The War of the Robots

Rating: 6/10 (15 October 2007)

When the father of the teenager Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) gives an old Camaro to him, he has a chance to give a ride to his schoolmate Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) and participate of an ancient war of robots on planet Earth. His car is actually the Autobot Bumblebee, leaded by Optimus Prime, and they are in war against the evil Deceptions, leaded by Megatron. Both races are seeking the cube Allspark with opposite intentions: the Autobots intend to protect the human beings, while the Deceptions want to destroy them.
I found "Transformers" a very disappointing movie. With a huge budget, full of special effects, the shallow story is very weak, the screenplay is awful and the scenes supposed to be funny are indeed very silly. There are characters and scenes simply ridiculous, like for example the hacker that Sam calls "friend", with the most stupid attitudes and behavior. The robots are very similar and it is difficult to identify who is good and who is evil. The director seems to believe that explosions plus explosions is equal to a good movie, but it is not. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Transformers"