Transformers Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES
Their war. Our world.
Destroy
Protect
You haven't seen it all until you've seen it in IMAX
A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain's glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain's ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain's glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all "specimens of this alien race," and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of Hoover Dam, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens...
| Shia LaBeouf | Sam 'Spike' Witwicky |
| Megan Fox | Mikaela |
| Josh Duhamel | Captain Lennox |
| Rachael Taylor | Maggie |
| Tyrese Gibson | USAF Master Sgt. Epps |
| Jon Voight | Keller |
| Anthony Anderson | Glen |
| John Turturro | Agent Simmons |
| Michael O'Neill | Banachek |
| Peter Cullen | Optimus Prime |
| Charlie Bodin | USAF Staff Sergent |
| Andrew Caldwell | Cafe' kid 1 |
| Bryan Cox | |
| Keith David | Barricade |
| Frederic Doss | Navy Petty Officer |
| Michael Bay |
7.30 out of 10 (190259 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Uniforms are wrong on Cpt. Lennox's team
posted on 31 Aug 2009Spoiler When the factual error goof is stated "The uniforms worn by Captain Lennox's team members have patches on their right shoulders from the 82nd Airborne "All Americans" Division, indicating they served with the 82nd in combat. The "Airborne" tab has been incorrectly replaced with a "Ranger" tab. The "Ranger" tab is worn above the "Airborne" tab on the left shoulder when deployed with the unit and it is not used on the right shoulder."Capt. Lennox and his team are in the US Air Force not in the US Army. Why would they be wearing Ranger or Air Borne Tabs at all? If the producers of the movie wanted to have members of the Armed Forces they should have at least read a book or talked to someone who is knowledgeable of what service members wear in they duties.
Very very bad (good fx though)
posted on 31 Aug 2009Oh dear, really oh dear.I mean I didn't expect much; I kind of hoped it would be OK, but Jesus it was bad.Special Effects were good, I must say not exceptional, but good and lots of them. However plot, acting, plausibility, and story, pretty much anything that makes a film worthwhile was non-existent.As I couldn't give a crap about anybody in this comical tale I didn't even get through the 144 minutes, way too long. I will point out that I am not 3 years old, which of course is the intended audience demographic for this trash, so I guess I am missing the proverbial point.I might be getting old (redundant statement as we all are), but this is not a film it's a special effects extravaganza (wow I can spell that), the ridiculous comical relief scene's when they hide in the garden, shows the film makers didn't really care too much either about any plausibility.Had a couple of drinks as I am writing so my English might not be the best.Glossy, Pretty, expensive and silly, but still crap.1/10
More than meets the eye
posted on 29 Aug 2009Unlike certain Harry Potter fans who can't seem to find enough imagination to critique this movie as it should, I found this movie to be the BEST big-budget movie of the year! You can complain about the smaller details (government representation, John Voigt) but the story was great (realistic as it can be) the CGI was amazing. I wasn't totally convinced of Shia L's abilities (being so highly touted), but you can definitely see how he can be considered one of Hollywood's up and coming. (Can't wait for Indy 4) Even John T. was enjoyable in the film. You don't even have to know anything about the '80s toys to enjoy this movie. Hot girls, hot guys, great cgi, great movie! A must see for this summer!!!
