Plenty of action, with added comic relief, few very small flaws

Rating: 5/10 (19 June 2009)

Not being hugely familiar with the whole Transformers franchise I can't give an entirely accurate opinion on keeping true to the comic/cartoon (this also made it hard for me to differentiate between some of the Autobots/Decepticons), however, I did enjoy the film. The special effects were convincing, the pace was fast, the characters were likable, the overall story was entertaining but did get difficult to follow in some places, the comedy was enough to keep the viewer interested and showed that it didn't have to be only action but it did get a bit tedious as if they were trying too hard at times. This taken into account you still felt on the edge of your seat when something serious/moving was going on. I personally felt slightly bored at some points during the movie with tired, used clichés such as "I'm getting too old for this crap" and the characters declaring their love to awaken each other from supposed death/and then when awoken from said suspected death. All this considered I don't regret going to see the film and would recommend it as the story and action saved it from a couple of trivial flaws.