everything I hoped it would be and more

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2007)

I was cautiously optimistic about this movie because, while Transformers were a huge part of my childhood, I haven't really been a fan of other Michael Bay movies. But this movie was superb in my opinion. I was a little disappointed that the transformation sounds were modernized, with little of the original sound, and also with the apparent inferiority of the autobots compared with the power of the decepticons (don't remember this from the TV show and original movie). But I was ecstatic that the original voice of Optimus returned for the movie. If you were a fan of Transformers at any point in your life, you probably don't need any encouragement to see it. But if you weren't, or don't know what they are, don't let other insipid efforts by Bay (e.g. The Island) discourage you from seeing this movie. It's what Independence Day would have been if they hadn't given a starring role to Bill Pullman.