I'm sorry, but this was without a doubt one of the WORST MOVIES I've ever seen.

Rating: 2/10 (29 July 2007)

Those who feel as if this movie was an 8 or better must not have seen the summer blockbusters of old. First of all, this movie has been made at least 5 or 6 times within the last decade: Jurrasic Park I, II, II, Independence Day, Godzilla, King Kong, War of the Worlds ... all different from Transformers of course, but largely rely on the same emotional impact (many lives/Earth itself in danger) and slick CGI created to lure large audiences in July.
To be sure I only saw a few Transformer episodes as a kid, I wasn't really a super freak over them or anything b/c to me it was just another cartoon. So I didn't get giddy when they mentioned the name "Megatron" in the movie, which several people in the theater did.
The performances in this movie were all horrible, all of them. The amount of overacting, especially from the cameos is extremely laughable. Any scenario involving government intelligence or military action was laden with made up words like Defcon Delta, Sector 7 or the President asking for some Ding Dongs in his red stockings. Meanwhile the same group of soldiers fight on two fronts (who knew the army was so small?). And the smartest people in the entire movie include a ridiculously beautiful blonde haired "systems analyst" who belongs on a runway somewhere not on a computer cracking alien codes. And when she gets stumped sneaks on over to a kid's house who lives with his grandma and plays dance dance revolution, because according to our supermodel Einstein, "he is the only person in the world who can decipher this language".
The CGI is the only reason to watch this movie. You either have to like Transformers to enjoy this movie or enjoy the same tastes as the 16 and under crowd, otherwise your going to find it incredibly cheesy. Especially when a 40 ton robot says "What's up baby?" and dances, or when another pees on a human being. How about when asked how they can talk, Optimus Prime replies, "We learned on the World Wide Web"? Cheese cheese cheese. And it's everywhere! All the time! I've only given a few examples in this review, I couldn't possibly remember them all. However, I do know that I've never cringed so much while watching a movie.
I really wish I could flag all the people who gave this movie a good score, so I never have to see their warped delusions on what is and isn't a good movie ever again.