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11/28/2007
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I was amazed
Review created: 11/03/07 by: aradias_kauldron
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5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Alright, so when I went to rent this for my daughter I was spectical about the movie, but I was amazed! It is a truely awesome movie. I would recommend highly. Growing up watching the TV cartoon, it was just awesome!
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Review created: 10/20/07 by: djdw31( 3 )
6 of 10 people found this review helpful.
This is easily the best movie of 2007 and having Michael Bay directing was a perfect choice for something that needed to be fast paced, edge of your seat action story telling.
Some of the best CG you have ever seen period……… Executive Producer, Steven Speilberg. Need I say more?
Good acting with a huge list of new and seasoned actors.
Something for everyone in this film.
I hear Michael Bay actually recieved death threats for making alot of changes from the original genre. I can tell you from being a kid in the 80’s with generation 1 Transformers that these changes were necessary to achieve more of a realism aspect and I was mostly satisfied with them.
Wether you are familiar with the world of Transformers or not, this is a must see……..
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Review created: 11/26/07 by: menraiser1976( 153
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I bought this one before we ever saw it. And it was soooo worth it. My husband and I enjoyed flashing back to our youth, and my boys sat still and were quiet through the whole thing. We give it two thumbs up!
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Beyond our wildest imagination
Review created: 11/23/07 by: tedi31( 49) 
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (screenplay and story) have outdone themselves with their take on the Transformers (For the purists out there, Orci and Kurtzman were able to simplify matters by consolidating the proverbial “seat of power” – The All Spark Cube – into one gigantic cube that conveniently has the ability to transform itself into a tiny cube for logistics purposes (In the 80’s cartoon, a number of the Decepticons had the ability to generate cubes which they “fill with energy,” creating “energon cubes.” as well as give each of the Transformers the power of Teletran 1 (basically the ability to select their earthly “disguise” on their own (e.g., Camaro, truck, helicopter, cell phone, etc.)
The Transformers Movie was generally an entertaining, but lacked sufficient emphasis to develop any of the characters outside of Optimus Prime (18-Wheeler Truck), Baracade (Police Car), and Bumblebee (Camaro). When they transformed to their robotic forms, it was pretty difficult to determine who was an Autobot from a Decepticon. Towards the end of the film, when both the Autobots and Decepticons were locked in battle, an unfamiliar audience couldn’t tell who was Ratchet from Bone Crusher, Frenzy from Jazz, Iron Hide from Devastator, etc.
In addition, the finale fight sequence was a “migraine waiting to happen” as Michael Bay placed a lot of emphasis on the speed and agility of the Transformers. It’s funny really; you have the Autobots, that value human life and the Decepticons who don’t really care, one way or another. In that battle (though not depicted), I am pretty sure their were human casualties…How could their not be, the Transformers were going through buildings as if it were tin foil. Well, just a thought.
The Transformers Movie is one of those films that you watch once (due to the potential migraine issue) and maybe after a couple of years, you can wipe away the dust of your copy from you DVD collection and reminisce that Bay’s film may have truly been “beyond our wildest imagination.”
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Take Up Knitting Instead
Review created: 11/21/07 by: arthur$$77( 15)
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I saw Transformers in the theater, and I guess the huge screen and the chest-thumping sound effects lulled me into thinking Transformers was a good movie. After I bought the DVD and watched it a couple of times, I realized how wrong I was. Transformers is horrible.
Explosions and gorgeous CGI do not a movie make, and the “human” interactions I’ve seen other reviewers rave about–lame, and lamer. The only human interaction I cared about in the whole movie was when the female eye candy leaned over Bumblebee’s engine to “tune him up.” And her acting was atrocious. She looks awesome. She’s got just the sort of soft-core porn body that brought pubescent boys to the theater in droves, but unfortunately she’s got the depth of a Euclidian plane. I got the feeling through the whole movie that she was just playing herself renamed.
And the plot, ick! The whole “she’s got a jock boyfriend and now my geeky self is with her” was lamely done and rehashed from about a billion other horrible teen movies. And what’s up with the cop scene? “You eyeing my piece, boy?” What kind of line is that? Cheesy. So, my second time watching the DVD I realized that when I was in the theater I was high on Starbucks and I really hadn’t see all the flaws. This movie isn’t even a diamond in the rough. It’s more like coal waiting to be squished into shape.
Acting: F+
Special Effects: A
Plot: D-
All-in-all, there are far better ways to spend your time: knitting, reading cereal ingredients, diving head-first into a concrete slab. Any of these would be more enjoyable than Transformers. If you have the intellectual and emotional depth of a carpenter ant, however, then explosions and special effects are probably all you need.
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Transformers
Review created: 11/17/07 by: vickib973( 16) 
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Did not like…. Thought it was a very long and boring movie. Would not recomend for kinds under 13 because it is very inappropriate at times. Please be sure to vote if this review was helpful or not.
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A great live action take on the classic toys
Review created: 11/16/07 by: latsyrhc( 655
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
It is rare that a live action movie actually captures the feel of a cartoon. Michael Bay’s Transformers does just this and more.
The movie has an updated feel as the action starts off in Quatar. However, the old school fan is pulled right in with the first Decepticon’s transformation. Ahh, that old sound from the cartoon. 
A number of other toss backs to the origional cartoon appear through-out the entire movie. Like Prime’s line “At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall”. Ah, memories.
