Great Movie, Bad Movie-goers...

Rating: 9/10 (30 June 2009)

This is probably the best Michael Bay Movie ever made. While that's not a great feat to accomplish, it can be mentioned that just a few short years ago he made Pearl Harbor, so he's definitely come a long way.
I am shocked, to say the least, with all the negative feedback that has come from so many people who've seen this movie. It F*ckin' rocked! It was everything you'd expect from a Michael Bay film and then some surprises. I find it baffling that so many people walked into the theater expecting anything more than a Michael Bay movie. There's a reason it's a summer blockbuster! It's supposed to be loud! It's supposed to have no plot! Did anyone watch Transformers from back in the day?: Lots of pretty lights, explosions, strung together by a micro- plot. Robots are supposed to be loud! They're freakin' robots! They're made of moving parts that clank and explosives that go boom.
There's a reason Good Will Hunting didn't have Transformers in it, and that's because you'd be dumb if you thought Transformers was anything other than loud explosions, lots of visual effects and modern slang to appeal to 13 year-old, ADHD-riddled boys - its target audience. If you can't appreciate this movie, then you obviously didn't like the original Transformers cartoon or the comics, and should therefore not watch a movie you won't like just so you can complain. Apparently many people forgot that Robots were loud and exploded when being hit with explosives (exploded from explosives being shot into their circuitry? who could've seen that coming?) and they needed Transformers to remind them that Robots don't sip tea and recite poetry. They are programmed to kick A$$. That's what they do. They don't need to be pretty about it.
It's a summer movie. It's about Robots with explosives. Quit acting like you are shocked and horrified to find out that a movie about robots fighting has... robots fighting in it. Grow up. Watch The English Patient if you want to watch a movie about Robots not Exploding, obviously that's what you meant to see in the first place if you came to a Michael Bay movie expecting to see a Orson Welles film.
(p.s.: Orson Welles was in Transformers back in '85 too. Apparently he understood that a good movie can also have explosions in it. What a crazy concept.)
Transformers 2 ruled. Quit being pretentious. The end.