Great transforming sequences and excellent animation

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2009)

Transformers was hands-down the favorite cartoon of my childhood. I watched the first film 3 times, so of course I was excited for this film. I planned to watch it 3 times before even seeing it.
After watching the film I agree with many. The plot is thin and the acting is lackluster. The Bad: Megan Fox begging for the "L" word constantly was really pointless. Sam's mom acting like she was on crack was unnecessary. The "terminatrix" was totally out of line with the transformers concept. Devastator getting wiped out by an ion canon from thousands of miles away and not even being able to destroy the twins. Megatron being a pawn to the fallen instead of a master-mind was also a bad idea. Wheelie humping Megan fox's leg was unnecessary.
The Good: The Shang-hai scene was awesome, with constant fast action and most importantly, Transforming. Prime's 1 on 3 battle was beautifully done as well. Prime using the gun parts was an awesome concept. The soundtrack was awesome as usual and really helped with the mood of the movie.
Suggestions: They should have made "megatron" the mastermind and use the "constructacons" to build a secret weapon to either destroy the "autobots" or harvest Energon. The final scene should involve devastator "devastating" the autobots and human resistance. After it seems virtually impossible to take devastator down. Sam takes the all-spark fragment to the space and aerial museum and summons the "aerialbots". The next scene, 6 planes fly in and combine to form "superion". The two giant "tranformers" should the proceed to battle and smash through pyramids and perhaps the Sphinx. The autobots and decepticons will then come to a stalemate and Sam revives Prime to save the day. I'd watch THIS file 10 times.