i've waited all summer to be blown away, and now i have been!!! PLOT SPOILERS

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2007)

so there have been some good movies out this summer, but so far this year the "blockbusters" just haven't given me a total rush. the last time i was blown away was definitely star wars episode 3. but after seeing transformers, i was absolutely blown away. Michael bay has always released entertaining movies, but usually dumb movies with overblown action scenes and poor plots (ahem...pearl harbor), with the exception of The Island. this movie however, was yes, an action movie, but one that is very true to the transformers cartoon. while the autobots and decepticons went through some "transformations" (no VW beetle or Porsche, instead replaced with a sweet Pontiac solstice and the bangin new 2008 camaro!!!), it was meant only to update an 80's classic into what now doubt will be come a 2000's classic. transformers has it all to transform now adults who loved the cartoon into teens again, i can't say kids because this movie is more than a kids movie. you have the smoking' hot Megan fox, shia lebouf's love interest in the movie and some sexual innuendo but nothing over the top, then you have the entrance of the transformers, WOW! i have never seen such realistic visual effects, HONESTLY, and i have seen every effects packed movie out there, you seriously cannot tell the difference between the live action and the CGI, ILM totally outdid themselves, creating a believable alien race.
SOME PLOT SPOILERS!!! SOME PLOT SPOILERS!!!! the plot even was above acceptable for a Bay action flick, sticking very true to the cartoon again by having the Cube get lost here on earth and having Megatron come looking for it, only to be trapped until Leboufs grandfather accidentally discovered him. years later, lebouf is out buying his first car (and after a hilarious cameo from Bernie mac) buys his '78 camaro which turns out to be bumblebee, sent to protect Sam (lebouf) from megatron.
the movie is jam packed with what we expect from Michael bay, awesome action scenes, by far the best seen this year or even in the past few years (the final battle is at epic proportions), the chemistry between the characters is very well done, Jon voight's performance is stellar as we can expect from him, being the veteran actor in this movie, but i have also finally been very impressed with lebouf's performance, he brings about a new maturity, and also a great sense of humor to the movie, something that i believe will finally bring him out of his Disney acting and break him out onto the Hollywood scene, the hacker scenes are hilarious the bads??? well, only 2 actually, Megan fox is mad hot, but lacks, well, lacks acting basically as her performance was wooden to say the least, and there was way to much technical jargon that would even give bill gates a headache, but otherwise, this movie is destined to be 2007's blockbuster and should go on to become a classic in years to come (AND SPAWN SEQUELS???? bay has announced the possibility), in all, this movie is a definite 9/10, and definitely Michael Bay's best to date. GO SEE IT!!! NOW!!!