Maybe they shouldn't have..

Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2007)

I'm going to keep this short and simple. Michael Bay who remade Miami Vice saying this was not going to be an 80's staged remake did the same thing with the Transformers. All the real fans were expecting it to stick more to the original and why shouldn't they have kept it more to the original?? I think the original fan base aged between there mid twenties and early thirties is an more interesting audience, revenue-wise, then today's kids.
The movie is definitely putting all it's hopes on the effects. The storyline is slim, lacking depth.
Some specific let downs:

Optimus Prime's character is plain old weak in the movie and his knowledge which made him stick out back in the days is has come down to some simple one liners. He did not live up to his role as leader of the Autobots.

I could handle Optimus Prime's 2007 make-over because in basis he looked the same. But the whole Predator-look they gave Megatron 2007 -> what the hell were they thinking?!?

The faces on the robots were too slick. We're talking about robots people, they should have kept them more mechanical.

Transforming from a vehicle or animal seemed to take ages while transforming back to this state was just a matter of milliseconds.

Did somebody order an 2 1/2 hour during GM/Mountain Dew/Panasonic/Nokia/Burger King commercial? Did I miss anyone?

The only reason I gave this a 6/10 is because the effects were great. But I'm still awaiting the 80's remake who really makes use of these pro's and combines these with a solid storyline, great character buildups and
Is this movie going to smash the box offices? Yes! Is this movie pleasing the original fan base? Not by far!
Maybe they shouldn't have..