Beyond Brainless but Mostly Good Fun
posted on 29 Aug 2009Let's face it, when working for Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay could make an entertaining movie about a guy peeling a potato. We're into some serious trade-craft with these guys. From effects to casting to pacing -- as something to take your mind off your troubles for a couple hours, you could do a lot worse than this spectacle based on a children's TV show.The new Michael Bay film "Transformers" chronicles the adventures of a race of alien mechanical lifeforms and their human allies as they seek to deprive less enlightened Transformers of control over a magic cube that can turn a toaster into a terminator. Sound stupid? Oh, you bet it is.But when a Blackhawk helicopter lands at a U.S. military base and then "transforms" into a giant lumbering robot that lays waste to everything in its path, with effects so realistic as to be eye-popping, the menace was palpable and frightening.Along the way we get your standard boy-and-his-dog, boy-and-his-Camaro, come-from-behind Woody-Allenesque tale of some dippy nerd who manages to woo the hottest hottie away from the football jock in an earnest v. yearnless 2-scene battle of puny proportions a la every Hollywood script ever written.But if you pair your giant killer robots up with an absurdly appealing Megan Fox as the hottie in question, you are gonna have a hard time making a movie 99 out of a hundred American men are not going to enjoy. And goofy though it was, I'd have to count myself among the 99. It was a good time at the movies and there's just no two ways about it.Here's a few things I think they could have done differently:First, the volume and mass of the robots seems off when they "transform" into vehicles and back again. When they're robots they seem much bigger than the vehicles they can turn into. If you stood a Camaro on end and give it some legs, it seems you'd only achieve half the height of the robot we're seeing. But I'm probably just being picky.Second, I understand it's desirable to have expressive faces of some kind, but if these alien creatures can morph into roughly any manufactured piece of equipment, wouldn't they just grow speakers instead of anthropomorphic mouths with which to speak? Just splitting hairs, here.Third, the processes and scope of evolution are probably far vaster than even our smartest smart guys can fathom but it seems HIGHLY dubious that a race of machines could evolve without, presumably, the impetus of some organic life form initiating it. But hey, I guess in a nearly infinite universe, the possibilities are similarly infinite.And last but not least, these machine warriors, sadly, are probably playing heroes to a segment of the U.S. population's children growing up without a lot of moral or intellectual curiosity around them. These kids will grow up asking themselves what would "Optimus Prime" do when Billy from the trailer next door steals my Slurpee at the NASCAR trials. You know, when dad's passed out on Meth and mom's working her third job, kids face these dilemmas. And this is why you have to be careful with what you show these potential heroes doing and how they treat their enemies.And THIS is why you probably don't want to include a scene in which, after subduing a group of humans, a giant robot pees on one of them by way of compelling cooperation. And though it's played for laughs, like it or not, this is a real way the coarsening of our culture happens -- one mean-spirited movie scene played-for-laughs at a time. It's funny when it happens to a bad guy in the movies. It's not so funny when you're being mugged or car-jacked and the perpetrator decides he'll throw in an homage to the latest Transformers film and starts unzipping his fly. State Farm can replace your Lexus, but not your dignity. Spielberg oughta know better.Did I mention the movie has Megan Fox?
rubbish!
posted on 29 Aug 2009I was a massive Transformers fan when I was a kid, and I've been waiting for a big budget adaptation ever since I saw Jurassic Park and realised it could be possible. I watched the film last night, and I was glad to see that Bumblebee, one of the integral characters, was yellow. Unfortunately everything else (with the exception of a couple of randomly used names) had changed.The story was overly simplistic, ugly, and made no sense, and the Transformers were overly complicated, ugly, and made no sense.The robots all look the same, and there was no character development, which is a pity because it was the individuality of the characters that made the original concept so enjoyable. The design of the robots themselves bore no relation to the much loved look of the originals. One robot, who I think was meant to be Frenzy, looked more like some kind of stainless steel multiple egg whisking contraption than the stocky humanoid warrior of yore. There was also some kind of giant scorpion robot that I don't think was ever properly explained. Megatron, the iconic bucket headed leader of the Decepticons is now an indistinguishable metal mess.There are so many human characters in this film that I think they're each given approximately 30 seconds of screen time to tell their stories. The soldiers? Pointless. The computer geeks? Unnecessary. The Secretary of Defence? Waste of a good actor. A terrible film. Could've been good. But then, so could've Pearl Harbour.
Transformers...Robots are alive!!!!
posted on 29 Aug 2009Only one word to use that will sum up this film....BREATHTAKING!!!!!OK, I am a 39 year old female who remembers her children and nephews' fixation with this animated genre but, really, for something that is based upon what is essentially a very masculine cartoon fantasy, this film has too be seen to be believed.One would expect the special effects to dominate the film but, if anything, they become secondary to the actual core of the storyline.The robots have believable humanistic qualities whilst still retaining their fantastic ability to change into any mechanical object they come into contact with. The audience will find themselves rooting for the good guys, whilst marvelling at the determination of the bad.If you do get to see one remake of an iconic animated series, make it this one...you will be wide eyed and in awe all the way through!
