Transformers = Advertisement for GM, US Military & Others!

Rating: 1/10 (15 July 2007)

Transformers is a story with great potential. The sad part about it is that the only attempt to exploit this capacity is using incredible computer graphics.
I just wonder, why if you invest so much in having such great animations of the Transformers then why don't do the same to get a hold of great actors that won't spoil the work of the computer engineers? The actors might get away with their cheesy and fake acting given that this movie is somewhat targeted towards a young pg-13 audience. However, it wasn't the actors' poor performance what didn't let me enjoy the movie but the obvious insertion of General Motors and US Military advertisements.
I got exhausted of counting scenes of the different GM brands getting thrown at my face. But it seems the guys at Fint weren't satisfied with all this visuals and shots of (even) one of their dealers; they also had to include in the script comments about how something so complex (as a Transformer) had to be Japanese to later on transform into a Chevrolet.
For God's sake, if I ever wanted to see some kind of complex robot transform into a car it definitively won't be a Pontiac! Didn't Mr. Bay know about Ferraris, Hummers, and other more fitted vehicles for this type of movie? Lines like "You can bet my ridiculous government salary." makes the effort to make the US Military job attractive so evident.
I think we all pay to go to the movies to be entertained not to sit and watch an almost 3 hour-long universal studios like ride advertisement.
Clearly a couple of Thank You For Smoking-Style lobbyists passed by Hollywood in an effort to increase some car sales, soldiers and maybe direct some traffic to the slowly dying website, eBay.