Great Foundation Set.

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2009)

Transformers was a very good film that I enjoyed enough to watch three times when it was in the theater. It is pretty entertaining and also sets a good foundation for future sequels to be made.
Sam Whitwicky has a pair of his grandfathers glasses. On these glasses are coordinates to find the cube, the cube is a cube that is able to give life to machines and turns them into transformers. The autobots arrive on Earth and warn Sam and must have the glasses. Unfortunately the Decepticons also arrive on Earth.
I think the effects were outstanding in this film. All of the Transformers in this film looked very real. I like how they gave them a new look, and did not just 100 percent give them the same look that they had in the cartoon. This shows that the director and effects people gave new interpretations to characters.
The story was good, not great. But I think that at times it gets a little complicated, especially with the military. Not overly confusing, but a little. Also I think that the film tends to drag a lot, I understand the importance of build up, but it takes a while for all of the Transformers to appear.
The human characters were OK. However I think there were way too many human characters that speak a lot in this film. I want to see lots of different Transformers, not humans.
Now for the Transformers. I think they included most of the ones they needed to in a first film. Optimus Prime was great as were the rest of the autobots (Jazz, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Ironhide). The Decepticons were awesome as well, however it was interesting how some of the decepticons were not similar to what they were in the television show. Like how Frenzy was a boom box and Bonecrusher was a minesweeper. The decepticons, other than Megatron, did not get to say much of anything nearly as much as the autobots.
The action is OK. BUt when the Autobots were fighting the Decepticons it kind of gets hard to tell who is winning and who is losing. Basically the fight scenes are fast and the Transformers blend together and as a result you have no idea what is going on.
Megan Fox was great, I love her assets. Not much more to say on that topic.
So this film is very good. IF anything this film set the groundwork, so while it may lack in some areas you know that the next films should be great thanks to this film. I recommend this film and also can not wait for the sequel.