Transformers (Blu-ray)
From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. When their epic struggle comes to Earth, all that stands between the Decepticons and ultimate power is a clue held by young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). Join the fight for mankind in the extraordinary adventure that "features some of the most spectacular action and effects sequences of any movie of its kind and will appeal to the kid in all of us." (Claudia Puig, USA Today)
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Not what I had hoped for - Occasu
Being an avid fan of the cartoon growing up, I was expecting a lot more than what I got. Maybe my expectations were too high?
The Dialogue was just painfully corny at times and I never really felt attached to any of the Transformers. For as long as the movie was (approx 2hrs 15mins) I think there could have been more emphasis on providing some depth of the Transformer characters.
This movie was obviously geared to a younger crowd.best movie ever - peep
this is the best movie ever. Tonnes of action and great writing. you won't be able to turn it off and you will watch it over and over gain. Great summer movie Two thumbs up. You won't regret renting this one. can't wait for the next one and the one after that............Decent Effort, Poor Plotting - kav2001c
I really wasnt sure what to expect when I rented this. Id heard it was the greatest movie ever and the worst movie ever depending who had been doing the reviewing.
The truth falls somewhere in the middle and as such its still a solid 3 star film and worth a look.
The plot is totally nonsensical. Ill keep this free of spoilers but you should be able to see the plotting errors anyways. It starts out with Decepticons making multiple attempts to hack US military computers; I had assumed it was thier recon of US military hardware at the time. Cut to the Witwicky kid in school who starts telling everyone that his great grandfather went insane after seeing "something" buried in the ice.
So he meets Bumblebee (during a very funny scene at a used car lot) and then he gets attacked by the Decepticons (so BB gets reinforcements)
All of which is totally pointless because what his grandfather saw is no longer buried in the ice (its obviously been moved if it was in the US military's computers right) and even more nonsensical is the fact that even the Decepticons data is wrong because the secret item has never been seen by anyone (except a group who "doesnt exist"). Yet somehow (lucky for everyone) they manage to find the items and a big battle to save the world/end the world ensues (with casualties on both sides).
This film could have been better if plot made any kind of sense, if the humans had less screentime (bad enough the whole find Witwicky a gf plot, but the US army scenes are even more pointless), and if the new look Transformers hadnt been changed so much (Im just not a fan of the new look).
As a mecha movie though its still cool to watch, just try not to think about it too much.
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Not what I had hoped for - Occasu
Being an avid fan of the cartoon growing up, I was expecting a lot more than what I got. Maybe my expectations were too high?
The Dialogue was just painfully corny at times and I never really felt attached to any of the Transformers. For as long as ...best movie ever - peep
this is the best movie ever. Tonnes of action and great writing. you won't be able to turn it off and you will watch it over and over gain. Great summer movie Two thumbs up. You won't regret renting this one. can't wait for the next one and the one after ...Decent Effort, Poor Plotting - kav2001c
I really wasnt sure what to expect when I rented this. Id heard it was the greatest movie ever and the worst movie ever depending who had been doing the reviewing.
The truth falls somewhere in the middle and as such its still a solid 3 star film and worth ...