Disappointing but still worth a watch for fans

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2011)

I absolutely loved the first film and didn't mind the second. The first transformers had so much soul, the music in it was so amazing that it goes through me if I watch it to this day. I can listen to the music and the scene just plays on the back of my eyelids like I am in the cinema watching it again.
This really does lack any original soundtrack, there is no one memorial soundtrack in it which would remind me of the show.
Obviously the soundtrack is only a part of this show but I did expect some mass transformation to give Optimus Prime wings but instead they did an 'add-on' in his truck.
It provided a good opportunity to show something new and show off a new function of it. As a director, I would do that same scroll around the transformer as he was transforming and do the same pose as the first one - just to show that excitement back into the fan when you first saw Optimus transform in the first one.
I really wanted to love this so much but it just felt like they found a way to make money with their storyboard and stuck with it. Make up some rubbish that humans and transformers met before, battle ensues, main guy gets in a small fight with Optimus. Optimus takes off their head.
I agree with the other IMDb review, definitely lacked soul but action it did have.
I also think they should have tested the waters more with the intro and done a bit longer of cybertron to see what fans thought.