Good Flick just missing a certain element of class...

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2007)

I wish i could rate this 7.5 out of 10. since you cant rate in halves i decided to go down to 7 rather than go up to 8. Reasons because, although this had the makings of an awesome rendition to the original cartoon it was lacking a certain element of class. Its great to see something that you loved as a kid appearing on the big screen as an all action blockbuster.
An all action blockbuster is what it was but still left me walking out of the cinema thinking "so thats that, thats what i waited ages for!" Don't get me wrong i came out happy enough there are some excellent bits in the film, like some of the special effects were good, some acting was good, i liked some of the characters, Optimus Prime still had the same voice as the original, i think.
Also had a few laughs throughout. Thats why i wanted to rate it 7.5. It lost 2.5 because of the following reasons: The Director tried to get the viewers to feel for the characters, e.g. the captain of the navy phoning his wife to say every things going to be OK etc etc, all seemed a bit Armageddon like. Also there were possibly too many jokes at times, i know the lead character was funny but i think he had something funny to say during every scene, even when hes being chased and shot at. The story that the exact whereabouts of the cube thing was embedded into the main characters great grandfathers glasses was a bit far fetched, also the whole auction web site thing, massive advertising.
Anywho, its worth a watch.