Michael Bay's defining moment

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2007)

Excellent film, but refusing to give it above an 8 because I kept thinking their holding back for sequels. The transformations were INCREDIBLE. I was one of the fans of the cartoon that feared they'd screw up the whole reason we've come to love Autobots/Decepticons. Everything looked like the people were actually acting with the robots rather than green screen. **Spoiler**Starscream, his survival instincts intact, guts an entire squadron of aircraft and takes off to presumably rally more Decepticons. Very nice! Peter Cullen brought back so many memories just hearing his voice. **Spoiler**Also, they made Optimus a bad ass. His fight with Ironhide was awesome and he showed no mercy.
They're going to have to make a choice in the future: make every battle a battle for Earth or have the Autobots and Decepticons become more of the story and focus on their interaction. Hopefully they create a happy medium because Shia Lebouf did a great job (loved him in "Even Stevens"; can't wait to rent "Disturbia").
Please God let GM mass produce the new Camaro. Bumblebee is better as a Camaro.
I'm going to see it again on the Cine Capri screen (largest non-Imax screen in AZ). I hope it's twice as loud as it was this evening! Be prepared to go again, it's that good.
Finally, Michael Bay has redeemed himself after "The Island." If he's smart, he'll do the trilogy and hopefully get better with each film. In any event, this is his template. If he screws up it will be because he didn't learn from this movie.