Great beholderness with flaws - today's independence day

Rating: 5/10 (23 June 2007)

IF ONLY................................................................. They had made a more coherent (or less scattered) story, not wasted so much time searching for the pair of you know whats and made the script more realistic and natural ( you'll know when you see it) this would have been up there with Terminator 2 in terms of great sci fi robot pics. I can easily see past the changes they made to the transformers of old- ie personality and what the turn into, if all of the above were corrected. I state this because most if not all of the action sequences were astounding. The sound effects, look and movement of the robots in action was almost flawless and this was the film's saving grace- along with the great voices for prime and megatron. Just when I was REALLY loving this, it cut to something else and spent too long on scenes that wern't needed at all. If there's one negative thing about the fight sequences it's that they occurred too often towards the end, spoiling us then building to a finally that ended too suddenly, making the film end with a whimper instead of a bang (the whole film is a bang i suppose, so it's just comparatively speaking). What a great looking movie, could have had more soul though, but I'll definitely see it at least one more time at the cinema!! 7.5 out of 10