Neither as good nor as bad as folks on this site say

Rating: 6/10 (20 April 2009)

OK, I understand that I am not exactly the target demographic for this film. (Over sixteen) But my take on it is that is it is neither as good as some people say it is, nor as bad as others say it is. I know nothing of the cartoons or toys that are supposed to be the base here, and thus cannot comment on "being true to source material." But some of the characters (such as Sam, Mikeala) were decent, some of the others (such as Turturro, Sam's parents, Bernie Mac) were utter caricatures. Megan Fox looked very good. IL & M did what they do with CGI. I'm sure it was visually impressive on the big screen. If you take this film for what it is, it is mildly entertaining even if you aren't a kid. If you expect the movie to be something it's not, you will be sorely disappointed.