8:25 PM - "The" Transformers as Michael Bay seems them
Oh my God. As a fan of the Transformers series (original), I was a bit surprised by the freedom the writers took in this picture. It is a war film with robots. There is talk of masturbation, flicking off the camera, and some other things that people with children might want to avoid. If little suzy knows what masturbation is, well I guess you're OK to see the movie. I know that sounds wrong, but some idiot brought his little girls (6 or so) to the film. They were confused and annoyed. There were a lot of gasps.
The love story is very strange. "Sam" the dork gets the girl. I might have really liked the film as a geeky teen, but now it seems wrong. This is a typical michael bay film. If you like that guy, go see this. It is not the worst film he's ever done.
The best part of the film is the beginning. There are several attempts at humor throughout the movie. There were jokes in the credits, although I didn't stay for all of them. You "may" want to watch them, but after 2 hours and 30 some minutes I was done with that film.
Early scenes with sam and the car are rather amusing. The character who decides to be a pontiac over a hummer is funny. The weirdest part of the movie is megatron. He doesn't look right. He's a jet part of the time. He is frozen for like 100 years and then battles his brother... wtf.
The battle sequences are difficult to follow. You've got dueling robots, and military types battling.
One thing I can say for the movie is that the acting was good. The writing wasn't so much, but the actors really did try to work with the crap they were given.