Great CGI, bad acting

Rating: 3/10 (18 September 2007)

The three stars I give this movie are only and solely for CGI and great transformation scenes. This is really the greatest real movie adaptation of the animated series transformations I could imagine... I am almost tempted to up the stars now...
But... and that is a big "but"... whenever humans intrude, the movie becomes embarrassing, unrealistic (ok, transforming cars are not realistic, but I would have expected a more serious reenactment of family life) and, frankly, boring. Whoever played the Witwicky guy is so... bland... he's not even funny and the girl - she might be a good actress if only the camera didn't reduce her to her boo... err, good looks.
And what in h... was that garden-wrecking scene about? Why is that Autobot complaining about "rodents"??? What does an alien life-form know about rodents anyway? Vermin, as a general term, maybe, but "rodents"??? Uh... and "stop lubricating the human"??? WTF??? Fun in a movie is okay, but this was LAME!!! I left the theater before the movie ended, sorry. Maybe I will rent the DVD some day, but not too soon. For the time being, I will watch the old animated series. .. and have real fun.