Beyond bad

Rating: 1/10 (7 July 2007)

First off, the movie focuses on humans which are very secondary to the story compared to the robot. It's called the "Transformers", not the winer BS problems of humans. Also, all the people writing about it and claiming that since they are in their 20's are inherently connected or knowledge worthy of said cartoon franchise are full of it. In a society filled with lazy "time out" generation parents and kids who have to have special "playclothes" for playing outside that they can't get dirty, yes the Transformers might seem a good movie. In the past when I have done critic writings for newspapers I have often stated "as long as it entertains me". This is not the case with this piece of garbage that Michael Bay has puked out. This is not entertaining, it is frustrating. Some of the worst dialog I have ever heard and seriously corrupt versions of iconic characters spew out in over 2 hours of CG/live action dullness. As stated, the serious dim-wits and people who can't handle life without a cellphone stuck to their ear will get this movie and like it as they are rarely asked to look beyond the internet for information or (god forbid) made to play outside with toys. This movie represents a farce and an insult to those of us who (actually) grew up watching this cartoon and having fun with the toys. Even if you can't comprehend life before the home computer, time-out Christian mother punishment, ipods, or the damn cellphone that can do everything, at least understand that this movie is just plain bad and an insult and that you would spend your time better trying to get the episodes of the original cartoon off of the internet.