When's the DVD coming' out?!
posted on 29 Aug 2009I saw it and I was in awe at the end. I CANOT WAIT FOR 2009!!!! I heard a Transformers 2 is coming out then. Only thing I didn't like, was the fact that Jazz died. But the word around the grapevine is that Bay's gotten so much 'Angst-mail' that he's been given no choice but to bring Jazz back somehow. There were so many plot-holes that really, a Transformers 2 is actually necessary. And to those who think it was a bad movie, well, that's your freedom of speech, but I have mine as well and I say that you obviously DID NOT see the same movie I did. This was hands down, THE best movie I have ever seen. It had a bit of everything in it. Comedy, horror, action, romance, EVERYTHING. I think, though, Optimus Prime was COLD to Jazz after he had died. He said two words! And that was it. No feeling at all. But still, THE BEST MOVIE EVER! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND SEEING IT! DVD COMES OUT 10/16/07
Where were you in '07?
posted on 29 Aug 2009Becauthse this movie is visually th-unning! as a homosexual male living in New York, I'm mainly interested in art house films and stuff like that, in fact my favorite film this year was Juno, I mean hello!!!! Ex stripper turned screenwriter with her first script about a teenage pregnancy? it'th practically screaming "GIVE ME AN OTHSCAR" lol but enough about that though.What I liked the most about Transthformersth is that they did a real good job at the robots, and I know a thing or two about good Jobs...oh my god lol.But yeah I really liked it I think Michael Bay is fabulous and on a last note, I think the war in Iraq is wrong, thank you xoxoxoxo! - Stheven
Plays it safe and, not surprisingly, ends up being mediocre
posted on 29 Aug 2009Transformers follows the standard "box office blockbuster" formula very closely. Throw in a lot of special effects, some simplistic humor, your standard good vs. evil battle and a hot girl. What you end up with is a watchable, but utterly forgettable movie.As a kid I grew up with the Transformers toys, comics and animated series. I was excited to see the robots brought to life with high-end special effects. In this respect, the movie does not disappoint. Each Transformer is an elaborate, well-thought-out machine. Their transformations are incredibly intricate, believable and well done.So what's wrong with the movie? Well, beyond the special effects, it doesn't really try to do anything special. The Batman series is a good example of taking a story intended for kids and making it more sophisticated for the big screen. Tim Burton's original was an all-time classic and "Batman Begins" was an unexpectedly dark, realistic interpretation of the comic book character. Transformers doesn't aim nearly as high as either of those movies. It sticks with a very basic, straight-forward interpretation that would have been right at home in the kid's animated series.The Transformers themselves have wooden, unlikable personalities. In many ways they seem completely interchangeable. The central human characters are weak as well. Megan Fox is unbelievably attractive, yet her acting is laughably bad. The writing is at least partially to blame; nearly every character from human to transformer is under-developed. The humor is for the most part juvenile and the plot never really goes anywhere. The viewer simply waits for the next dramatic battle and hopes the cheesy dialogue and predictable plot development in between won't be too painful.In the end, not much reason is given for the actions of the Transformers. Some are simply evil and want to rule the universe, others are simply good and try to protect all life. Even the animated series offered a little more insight into the motivations of the Autobots and Decepticons. Rather than develop a more interesting story, the movie seems intent on cracking lame jokes and constantly showing Megan Fox in a tight skirt. This is certainly not a terrible movie, but there's nothing memorable or special going on here either.
