Nolstagia Revisited

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2007)

Was there any need to make all the other summer blockbusters so bad and terrible when Transformers were gonna blast all of them away? Nay, for Michael Bay has won over his critics with a gritty, and heart-pounding movie that all Transformer fans would love.
Nostalgic fervour aside, the CGI was outta this world, the great action to boot simply complementing. Sound and visuals work in sync, nothing more to say.
Shia LaBeouf was simply fantastic in his role, in the movie that will propel him to stardom after bit part roles in movies like iRobot. Megan Fox was the flower vase, but just about as hot as BumbleBee's engine. Josh Duhamel suited the action hero role in his first major movie role, and the rest of the cast did well, with just about the right dosage of humour injected.
My only grouse is that there could have been a stronger plot, and the ending was a bit muted and anti-climatic. Megatron and Starscream should have been the villainous stars, but they got too little airtime.
Can't wait for Soundwave to come out in Transformers 2, and maybe being a bit more greedy, how about the DinoBots at that. AND, they have to ensure Peter Cullen reprises his voice as Optimus Prime in the sequel.