Toy commercial with a HUGE budget, still loads of fun!

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2007)

Whoever says this is "not a kids movie" is fooling them self.
I really liked it. I enjoyed it emensely. But it is so clearly just a toy commercial with a HUGE budget.
Shia steals the show as far as the actors go. I laughed my head off at some of his lines. He did a great job delivering some cheesy dialog and he has a natural talent that sells the story.
Aside from him, it's the toys that steal the show! Those GIANT ROBOTS are AWESOME!!! This movie had more action than all of the other summer films this year combined! (The only exception may be Die Hard 4, which I haven't seen yet.)
I was one of those kids who purchased the very first Transformer toys back when Optimus Prime was a gun, and one of the characters was a cassette player. So my affection for the Transformers franchise goes way back.
Without making this very long, suffice to say that it is well worth your money as long as you can appreciate that it is a Michael (explosions) Bay movie, full of cheese dialog, a ridiculous story, and its main purpose is to sell toys.
Heck, I bought four Transformers after watching this. (For my sons, of course.)
BRING ON THE SEQUEL!