Painfully Awesome...
posted on 27 Aug 2009After a good movie, you recap the plot, characters, and favorite scenes as a form of "after-entertainment." After watching "Transformers," however, I could only think whether I liked the movie or not. Although I praise the awesome CGI and the fact I was a die-hard for Transformers as a kid, the movie is painfully nostalgic."Before time began, there was…the cube" booms a resounding voice-over of the omniscient Optimus Prime. Oh sure, that means the cube is antimatter. Yet when I tuned into every half hour Transformers animated TV show as a kid, I could care less about the physics of the picture. Michael Bay's "Transformers" has been a success at the popular level because nobody cares to rethink the impossible and ridiculous. I dare not to claim that those who liked his movie are mindless goofs. The movie doesn't deserve to be digested for its plot and meaning; "Transformers" is like a cigarette buzz that you want to last a bit but rewatch with guilt.With much merit, I liked Bay's "Transformers" because of its sweet CGI work and kinetics of robot battle. The most exciting but brief parts were the swift transformations between vehicle to robot and back, where you can see the dynamics and structures of its individual parts. Yet all the CGI and the pounding sound of twisted metal reminded me of watching football (and probably both more entertaining over several beers) where the entertained gets torn apart while I sit through the ordeal of both teams pushing and pulling over the fifty-yard-line, all in two and a half hours.In the end, as a long-lost Transformers fan, I go home and dig through my old childhood toys to find my Transformers collection. I feel sorry and I have the urge to cry over them because I miss my childhood, when my mind could not fathom the intricacy of plot, character, and believability of movie adaptations of my once-favorite toy.
good looking, but not much underneath
posted on 27 Aug 2009After seeing the trailer for this film, i must say i was very much looking forward to seeing it in the cinema. It looked like a fun, quick-paced film filled with hard-to-keep-up-with cgi sequences, which it has a lot of.Straight after seeing it, i really liked it, but after further thought i've decided that its a bit of a 'nothing' film. The plot isn't that great with the most part of the action happening in the last 15 minutes and before that its mainly the story of some big alien robots looking for a pair of old broken glasses. Shia LeBouf and Emma Fox make decent attempts with characters that don't really go anywhere and the sub-plots put in, i feel, were only there for the sake of trying to make them more interesting.So, overall i think that Transformers is fun to watch for the action and explosions and impressive looking cgi sequences, but other that that it's not got much good things to say about it.
Better Then Most Of Bay's Other Work.
posted on 27 Aug 2009To make this story short, good alien robots and bad alien robots crash on earth to find a cube. One wants to destroy it, the other wants total domination.When you go into a Michael Bay film you can expect 2 things to happen. One, balls to the wall action, involving car chases, shoot outs and explosions. Two, characters that have no arc what so ever and we don't really seem to care about them. Such is the case with Transformers. The only difference is, this film is based on a television/toy from the same name, so it's fan base knows the characters and feels attached to them anyway. You can now add Transformers to the list of films that have been transfered from either: Television show, video game, toy, and comic. Unlike 80 percent of films based on these things, Transformers is actually good. This is a big statement, this is the same guy that took a historic moment in American history and turned it into some sappy bad love story. He's back on his game, when he did The Rock.The die hard fans of Transformers will point out it's flaws from the get go, these so called flaws do not affect the film one bit. In fact it helps, the fact that they changed it to fit any kind of reality in film. Do we really want to see Megatron transform into a giant gun, and do the colours of Optimus Prime really matter on the semi? Fans complained that there was no white spider on the suit of Black Spiderman and there's no exception here either.Don't be afraid to see the film if you have no idea about the characters previously. It's simple, blue eyes are good, red eyes are bad. They look like normal machines, but transform into giant robots. I myself never watched the show, I did watch Beast Wars though, a spin off series in