great movie for the summer heat, but felt a tiny bit lacking

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2007)

first of all, the michael bay's editing has taken a huge amount of flak over the frenetic feel of the action sequences. I would like to point out that the movie was from a human perspective, we see the battles as a bystander would, does it make for as cool a film? Not really, but the objective served it's purpose, it was a decision that added cohesion to the film. All in all it was a great movie that deserves kudos for a conversion that pleases both fans and non-fans alike. My only complaint is that the movie occasionally didn't know whether it should take it's source material seriously or just have fun with it, which is a common problem in many newer comic-book/cartoon based films (especially FF4 and spider-man 3). The film is well done, if you have a gripe, tell me, what would have made it better, cause I see no way bay should have done any differently.