Perfect for it's audience, everyone else hates it.

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2010)

Whilst usually I am not a fan of Michael Bay movies, with Pearl Harbour in my opinion being one of the worst films ever made, I have to say I started to think after watching the Transformers films. This was because of two factors: 1) I am an avid fan of the 80's TV show and, a result of this, watching it on the bigger screen was like being a kid again. Especially with Peter Cullen being the voice of Optimus Prime once more. I have to say that whilst the 1986 Transformers movie was much more faithful to the show, the 2007 movie did a damn good job of presenting the concept to a modern audience. I enjoyed the design of the robots (despite HUGE product placement from Chevrolet and Chrysler.) and overall the concept was clever enough and to top it off, it had a kick-ass soundtrack.
2) This conditions in which I saw the sequel. It was a perfect summer movie. I saw this film during the day, and then spent the rest of the day partying. It was perfect. Giant robots beating the sh*t out of each other. Could it get any more simpler? To those who criticise the film for having a vague plot, well did you ever watch the 80's TV show? That had no plot what so ever. It was dumb, loud and colourful (aside from the Decepticons). In other words, perfect for it's target audience. It was the same for this film. It provided a basic set of rules for people to follow. Good and bad robots. Fight. Explosion. Done. $800 million big ones.
One common complaint about this film is that it is a typical 'Michael Bay' movie. By this I mean it has all the classic trademarks, poor direction, explosions (oh so many explosions) weak plot lines and poor character development. Although this is a valid complaint, I felt it worked for this movie. Bravo for putting Transformers in the hands of the most crazy director in Hollywood. Having so many explosions and action scenes mean that I was never bored. And those moments when there was no action. Bay throws in Miss Fox to entertain the male half of the audience.
Although it may seem stupid and insulting to women. It is important to note that Michael Bay clearly knows his audience and so panders to them. He knew that the average summer movie goer wants to see some action, listen to some awesome music (provided by Linkin Park) and watch Megan Fox fixing motorcycles whilst bent over. I have to say that for 90% of the time men are respectful to women. But when your watching a film for escapism you just want to no be judged for thinking a certain way, you enjoy being free of judgement.
In conclusion, you can either love or hate this film. Love it if your in the right mindset and like simply being entertained. Or you can complain. Pick this movie to death because it that's truly what you want to do. In the time you do that, I'll watch Transformers 2 and love all the way through.
8/10