Transformers!

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2007)

"Megatron, by the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall", Optimus Prime
OK. So let me just start off by saying this is now easily one of my favorite movies ever. Seriously. It is fantastic. It is by far Michael Bay's best movie.
It is Transformers. If you are any at all familiar with TF, then you won't be sad. There are changes madebut the changes make sense in 2007 vs. 1984. Every character is spot on their counterpart. Yes, Megatron isn't a gun, and Bumblebee isn't VW Beetle.but who cares? They are still very much the characters we have come to love over the years.
The movie opens with a VO of Optimus Prime describing Cybertron (yes, you see Cybertron.very cool), how the race of Transformers came to be, the war, and why they are scattered all over the galaxy. There is a something called a ALL SPARK cube which is an alien artifact responsible for creating a sentient race of robots. Thousands of years ago, a group of them called DECEPTICIONS, led by Megatron wanted the All Spark cube to "take over the galaxy" which started the war. The planet was decimated and the cube was lost into the far reaches of space. (guess where it landed?) So, the Decepticons track it down, and the Autobots follow in pursuit. START MOVIE, etc..
I was afraid that Bay would PEARL HARBOR this movie, and by that I mean he would get caught up in the human drama that he would forget the robotsmuch like his PEARL HARBOR moviewhich to me was like a 3 hour long distance phone call commercial.
All the human characters are great. They fit. If you are supposed to like them, you really do. If they are supposed to be funnythey are. If they are supposed to be an assthey are. Even the dialog isn't as corny as you would expect it to be. By far, the MOST intense dialog comes from Prime himself. He is a military leader.knows good from bad, right from wrong. Some of his dialog is simply amazing. And the fact that its PRIME'S voice from our youth makes you all giddy! Shia LeBeouf is now one of my favorite actors. His sense of comedic timing is spot on. One to watch to be sure.
The CGI.wow. These things transform at 90MPH. It is amazing. And the SOUNDTHE SOUND IS THERE. KKEEE KOOO KOOOO KEEE KEEEEE Were there things wrong with it? Of course. There are some plot holes, sure. Sometimes the action is SO fast that you get lost in it. It's hard to see who is fighting who. And there is not enough time spent with the robots. Of course, this movie was full of a LOT of development and expositionso perhaps for the inevitable sequel..
All toldI am more than surprised about how much I like this movie. DO NOT miss this in theaters.
And it is OK to get goose bumps when you hear Optimus say " AUTOBOTS.ROLL OUT!"