great special effects. Horrific acting

Rating: 1/10 (24 July 2009)

First of all, I would like to say that I grew up with Transformers, Ninja Turtles and GI Joe and loved those shows and looked forward to a day when they would make a real live version of them. I thought someone could come along and make that transformation from cartoon to the big screen with minimal effort. All they had to do was follow the plot from the past and add the special effects and it would all fall into place. In this movie, however, it is all about special effects and not at all about a story. Humans were a speck in the plot in the original6 TV show and the transformers were main stage. This movie has way too much focus on the humans and not nearly enough dialogue from the transformers other than cheesy jokes and lame one liners.
I watched this movie for the first ten minutes and quit as soon as the first action scene was over. You can't have an action movie with awesome special effects and then kill it with B movie acting. The first movie was a bit weak, but this one really took a nose dive on performance. Are people really that simple that they could sit through a two hour movie and enjoy special effects over and over with a quick buffer for a plot and come away pleased with the $10 they spent and have a smile on their face? Transformers is way better than this movie and I really hope they remake this and do it right. They did it with Batman and I think they need to do it with this movie too.