which they would transform into pre-historic animal on earth, instead of cars. The main reason to be seeing this film, is to watch some badass robots blowing stuff up trying to kill each other, while destroying the city we live in. This is accomplished, but we also have to be sidetracked through boring non-important sub-plot involving humans.There are two characters that could have been completely cut out, or transformed, no pun intended, into one character. This could have saved time, time that could have been added to what the people want to see, giant robots. The two characters in question are Anthony Anderson and Rachael Taylor. Here are two people, for other then some comic relief and tech mumbo-jumbo serve no purpose to the advancement of the story. Does she really need a guy whose better at the stuff then she is? Why can she simply be the best and do whatever it is he does? Secondly, there is another subplot the is mentioned but never explored. Megan Fox's characters father has a record and this is used against her...for 2 minutes, then it gets cleared, one scene of drama between two characters, then it's pushed away never to be seen again. These things fall under the one of the two expected things to happen at a BAY film.The other, the action, is in full swing. You'll get goose bumps when you first see them transform, then again when they are in action, destroying the city around them. Everything is so well created that one can actually believe this is happening in the city. I can see some awards thrown this way for special effects. In a time when people have seen spidermen swings through cities, pirates sailing the seas and hobbits roaming to a mountain, it takes something special to be able to make the audience drop their jaws in awe. This film does that.Even though there are plot holes, such as where did Barricade go after he led the other Decepticons into battle in the city? What happened to the x-box, steering wheel and pop machine after they transformed? How does someone as hot as Megan Fox end up with the kid from Even Stevens? Things we will never know. The film has a few surprising faces that pop up. The voice of Agent Smith makes an appearance as the head bad guy, John Turturro, John Voight, Bernie Mac, Zack Ward pop up here and there. I was expecting to see Steve Buscemi be some kind of comic relief guy, but to my disappointment.Transformers has a few steps it misses on that ladder to greatness. A long running time, missing plot holes and character we couldn't care for round up the most of it. I'm sure there are other things, but we go to see this film for one thing. Giant Robots In Action. That my friend is what it delivers, it a breathtaking final scene within the city. Jets fly through buildings, tanks fire left right and centre, crazy is not even a way to describe it. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to have a popcorn movie, that is really really loud.
not bad, but not good either
posted on 27 Aug 2009First things first, as even the title state, the movie is called Transformers, so by default the story is shallow. Now shallow is not that bad if its written good, but it is not the case. There are to many sidelines that are just thrown in the story and linked together without any apparent reason ( the blonde analyst chick with the Aussie accent and the black hacker would have been so much greater if they were just cut out of this movie, and there was just to much about parents - children relationship at the beginning, I mean masturbation a.k.a. happy hour? stepping on the grass, trash cans? come on......)Now, when you see Michael Bay as director on a movie poster, you pretty much know what to expect, and that is action at its finest. Given the fact that we have 2 giant robot factions fighting each other kind of hand to hand, Bay doesn't disappoints, and delivers some fine shot action. Basically, the robots are great and they fight accordingly.The actors are appropriate for this movie. Jon Voight brings some pedigree to the movie, but it shows that this role was accept to pay the rent rather than to claim critics. Shia LaBeouf ain't bad, but it could have been Justin Long in his place or any other young actor with a highscool kid face, it really doesn't matter. Megan Fox is a fox, plane and simple, she is hot. Besides the robots she is the only edge that this move has got. All the other actors are just annoying and mostly unnecessarily present, especially Anthony Anderson. No matter in what I see him, he is always an annoying loudmouth. Attitude and verbal diarrhea with a high volume. Fire him.In a nutshell, good action, great robots, one FINE girl. Who needs story?
