blockbuster with standard plot template

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2007)

michael bay has an impressive resume and does not disappoint with his latest big budget offering.
transformers is big, loud and total entertainment.
with eye-popping special effects, impressively enormous action set pieces its hard not to enjoy this action romp however, while not as robotic as the films cgi stars, the storyline as is formulaic as they come.
-geeky shia lebouef wins over girl of his dreams while saving the world and befriending giant robots-zzz.
when the film concentrates on its robotic stars and avoids the clichés of modern cinema, the pace is frenetic and action sequences riveting.
however, the confusion of which robot is fighting whom, and unnecessary fleshing out of the plot- i.e the ridiculous search for the spectacles in the parents house- let the film down.
in short popcorn entertainment that could have been yet more spectacular were it not for some aged screen writing!