More than meets the eye!

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2007)

What a movie! Transformers must be one of the best movies (if not the best one) of the year. Though I belong to the Transformers generation (1980's) I was never really hooked up with the franchise and couldn't recall any of the transformers names aside from Opitmus Prime and Megatron if you had asked me.
Having seen the trailer I went to see the movie knowing that I was in for some eye candy special effects, but not so sure of the overall story. But as the transformers slogan goes the movie was "more than meets the eye".
Knowing more or less what the main theme of the ever-changing saga of the transformers is, I though this movie had many reasons to turn out silly and have nothing more to offer that visual effects I mean we are talking about robotic aliens, with human emotions, simplistically separated into a team of goody good autobots and the all-evil decepticons. Oh yeah and they turn into trucks and other vehicles and planes for some reason in a nut shell I thought it would be an fun take on the transformers cartoon and toy line at best but it's so much more.
It has actually avoided the cheesiness of most "America under attack" movies focusing on the human characters as well as the transformers. Fresh characters presented with a touch of humour that each has his/her own gravity in the story and aren't just fillers to help the plot unfold. Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky does a great job at becoming the underdog we all sympathise for, who ends up becoming the hero (reminding us how we all felt for Peter Parker in the first Spider-man movie). It is action packed from beginning to end but you never get enough of it. The visuals are astonishingly well made not distracting from the movie with thoughts "that looked fake" and besides the effects, there are many scenes with great visual interest. I enjoyed the music and sound effects (especially the transforming ones) and as a hole the movie worked so good. A must see for all ages and genders, shapes and sizes.
On the downside it was a bit too long and some scenes coul have been shorter, but everything is so well made that you enjoy every bit of it! I for one am not ashamed to admit my excitement over this movie. A must see!