Transformers? More like Independence Day vs Aliens vs Predator

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2007)

Overall, a great action movie. But it could've been so much more.
As a film, it had everything that people new to Transformers would like. Action, a bit of comedy and a bit of romance with Hollywood A Grade special effects.
But if you knew the storyline of the original Transformers... you'd realize one thing... The Autobots and Decepticons are the main characters. Hence, the reason for my title, as this film is indeed Independence day, mixed with some Alien Vs Predator action. I find it really hard to enjoy an adapted film when it doesn't follow it's source material.
Michael Bay does a good job with telling the action. But since I'm looking at the film in a director's point of view, action and adventure isn't enough. Telling a story is important. Unfortunately, the story is lacking in this film. It is very lenient and even though there was 3 Hours to tell the story, there wasn't much character development, as there were too many parallel story lines and characters.
Robot design as great and realistic. Megatron is as cool as he should be. But screen time for these characters... hhhmmm...
I really do hope that the sequel will be much better. I hope that it will be the Judgement Day of Transformers as it was for Terminator. What was great about Terminator 2 was it's deep storyline, focusing on the Terminator and the mythology.
I'm guessing this film was to introduce to the entire world of Transformers. And I really wish that in T2, they will have more elements from the animation which made it such a hit. As the real protagonists are meant to be the Cybertronians themselves.