True to its roots and a fun film

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2007)

I have been a fan of transformers since I was a kid and this movie really hit it right to me. Sure some things were different, but I think it stayed true to its roots. The autobots had real personalities and weren't turned into big drones by Hollywood, they kept the banter between Optimus and Megatron during their fight in the streets and it ended off with a nice monologue by Optimus Prime.
It was also a very funny movie. Some critics went to see this movie in anticipation of a cinematic masterpiece. Well it isn't the Godfather and doesn't try to be. It is an in your face action packed, special affects filled movie about big ass robots from space that are fighting each other. I would have to guess the intention is not to develop the dynamic struggle within the characters but more to show big explosions and fights that make you go "Man that was awesome". It was about as true to the characters (transformers in this case) as any of the big studio movies based on some comic book or cartoon series from yesteryear. Awesome Awesome TRANSFORMERS movie, which is what it is, a TRANSFORMERS movie.