Meh....Not Bad but not Great Either
posted on 25 Aug 2009You get the impression that the word "cool" was uttered many times during the making of Michael Bay's port of the TRANSFORMERS TV cartoon to the silver screen. After seeing the trailer a few times before other features and reading some reviews, I'd have to say my expectations were met. I saw it with Code Monkey (ex-work) and Ken (work) at Hoyts Melbourne Central. We grabbed some pints of beer at the Lion beforehand, during which Code Monkey revealed the Transformers T-shirt lurking beneath his office attire. That was a funny moment – in a good way or bad way, Ken and I aren't so sure yet.On to the movie itself, well, there is a lot of CGI animation that is too fast and busy for its own good. Often I couldn't figure out what was going on because the action was just too fast and choppy, thus defeating the purpose you'd think. Code Monkey explained his theory on this syndrome to me on the train coming home and it seemed plausible enough: audiences are not given enough time to analyse the action and perhaps see flaws, so they just assume it kinda makes sense. Whatever the deal is, you know by now it's a pet hate of mine. It is a pity, because in many sequences the animation and special effects really are convincing, even beautiful. The story and characters are more problematic. For starters, TRANSFORMERS takes a long time to get going. Related to that point, we don't hear the Transformers themselves talk until the half way point or later. From then on the narrative flows better, since the machines take on actual personalities, albeit totally one dimensional, but at least we get some motivation and basic exposition. Then again, the interactions between the humans and the robots suddenly becomes awkward, plus you have ridiculous moments where massive hulking killer robots can't snatch a little box off a wussy teenager who is more than likely still a virgin, fer chrissakes.As with most of Michael Bay's movies, some of the supporting characters (human and non-human) are amusing. And once again for Bay, his military types are for the most part cardboard cutouts: either steroidal Neandertals, humourless top brass, or lovable rouges. Also, this is yet another action picture that depicts violent scenes but avoids any bloodshed or one-screen deaths – any nastiness is rapidly blurred from sight by something computer generated flying past. So there it is. Heavy on spectacle, light on logic, with a few chuckles, and some female eye candy to enjoy for the blokes. A bit more restraint (or less caffeine, speed, cocaine, steroids) on Michael Bay's part could have turned this into a great blockbuster. Oh well. Bring on DIE HARD 4.0, which was apparently censored before release. Why bother at all if it's not going out with a US R, like the previous three DH movies? Don't get me started.
Michael Bay returns
posted on 25 Aug 2009First of, i often neglect IMDb's forums because, honestly there are to many dumb people here. I don't know how often i read 10 this 10 that, honestly 9/10 is a GREAT movie, if it would be granted a 10 it should be the best movie in the history. Saw Transformers earlier and me and my friend said to each other on the way to the cinema that this movie was going to be full of "shaky action scenes" where it is hard to even See whats happening. And yes i know the purpose of that type of scenes.The movie contained a lot of that stuff and just like every movie where Michael bay has had his foot inside the door everything is so American. I don't say that is is a bad thing, he just makes it that way in uncool way and it just gets lame in the end. The music i have to say is one of the best parts of this movie. You recognize Steve Jablonsky easily and his music. He saves the movie in many ways, scenes that would have feel totally unnecessary. This movie has been on the waiting list for lots of Transformers fans (including me) and i have to agree that it was a thrill to see all the old friends in real nice animations. However i really dislike the way the robots act many times and the how many people seem to be deaf in this movie.Overall one of Bay's better movies and was well worth to see and i think i can see it again. I Would rate it 3/5 due to the animations and the music. Shia LaBeouf played his part really well, showed that he actually can act unlike many other "main characters" Bay has worked with.
just yes
posted on 25 Aug 2009This movie was Amazing! I really don't know why so many people are complaining about how "horrible" this movie is. This is, by far, one of the best movies I've seen in years. I was in complete awe of this movie. I, like most, went in expecting to see some loosely thrown together story with the only good parts being shown in the trailers. I was completely wrong, the first sequence alone was amazing. Not only did this movie have nice action scenes, the funny parts were actually.. well, funny! The best word to describe this movie is "EPIC". I remember the first time Optimus Prime came on screen the entire theater I was in started clapping and cheering. The movie was excellent. I highly recommend this movie and if you don't like this movie, don't bother watching movies at all because you're an idiot.
Insanely exciting in every way!
posted on 25 Aug 2009At first, I was sketchy about Trannies. The trailers looked dumb, and the premise was stupid (a movie about Japanese toys/cartoons? No thank you!) Then the second trailer came out, and it seemed to promise one thing - lot's of giant robot fighting action. And it definitely delivered.The movie really surprised me in that it was hilarious. Shia LaBeouf is very funny (much like he was in Disturbia), and many of the other characters were as well. And it wasn't just a little humor to break the tension. It was flat out comedy through the whole first half of the movie. The effects were amazing. I couldn't believe that a computer made all of these giant robots. And then the way they transformed was amazing. It was so realistic (if cars really could transform into giant robots).And then there was the action. My god, was there action. Nearly and hour of robots fighting. It was so exciting and intense. I couldn't believe how much action there was.All in all, Trannies is the perfect movie. It's got action, excitement, comedy, and Megan Fox. What else could one ask for in a film?
