A mediocre Summer Blockbuster

Rating: 4/10 (25 February 2008)

I used to love Transformers when I was a kid. I owned some Beast Wars toys and some of the Generation 1 era toys(Autobots and Decepticons). I was also a big fan of both TV series. When I heard that they were going to make a Transformers live action movie I got pretty excited. When I was younger I never thought it could ever happen. Aside from the story which stayed pretty true to the old TV series and the CGI Transformers looking amazing, this movie wasn't good at all and failed to live up to my expectations.
Director Michael Bay emphasized way too much on the cheesy human story. Sure the humans should be important characters in a Transformers storyline but there was so much stupid dialog like "I don't like girls who work on my engine" or scenes like the one involving Glen and the donuts. Now I am not expecting this to be an Academy Award. Another huge problem is all of the long action sequences which are entertaining at first but just drag on and on after awhile. These sequences could have been cut down some without harming the film as a whole.
Oh well at least this film made tons of money and were probably going to be getting a Transformers 2 sometime in the next few years...