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Rating: 6/10 (12 August 2007)

Pretty good yarn with lots of visual and audible stuff going on that you can never really put your finger on. Gears twirl, shafts slide, hinges fold and unfold but you cannot really discern what the heck is happening until the robot actually becomes the vehicle or vice versa. Meanwhile, metallic sounds grind, whirl, sproing and groan during the transformation. It's all pretty good stuff and, I guess, represents the next generation of CGI potential. Shia LeBeouf (?) is very good as the star in this and someone to keep your eye on for future projects. He was amusing as the trash talking kid/friend of Will Smith in "I, Robot", and I enjoyed him in that very minor role. "Transformers" has hot vehicles and hot girls and is generally appealing. The plot is good and unfolds well. Sound effects are superior and it would be well worth seeing this film in a movie house with a wiz-bang sound system if you DO decide to see it in the theater.