Flawless FX marred by Flawed Script
posted on 21 Aug 2009This is going to be a cliché review of a cliché movie. First of all, I really really like the movie. The FX is awesome, the pace is non-stop, the jokes are funny. However, all of these are to be expected when you go into the theater. So I'm going to focus on the unexpected.First of all, there are no bad guys. Well, no bad humans, that is. Everyone is trying at their best to stop the real bad guys - the Decepticons. Sure the Section 7 secret agent starts out like an @$$, but in the end, he still kinda redeem himself a little when he's fighting the Decepticon spy Frenzy.Second, the humans are not dumb. This is good. I'm particular delighted that the special forces quickly figure out the enemy's weaknesses, and are actually able to lend a helping hand to the Autobots during the fights.Now the bad.Way too many characters. Is it really necessary to throw in a Black hacker-geek? What's the point of the boy hanging up-side-down on the tree? I guess Michael Bay wants to show there are lots of stuff going on, many are just mundane, so it adds a layer of believability. However, what it does is added 20 extra minutes that could make it a lot tighter and better film.Too much time spend on the second chapter, around Sam's house. I understand it is important to build a relationship between the Autobots and Sam, but it drags on and on and on. So even though the movie's 140min, I was not really satisfied with the last battle. For me, it's too short, especially the fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron. And the way Megatron was destroyed was a total let-down.Which brings me to Megatron. Hugo Weaving the voice acting is bad-ass, but Megatron's design is way too grotesque. He looks more like a giant metal Freddy Krueger than an evil general or an evil king, which is actually what he should be like. And what's with the transforming to an airplane? All the Cybertronians get their looks from some kind of vehicle on Earth, so where did Megatron get his disguise when he's been frozen for thousands of years? And why doesn't he transform in to a giant kick-ass laser canon? Being a plane, it was actually hard for me to tell Megatron and Starscream apart.Anyway, a really exciting movie, lots of enjoyment, with some giant holes as well.
One of the best
posted on 21 Aug 2009I have seen a lot of cartoons growing up like Batman. Transformers though is one I never watched. I thought I might not like this movie as much because I didn't know anything about Transformers. I ended up watching it anyways and man I must say I LOVED IT. I was very happy with this movie. This film was made almost perfectly in every way. The movie did a great job at explaining the story of Transformers. It's great for both fans and non fans. The beginning was awesome with Blackout taking over the base. All the way to the end with the final showdown. The special effects are incredible. The way the autobots and decepticons transform is my favorite part of the movie. The characters are done very well. I liked the movie so much I watched it at least 2 mores time again. I immediately got into transformers after this movie. There are very few flaws I saw in this movie. I think the editing could have been a tad better, it would have been nice to see more dialogue between Megatron and Starscream, the idea of 2 young kids working at the Pentagon just seems funny, and small other little bits of stuff. This still doesn't stop me from giving Transformers a 10. I am surprised that there are actually people that bash the film. In my opinion it's one of the best comic movies ever made with Batman Begins. I would recommend this movie to anyone.
It IS a kid's movie
posted on 31 Aug 2009I have to say that I was totally disappointed when I watched this film. It by no way fulfilled the promise I took from the trailers and info I saw before. While the substance of the plot has every potential for a riveting science fiction film, the characters are completely ridiculous, not the parents, the federal agents, or anybody else show the seriousness you'd expect of a "normal" couple or police officer. In this machine-gun-like sequence of gags and special effects, the captivating potential is completely lost. So if you want a good, exciting science fiction with characters you can understand and relate to, beware of this film. If you want to see a suspense-less kaleidoscope of special effects and sound and jokes go for it.