A bit disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (14 July 2007)

I went to go see this movie primarily for the special effects, but with those minuscule expectations it didn't deliver.
Aside from the very cliché'd characters and weak script writing, the biggest problem I had with the film is very fast moving and jumbled scenes. You hardly had time to digest one scene before you were onto the next. The same is true for the special effects. I appreciated the few slo-mo action shots as you can grasp what is actually going on.
Not too many directors today know how to build suspense. The opening scene seem to have some promise, as the unknown army helicopter makes its way onto the base. They could have shown the copter slowly morph into the transformer, but they did it too fast and from there it went at a too fast pace from scene to scene.
Another uncomfortable moment was the masturbation comment from main character's mother. This is a kid's film isn't it?