Typical Michael Bay Crap!!!

Rating: 3/10 (19 July 2007)

This movie is the action packed film that every child hopes for over the summer months. I'm sure I would have loved it at the age of 10 myself. Unfortunately I'm in my 20's and find myself needing more than fight scenes and explosions. If that's all your looking for from this film, that's what you'll get. A derivative story line, with sub-plots that have been told a million times. Atrocious dialogue that will appeal to the lowest common denominator, and children. Cookie cutter quips, and a chick with a great ass...oh, and some CGI. (yawn) Blockbuster action films can be done well. The first two X-Men films are a great example of action films with crisp dialogue and good story lines. Michael Bay doesn't want to make films like that though. It would involve a minutia of risk and he can only safely spew out a film that's certain to do well at the box office, but will be utterly disappointing to even the least discerning fan. He's making films for a profit. That's fine. I applaud his business sense, but watching his films is like staring at a casino floor. His entire filmography is a soulless coin-op machine.