Way too long

Rating: 5/10 (9 April 2008)

After finishing watching Transformers, I was at the same point I was about two hours into the movie: I stopped caring. You aren't supposed to expect much considering the whole trailer was basically a bunch of super robots banging the metal out of each other and the fact that Michael Bay directs adds nothing to it either. Still, I felt that it could be a decent film, and it wasn't. Shia Lebeouf is superb and I hope he has a great career, but even he can't hold this together. Meagan Fox is in this only because she is smoking hot, and pretty much every other character is underdeveloped or completely obsolete. Let's face it: this is all about the robots and watching Optimus Prime take on Megatron. I am not an action movie fan, but even I can appreciate the special effects here; they are truly astounding. Still, there is no story and did I mention this is almost two and a half hours? That is way too long for any action movie, much less one with so little a story. Those who are fans of the toys love it, but those who expect more out of their cinematic experiences should move on to bigger and better things.