This Film Will Bring The Inner 10 Year Old Out In You.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2007)

I grew up loving Transformers. The only thing I loved more than Transformers was Star Wars. I watched the TV show religiously, had all the toys, and read the comic book. Sadly that legacy ended for me in 1986 when the animated movie hit theaters and my favorite character's like Optimus Prime, Megatrom, and Starscream were killed off in the first 20 minutes of the film to make room for new characters like Cup, RC, Galvatron, Blur, Hot Rod, and Ultra Magnus. In General Transformers was ruined.
Fast forward 20 some odd years later and director Michael Bay has brought the war bound alien robots to life in a live action movie with producer Steven Spielberg in tow. Bay has been blasted and praised for his films, which include The Rock, Armageddon, Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Pearl harbor, Miami Vice, and very underrated The Island. Some people feel Bay has what it takes to make a big budget summer popcorn action flick, while others feel he cators to much to the younger crowd that don't care about strong plots. Personally I like Bay, most of the time. I enjoyed The Island, The Rock, both Bad Boys films, and Armageddon. Pearl Harbor, and Miami Vice I want to know what he was smoking. So the question is, did Bay get back to the typical leave your brain at the door, and just have a good time type of movie? The answer is...Yes.
Transformers is a blast, and is one of the better films of the disappointing summer 2007 season. Spider-Man 3, and Knocked up are also high on my list. It's an action film that not afraid to be an action film. The thing that makes me extremely happy is that the movie catered to all the older fans that grew up watching the old cartoon (although I better see Soundwave in the sequel).
The plot is paper thin and easy. 2 races of alien robots, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, and The Decepticon's led by Megatron, destroy their home world of Cybertron. They then bring their war to Earth and the human race is caught in the middle. The Decepticons want to wipe out all Humans to make earth the new Cybertron, while the auto-bots want to protect us.
That's the story of Transformers, plain and simple, the end. You can't help but get giddy when you hear Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen, who voiced him back in the old cartoon) say "Autobots, roll out".
Fans who grew up watching the cartoon will not be disappointed, although I still wish Megatron (voiced by Hugo Weaving) was a gun of some sorts, the film was 2 1/2 hours of robots beating the hell out of each other and stuff blowing up. People who never watched the old cartoon and just think the movie looks good shouldn't be disappointed either.
This film has already been declared a hit and looks like it could dethrone Spider-Man 3 as the highest grossing film of the summer. As much as I love Spider-Man I have to admit, I hope it does. It came to no shock when I heard that Transformers 2 is already being written, and that old cartoons are the new stomping grounds for Hollywood.
G.I. Joe, Masters Of The Universe, and Thundercats films are already in the works. All is can ask is where are the films based off Voltron, Battle Of The Planets, and Thundar The Barbarian?