DIsappointing to say the least

Rating: 4/10 (19 August 2007)

I could write all day about the things I didn't like about this movie. Not since Van Helsing have I so looked forward to a movie and been so let down. I guess I knew this movie would be kind of aimed at kids, but I didn't expect it to be nearly this juvenile, corny, and downright shallow. From the annoying autobots to the overblown special effects to the cardboard characters, this movie circled the drain for about the last hour and a half. Easily the most disappointing blockbuster of the summer. Even the special effects, while incredible at times, were just too saturated. Many scenes features battles where it was impossible to tell the robots apart, and while explosions are cool we don't need to see one every 3 seconds. And how does a 1,500 pound car "transform" into a 30 foot robot? I know it's science fiction but let's try to keep a tiny bit of realism...