A Bit Disappointing

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2007)

I was a bit disappointed at the way the movie turned out. Being a Transformers kid, and having collected comics and watched the 1st generation Transformers TV cartoons in the early 80s, I expected more sensibilities from the story and lesser plot holes at that. I gave this title a higher rating because of the fact that it's about Transformers and that Transformers, as a personal favorite, played a huge role in my childhood years.
The saving grace for this movie was its special effects, and then the fantastic CGI rendering and animation. I would have desired the look of the robots to resemble the 1st generation robots more but the production team, unfortunately, may have opted to focus on realistic physical aesthetics. Also, I found out that they mostly drowned the transformation sound - which they claimed to have reproduced for this movie. This distinct sound is a very important key element for the movie's overall success as it would have provided nostalgic inspiration to the Transformers fans of my generation.
Maybe I was expecting too much from the story but that's just me. In fact, I actually have high expectations for movies coming out from Marvel's comics line. Seeing Michael Bay direct this movie got many people excited about the kind, ferocity and quality of the action scenes and special effects they were going to expect. I give this aspect a near-perfect score but the story and the script should have been improved more, I think.
I still enjoyed the movie nonetheless for all its action-packed merits. And simply because Transformers is just a hands-down favorite.