Awesome?

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2007)

I was a transformers fan back in the days, so I could not wait to see this movie. Before I went to this movie, I heard all transformers have a different look compared to the transformers of the cartoon. Most people don't like that, my wife doesn't like it either. But it didn't bother me. The most thing that did bother me was that Megatron and Starscream were shallow.
The jokes in the movie were not funny. Most people who are going to watch this movie are adults who had been a fan of the cartoon. Kids of today don't want to watch transformers, but Harry Potter. The jokes were more for the youngers. I did not like the small jokes about the movie E.T. from Spielberg, or about the movie Armageddon from Michael Bay. These jokes were complete unnecessary. Even when the agent was handcuffed in his underpants, was not funny.
The movie was like terminator 2: Sam Witwicky was like John Connor, protected by the terminator Bumblebee and hunted by the T1000 Barricade. Even in a fight sequence I heard the drum sound of the movie T2.
The transformations were amazing! But the way how the fight sequences were followed was messy. The flight of Starscream between the other jets was awesome! The fight between Optimus and Megatron was short and not really exciting.
All the actors and actresses speak normally American. But Rachel Taylor had to have a messy English accent. This was really annoying! Megan Fox on the other hand was nice to see. I liked the fact that Hugo Weaving did the voice of Megatron, but he didn't have a lot of lines to speak.
The way how the transformers hide themselves at the house of Sam was not funny. In this way the viewer cannot take the transformers serious. That was a pity. There was a mistake made: Sam goes on a pink bike in the morning for a ride. He gets followed by Bumblebee. Then he gets in with Mikaela and gets chased by Barricade. And sudden it is from morning evening! This movie was about 2,5 hours. For this time I saw too little action! It took too long to make an introduction. In the middle of the movie we see Optimus. I hope there will come a second movie, with more action.
*spoiler alert!* but how will there be a sequel when Megatron is dead?*/spoiler*