He did good, but still...

Rating: 7/10 (2 July 2007)

I'm a transformers fan GIRL so I thought I'd do a review been a fan of the show since I was 4yrs old so I think I know a few basics, I've done NZFTS film and TV school so I thought I'd try a hand at a review.
It's changed from the original cartoon and I believe the graphics and way they were introduced to human ways via ebay and the world wide web worked for this modern tale...
I believe a lot of it worked, (modernly) more character development could be had on the transformers. I admit for the few lines I heard Ironhide speak I was happy with his character he was very Ironhide "I wanted to show them my cannons" and his why are we bothering about the humans attitude that's Ironhide's character right there when they first meet Spike in the series. Jazz the stylish way he transformed was very Jazz he was after all the "cool" transformer his concern for Bumblebee was very in character to, there were a few episodes in the cartoon where the two worked together. The Spike er Sam Bumblebee relationship funny in the beginning good humor parts that I could see happening in the series they did have good comic moments in the cartoon. I believe Ratchet didn't get developed at all, but without Wheeljack and their banter I suppose he could be underdeveloped, it would be hard I was just glad he was in there.
The Decepticons did not get enough screen time, development or even words, Megatron vs Optimus that was bound to happen it's what fans want and they get it but only about 3-5mins worth, sorry guys. I love the military involvement namely because the military featured in the cartoon too
Overall because the graphics and actions scenes were awesome fast and eye catching I gave it a 7, still near the end it did speed up a bit far to fast that I didn't know what had happened till about three minutes after... I felt the end was rushed but still cgi *nods* made it believable that they could really do those things I found my self pointing at things after the movie as a joke with a friend going "Transform" oh if only...
I could go on and on and on... but I understand they did what they had to do for certain reasons but I dislike that the character that got me in to Transformers was killed... He out lived Optimus in the animated movie if you are going to kill one off why not pick one that didn't last long in the series not that one... it just felt wrong and dishonorable to the original v/a who died in 86 to take away that character, that v/a was a very respectable actor and I was massively upset at the end of the movie.