that was the most horrifyingly bad film of transformers that could have been made.

seriously! i can’t belive my local cinema got away with charging me £5 to see such a long advert for General motors (owners of the worst mile per gallon vehicles on the planet) and the American military (cos the world just ain’t safe without them being strong and blowing stuff up all the time) lets face it…the first clue we really get in the film that the decepticons are evil is when they start blowing up american bases in the middle east!

I Loved transformers as a kid…now it’s just another white house approved “black hawk down” with a side order of freedom fries. bumblebee was a VWbeetle until this film, megatron turned into a gun until this film. they took the charchters we grew up knowing and loving and turned them into logo-toting shiney things to dazzle the indiscriminating masses.

sure its a cg masterpiece but who wants to sit for so long watching what the ubernerd got up to with his multibillion dollar budget when its all just been payed for by a bunch of corporate cynics looking to start more wars and sell more humvee’s

jeez! i know the original series was just an attempt to sell toys but at least toys didn’t get anyone (too badly) hurt.

Transformers fans…share my anger. you have been exploited and had your dreams stolen by the ad-men again. this film isn’t even remarkable enough to stand out as being truly awful. its just a sad waste of a great set of charachters bundled in with an off-the-shelf typical hollywood family drama/romance story. no cybertron, hell i dont even know why i’m wasting more of my life thinking about it.

Well said.

In fact, I feel sorry for those of you who absolutely despised this movie: does it really take THAT much more to satisfy you at the theaters? Can not one bad ass apocalyptic explosion after another, coupled with hot chicks & sleek smooth rides, Bernie Mac slapstick, and gloriously triumphant American patriotism woo you into submission like the poignant picture of the fireworks on the Fourth of July? The bombs bursting in air? The rockets red glare? Megatron’s icy dark lair? Gave PROOF through the night, that our tastes were not BARE! Spoke TRUTH to the sky, that there’s MORE than meets the eye!

Now, I’d like to talk more about the movie, but the sheer cynicism of the pessimistic critics causes me to indulge myself in a battle for acceptance & recognition of the Inevitable. If anything, this movie is a testament to the old adage: “No matter what, you can’t please all the people all the time.” There will always be haters, no matter HOW brilliant the artistic endeavor nor HOW deep the breadth of exhilaration inspires the Simple Man to do, as he surely does: to simply ENJOY the experience, neglecting to critique every minute detail of the kick-ass ‘flick’. Rarely in my own life has any film EVER thrilled me with such an unfathomable sense of stimulation in the heart of the cinematic spectacle. To compare, I’ll only name a few: “Jurassic Park”, “Independence Day”, “Armageddon”, & “Titanic”. Yes, there I said it…I liked the movie “Titanic”. And I’m not ashamed to say it. I thought it was a mind-blowing movie-going experience, and apparently I’m not the only one. Yet still the haters will crawl out of the woodwork and defile me for my honesty, my sincerity, my outward expression of that inner emotion which we ALL feel to one degree or another, and thereby will attempt to crush my credibility solely at the mention of James Cameron’s epic masterpiece.

Anyways, on with the show. What do these five movies ALL have in common? Action, Intrigue, Emotion, Inspiration. Allow me to reiterate that last one: Inspiration! THAT is the inner emotion which we ALL feel, some more than others, and others at the beat of a different tune, when we see a movie that strikes our fancy and deeply satisfies our ravenous tastes. When a dynamic movie of epic proportions appeals to the insatiable hunger which dwells within us, we get goose-bumps at the climactic rapture, feel GOOD, warm, and fuzzy inside at the triumphant conclusion, and slowly but unsurely get up from our seats like docile little lambs and numbly walk out of the theater, our mouths agape in utter astonishment at the epochal accomplishment our artists have created before our very eyes.

In my mind, “Transformers” IS “The Godfather” of action movies this summer. It IS the “Forrest Gump” of blockbusters this season, interminably running away with the limelight like there’s no end tomorrow. “Transformers” blew “Spiderman 3” clear out the water! “Live Free or Die Hard”? I’d rather watch the “Transformers” move and live free AND die hard! If all else fails at the box office this summer, and you’re anything like me, this movie alone will literally and metaphorically ‘transform’ you too. It is an aesthetic orgasm at the zenith of its climax. In simpler words than none: this movie is right on the money.

And to think, I almost didn’t even go see this movie because the “expert” critics proclaimed “it left more to be desired.” HAH! Only a literal missile through my incredibly awe-struck head from Starscream’s F-16 could have put their disgruntled dissatisfaction to rest. Well, seeing as how this Decepticon gets away in the end anyway, I’ll leave that next remarkable visual feat to Michael Bay. Bring on the sequel(s).

