good film but do your homework

Rating: 8/10 (22 July 2007)

I saw Transformers on a preview last night before it is released in the UK this weekend, and I give it 8/10. It's definitely worth seeing on the big screen, but if you don't know anything about the Transformers story you may well end up confused. Having seen the cartoons as a kid I had an idea of what to expect, and I wasn't disappointed. The 2 and a half hour running time flew by, and I could happily have sat there for another hour. The robot characters aren't built up, they are very briefly introduced (bumblebee aside) before beating the crap out of each other, and I would have enjoyed a little more of a back story with them.
The special effects are fantastic, as I'm sure most have said, but I did think the story line was pants. I don't think this is a film to go and see if you want more than great action, explosions and fights.
I have one real problem, and that is the size of Sam's great grandfathers glasses. He must have had a HUGE head, the glasses are bigger than Sam when Prime picks them up! No wonder Sam's great grandfather died before he could tell anyone about Megatron, the weight of his head would have done him in!