Not as good as the original

Rating: 9/10 (25 December 2009)

The producers has stated they want to turn "Transformers" into "THE" new franchise. As much as I like Michael Bay as a "Popcorn Summer Movie" director, he has lost what made the "Transformers" so accessible as a cartoon adventure series for someone like me growing up with "Transformers", "Thundercats" and "TMNT". MB has gone for the trend of recent of "bang for the buck", basically CGI/SFX over what made the series so accessible/relatable to myself as a "80's" kid. Don't get me wrong, the effects are amongst the best effects of very recent memory but its just not as good as the 1st "Transformers" movie in terms of plot development/character development. At the end of of the day, he has made a movie that appeals to the money market/economic market rather than a movie that should/would bring existing fans/newcomers to the series.