making company. During lunch. On a napkin. Using a finger dipped in jam. For example, with names like "Decepticons", "Megatron" and "Optimus Prime"... there's no way to escape from toy-land confinement.
With much difficulty, I tried to set aside the cheap toy-story, and tried to follow the film instead, however little there was in there. The reward I got from this was nausea and utter dejection. This "movie" is made by and for people that played with transformer toys when they were kids (maybe they still do?). The juvenile portrayal of the two protagonists is just silly. It belongs in a direct-to-video movie. Many times I just thought to myself: "oh no, they didn't just do that, did they?".
Now, you're probably saying "but it's just a cheap summer blockbuster flick"... and you'd be right. It's exactly that and it deserves no higher grade than 4. Not because it's "only an action movie", but because it's very very bad. Even "only"-action movies need a sane, cohesive plot and somewhat understandable characters. Otherwise what's the point? For me there's none, but judging by the grade it got here, I guess there's many that doesn't need more.
I'll give it the benefit of a doubt for the CG. As an inquisitive "pixel-police", I admit there'are some nice interaction between the live elements and the CG elements in this movie. People see the climate changes as a threat... I see another threat, perhaps a more short-term one; crappy CG-focused movies. I urge all movie-goers; don't pay for crap! Is this really the trend we want to encourage?! Like MPAA and RIAA says: "piracy is theft"; I say: so is making crap and selling it as good quality entertainment.
Of course, if all you're looking for is some nice CG, watch a car commercial. And you don't even have to pay; they show them for free on TV! But then again, a car commercial has a much more complex plot than this movie... It just sounds too good to be true.