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Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2014)

In 2007 Michael Bay delivered us the very first live action Transformers film. Seven years later we are about to see part four of his franchise. Within the next eleven days, before the release of Transformers: Age of Extinction, I am going to review the first three films that Michael Bay directed. So here we go with the very first film, Transformers.
Re-watching this film after having not seen it for about three years, I found myself mostly uninterested in the film. Sure the action is amazing, great use of the CG by Michael Bay, but there really isn't anything great about the film. Certainly not perfect in any department as well. However if you look up the movie term, Summer Blockbuster, I'm sure you will find pictures of Michael Bay films, more so Transformers. The story is light and paper thin. No one set out a goal to win Oscars when they made this film. They wanted a high octane action film for summer movie fans, and frankly in that regard, they succeeded at a high level. The acting is mostly just awful. Shia LaBeouf is simply annoying, can't like his character at all. The only actors who are enjoyable and do a great job are Jon Voight and John Turturro. Anthony Anderson had me cracking up in the few scenes he had in the film as well. While we are on humor here, I must say, the humor factor is over the top. Not as over the top as the sequel though.
Michael Bay, the director of this film, is known for those big epic summer blockbusters, he has been making them for many years now, and with no signs of slowing down. While he never really gave us great stories with complex characters, he does give us amazing action scenes, that we will remember for awhile. Since it was so long in between my last viewing of this film, I was kind of shocked looking back at how many big gaps fill in between the great action scenes. There is a lot of worthless banter back and fourth, and more stupid humor, that really drags this film down. The acting in this film as I mentioned above is overall just bad, minus a couple examples. Michel Bay isn't really known for getting great performances out of his stars, and this film continues that trend. He just likes to blow stuff up, and in the end, he does it very well.
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote this film, as well as the sequel, and I won't put it lightly, these guys are a laughing stock of their profession. This might be one of the few times you don't want to punch the writers in the head. Watch the sequel to this film, and you will change your attitude. While this story is simple minded it is effective for the start of the franchise. While I do not like these writers at all, I must admit they didn't mangle this film here I am talking about. They weren't perfect either. The characters are very wooden and not really developed at all. I don't really take all of this out on them because of the type of film it is, but it wasn't a great overall effect.
Overall the start of this franchise isn't going to be making any top ten lists of mine, unless of course I make a list of mindless summer blockbusters. The action in this film is amazing, and while there are a lot of boring parts in between, when it goes back to the action, you just keep loving it. Remember, as I said above, this is a pure popcorn summer blockbuster film. If you lay back and remember that key fact, I see no reason why you cannot enjoy this film for what it really is.
7/10