The Best Special Effects of the Year

Rating: 6/10 (23 November 2007)

Wow! First off the special effects are f--king awesome! No contest, 'Transformers' has the best visual effects of the year thus far. But as a movie...it's all right. I mean it's entertaining as hell, but the acting/writing are kind of lacking. Shia LeBeouf is fantastic as always. Veterans Jon Voight, John Turturro and the always amusing Anthony Andersen are good, but the rust of the cast is disappointing. Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel give commercial-calibre performances and the lead female besides having a knock-out physical appearance is jaw-dropping awful. The writing is seriously lacking as well. They should take more time to explain what the hell these machines are and what they want, besides rushing the plot so much. All in all, 'Transformers' is your typical Michael Bay movie -- BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! CHEESY PLOT! LACKLUSTER ACTING! BAM! BAM! BAM! But hey, if you want to see some awesome special effects, 'Transformers' is without a doubt the movie for you. Grade: B-