Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (4 July 2007)

There was a lot of build up for this move, but I believed it to be warranted. As not only Micahel Bay was the one directing, but the great Steven Spielberg was involved as well. While standing in line to see it, I told myself, "There is no way this could be bad.".
Walking out of the movie theater, I thought about what I had said while walking in, and wondered just how they had screwed this up. After all, the action scenes were great, and the special effects were top notch. There was nary a dull moment throughout the entire film. The acting was good for the most part. They were talking to robots.. that has to be hard to make it look good.
However, as great as the Transformers looked, and how much I loved them as a kid. They had just seemed to have too many unbelievable flaws. These guys are supposed to be super intelligent, uber evolved machines, yet they came off as adolescent teenagers. Their dialog was painful making me cringe at times, and left me wondering if a 10 year was playing the part of Optimus Prime. I would go into the details, but I'd rather not give away spoilers for those who have not yet seen it. It's unfortunate they didn't make a better movie.