Possibly the best movie of the year?

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2007)

G1 fans gather together and drag your whole families out of their houses and take them to the theater RIGHT NOW! Because it's Transformers time! The long awaited live-action incarnation of your favorite cartoon is here. And some of your favorite Autobots and Decepticons have come from Cybertron to destroy and protect you. This is by-far one of the best movies of the year, no actually, in a couple of years. If you've ever wanted a movie that blends live-acting with CGI it is Transformers. As far as the look and feel of the movie you actually believe that these robots are walking around on a real set. You are drawn into the characters, (both human and machine) and even more into the fight scenes.
The first half of the movie is very heavy in dialog and surrounds the humans for the most part. While the Transformers part is very fast paced and will raise your blood pressure to the point you want to jump out of your seat cheering. The human cast is made up of actors you all know and love, and Shia (who is mostly a sidekick in other movies, I Robot, Constantine) adds this movie to the growing list of awesome movies he has been involved in. All the human actors are unique and bring something to the movie. The Transformers also bring the action and effects that top this film off as one of the best movies ever. All of the Autobots are unique and have very different personalities that are tied up with Optimus Primes' grand and wise presence. Though the film really focuses on Optimus and Bumblebee, but those are the most beloved Autobots out of the bunch so it doesn't mater too much. The Decepticons on the other hand, though they outnumber the Autobots receive very little screen time with the exception to the end. The Decepticons that received more attention was Barricade, Scorpinok, and Frenzy. Megatron, though he emits a dark presence in the background appears very late in the film, BUT what he lacks in screen time he more than makes up in shear destruction of anything in his way. From tearing an Autobot in half, to flying Optimus through a building, to kicking a human twenty feet into a car. Magatron's appearance is simply horrific and terrifying. The fighting between robots and humans in pure ecstasy, and will impress even the hardcore action fans.
"Well Brad, is there anything else you'd like to add before wrapping it up?"
Yes, thank you Michael Bay (and Steven Spielberg) for giving us such a great movie that people will be talking about all year, and if things go well,(Like the Transformers toy and TV series) maybe even for generations to come. That is why I give Transformers a perfect 5, out of 5.