The best part of the movie is how ALL the Transformers feel so to scale. The animations are so flawless that you cannot even tell that they are CGI’ed. When they wander through a town or during a battle they look true to size.
My only complaint was poor Bumblebee being turned into a Camero instead of a VW bug. Yet, they toss in a 70’s style bug when we are introduced to Bumblebee so Bay once again pays homage to the origional.
The movie storyline is great, the DVD is also great. This is a neat one to own.
5/5
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FOR ANYONE NOT JUST KIDS TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!
Review created: 11/15/07 by: gregthg( 1750
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
WELL LET ME START BY SAYING THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER SO MUCH TO IT.
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE SO WELL DONE IT LOOKS SO REAL THE ACTION AND STORY LINE ARE VERY GOOD.TRANSFORMERS IS THE MOST LASER BLASTING,BUILDING SMASHING,ROBOT CRUSHING EVER.NOT JUST FOR KIDS THIS IS FOR ANY ONE YES IT TAKES MOST OF US YOUNG ADULTS BACK TO OUR GOOD OLD 80s ERA AND TRULY BRINGS THAT BIG KID BACK.JUST HEARING OPTIMUS PRIME SAY {ONE SHALL STAND ONE SHALL FALL} AND {TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT} WAS WORTH IT.I LOVE IT WHEN THEY GO INTO THAT OLD ROOM WITH ALL THE OLD COMPUTERS IN IT HA!.IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY YOU CAN HERE THE ORIGINAL STAR SCREAM VOICE IS IN SECTOR SEVEN.AND OF COURSE TALK ABOUT PROMOTING EBAY SO COOL
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Still a hit.
Review created: 11/09/07 by: nanooka1( 117)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
This movie is great for anyone who likes car chases, explosions, robots, and humor all in one. My son loved the original transformers when he was a child so we thought we’d check this movie out and he still loved them. This movie finds a way to get the ‘tween generation into Transformers. I don’t think it’s appropriate for much younger children though. It could be a bit too violent for small ones. So as far as my family goes, Transformers is still a hit.
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Robot on Robot Carnage
Review created: 11/02/07 by: gghobbycom( 23)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Pretty much almost every male kid who grew up during the 80’s were glued to their TV sets on weekday afternoons watching just one thing. They were watching one of the best cartoon shows on TV which also happened to be Hasbro Toys’ most popular line of toys at that time. I am talking about Transformers. I know I was pretty much hooked on the show with its tale of good versus evil as the noble leader (who also happened to be a Mack truck) Optimus Prime led his Autobots against the evil robot that was Megatron and his Decepticons. It had lots of fighting, explosions and most of all, it had toys of every Transformer in the show for kids to re-enact such battles.
In 1986 the first Transformers movie (animated) came out and pretty much scarred every kid who was ever a fan of the show for life as their beloved characters actually died on-screen to make way for a new generation of Transformers. Let’s just say that as much as I enjoyed the original movie I also hated it. It is now 2007 and Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and ILM have concocted a live-action version of Transformers. To say that this movie has erased some of the bad taste left by the first animated film is quite an understatement. What we have in this live-action Transformers is nothing less than pure robot-versus-robot carnage and mayhem done so well that it more than makes up for the weak story and the uneven performances from the cast.
Michael Bay’s hand truly shows as his handle on the sturm und drang he’s well-known for matches well with the premise of giant alien robots fighting each other with no thought for collateral damage to populace and property. Unlike, his previous films he actually holds himself back from using his usual tricks of using low-angled slo-mo scenes too much and the ultra quick editing style which makes his movies sometimes difficult to keep up with. Again, it might be Spielberg’s influence in addition to Bay actually growing as a filmmaker to thank for this. The action scenes wouldn’t be as great as it was if it wasn’t for the work of ILM and its team of computer animators. The Autobots and Decepticons look so real that they join Gollum and Davey Jones as fully-realized CGI-characters who blend into the scene as if they’re made of real flesh and blood. In the case of the Transformers made of steel, oil and rubber. Their battles from the Hoover Dam all the way to the nearby Mission City didn’t look artificial. There’s a sense of weight and depth to the battle. It atually looked like the city with it’s small humans was actually being ripped apart by these giant robots. Industrial, Light and Magic truly deserve every award they’ll get come awards time. In the past it was said that a live-action Transformers would come off as cheesy and fake, but technology and the expert use of it by ILM’s team of artisans has made it a reality.
Transformers really brings the word blockbuster and brings it like storm and thunder. There’s no other way to say it than this was a movie which was a kickass rollercoaster ride with just enough human interaction to keep it from becoming cartoonish. It’s not a perfect film as the weak script and uneven performances by most of the cast would show, but it’s all balanced out by the work put in by Shia LaBeouf and the action scenes with the Transformers that this movie marks the highlight of the 2007 summer blockbuster season. Michael Bay has finally found the one film he looks to be tailor-made to do.
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Transformers’ owns the special effects.
Review created: 10/30/07 by: ryun09( 12)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
No one can deny that the special effects in this movie are awe inspiring however the storyline really could have used some work. Too much comic relief was used when just heart racing suspense would have been much more effective. There also was a highly inappropriate (although hilarious) scene where some very adult things are discussed. For this scene alone i would deffinitely shy parents away from letting their kids watching it without a remote control on hand.
In Summary: Graphics-5, Story-3, Acting-4, Overall-4
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