Easily a Summer Blockbuster

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2009)

Okay so here it is, the movie a vast majority of fans have waited for, whether to see if it would be a major disaster or a major hit depended on the fan. After seeing this movie last night, and I will admit I was a little hesitant about going, I am happy to say that it was not bad.
From reading previous reviews that made it sound as if the one-liners and comedy killed the movie while the plot did not advance I was skeptical as to how well this movie was actually going to do. However I have found most of these claims to be false. While the movie is loaded with one-liners, for the most part they are well placed and do add a comic relief for the current situation. While it did seem that the plot back tracked on occasion, mainly due to the number of characters they had to follow, it did move at a relatively even pace. Although I do want to say that a key part of the movie was very obviously not the end of a character's life and it foreshadowed greatly what was going to happen in the later part of the movie.
And in typical summer blockbuster (and Michael Bay fashion) there were enough fighting scenes and explosions to make any action movie fan's head spin, but they were well choreographed scenes and I bow down before all of the techs that had to plan out every move the auto-bots and decepticons had to make. While sometimes the scenes seemed crowded with action they were well shot and sequenced so that the audience was not to overwhelmed.
Overall I think this is a great movie for anyone that is looking for that summer action packed film. Yes it may have its flaws, but the overall package is a fun watch for those that don't want to be obsessively correcting everything the writer, director, or actors may or may not have done wrong.
Enjoy the film! ~K~