If you only scrolled down to read the end of my rant, in short, F**K the critics. For me, after seeing this powerfully prevailing movie, their credibility is shot. If you even had the slightest desire to go see this movie before, if the kid inside of you compelled even the humblest of inclinations to witness this wonderful maelstrom of a movie, if the brazen child of the 80’s which resides in EACH of us even remotely all-sparked you (pun intended) to gaze upon this in God’s greatest glory, go see it. And the Inevitable Truth is that this movie inspires generations of men, and children of men, to live like we were dying in an era of enchantment and wonder. For those simpletons of us who merely go to a theater to enjoy the action-packed cinematic experience, Optimus Prime & Co. will not let you down. As the clichés say, your ticket will grant you the whole seat for the show, but you’ll only need the edge of it. A fan may even vie to cry, for with “Transformers” the movie, there certainly is more than meets the eye.

I went to the cinema to see some transformers, cause thats what it says on the fucking title.. TRANSFORMERS!!! And in the teasers and trailers and many many posters they promise you TRANSFORMERS. And when you go to collect you get some humans with their fears and there emotions and whatever. WTF!! If i wanted that i would go see Casablanca 2 or something.

How is it possible that anyone can manage to make a boring movie about transformers? But that is what has happened. I almost slipped into a deep coma the first hour. After the first hour Optimus Prime FINALLY (there must be a god after all)appeared. After 90 MINUTES we saw Megatron appearing fully on screen for the first time.

Check the title Bay!! It says TRANSFORMERS and TRANSFORMERS is about a battle between autobots and decepticons. That being the case, you CANNOT introduce Megatron and gang after 90 fucking minutes in a movie that is called transformers. Is that so hard to understand?? Did you NOT finish kinder garten????

This movie should have been called “the greatness of humans” or “our great military” or “about a heroic boy”. Or maybe “crystine 2″ the story about a boy and his car continues… But for heavens sake not transformers, cause the movie is not about transformers.

I watched the movie twice just to be sure. And there’s no doubt about it… It really sucks as a transformers movie. The plot should have been simple.. Transformers crashland on earth. Megatron sees potential in this planet and tries to enslave everybody. Human armies are crushed, cities are destroyed. The autobots are earths final hope. Theres a big clash between autobots and decepticons. The autobots are initially defeated. Then Starscream backstabs Megatron and the decepticons are weakened and Prime comes and saves the day. And the only humans in the movie are the ones who are stepped upon or the ones who get blown away. Simple but affective. There was no reason for Bay to try to re-invent the wheel. The moron doesn’t have the brains to do so anyways.

And so we have a movie in our hands that is called transformers, but tells the story of a boy and soldiers. Its just sad… Just so sad.

Just wake up and smell the crap… It is of the darkest kind!

I was cautious about reading ANY press about the movie before going to see it. I didn’t listen to any reviews, care to hear anyones opinion or make my own pre-rendered judgments on the movie versus my old ideals of the 80′s Transformers. I could though, recall Beast Wars, where I first fell in love with CG animation… Quickly I erased even that from my mind.

Taking my nephews, 12 and 8, I thoroughly expected them to be satisfied without realizing the cinematical masterpiece we were about to endure…

…Holy Sh!t….. Aside from Product Placement for a film who’s budgeting needs weren’t even properly met, this movie rocked my fricken world.

Michael Bay made me want to “squee” like a little girl when I saw the CGI and other Special FX. I drooled at the real time lighting interface and Wireframe-to-physical cooperation used by the animations.

The sounds were well placed… and hearing the old transformation sounds… like the Sirens call. So pleasing to hear it. And it was like that the other 50 or so times the sound was played too….

Dave, you hit the nail on the head reviewing this movie.

I did find some of the humor juvenile, but not so much so that I was having to explain the so called “childish humor” still to my nephews, who again where 8 and 12.

Though, I’ve marked my two favorite humorous scenes in the movie by laugh factor.

John Tutturo… when he got “lubricated” on by Bumble Bee… And the other was the Introduction of Jazz when he says “Wussup bitches?”… Rofl.

devastator… c’mon.. we all know he’s 5 construction machines in one.. not a huge tank.

megatron… obviously not gonna be a dinky hand gun, but could have at least made him into the galvatron cannon or something close to his original transformation… not a super advanced space ship.

really thats the only issue i had after watching it, i still thought it was one damn good movie.