Transformers Reviews

The acting was good, with a nice actress. Very different, great action, and fast paced. Certainly wont bore you. Michael Bay dished out a good movie. Visually brilliant, worth your money and your time.

Transformers is a summer special effects extravaganza starring Shia LaBeouf as the descendant of an Arctic explorer who gets caught up in a war between rival factions of a robotic alien race. Michael Bay, the scourge of modern cinema, once again foregoes anything so unnecessary as a plot, interesting characters or meaningful dialogue instead preferring to fill the screen with as much CGI and explosions as possible, using the pretty young cast as window dressing in case the adolescent audience feel like a self congratulatory wank after the dust has settled. Admittedly, the special effects are magnificent, the robots superbly designed and animated and as they rocket around the screen, guns blazing and constantly morphing as they go, it makes for a breathtaking spectacle. Unfortunately, as soon as any of the characters open their mouths you are reminded just how juvenile and idiotic it all is; Bay's insistence on only ever casting actresses who look like playmates of the month is insulting and every black character (and even one of the robots) is a blatant and crude racial stereotype. Superficially eye boggling, Transformers is nothing but an extended toy commercial and weighing in at nearly two and a half HOURS, that's just plain insulting to the intelligence of all but the very youngest of its audience.

I loved the Transformers cartoons as a kid. They are alien robots in disguise. Shia buys his first car only to find out it is an autobot. The autobots have to defeat Megatron and protect the human race. I love the house scene where the autobots are trying to hide outside in the garden. Great action scenes and special effects.

Michael Bay's visual feast of war-driven robots on Earth is epic. Though some bumps could've been avoided the film is overshadowed by groundbreaking visual effects and in-depth action that is captivating from start to finish. 4.5/5

With themes of 80's Speillbergian movies, Transformers has nice special effects and hilarious scenes, but it's another comercial action movie that have the problematic, underground and messy USA goverment as background, the stereotype of "high middle class, not popular, young white rebel American hero that stay with the pretty girl" and an innuendo positive pop view of Iraq war. A boring mix of Christine, Small Soldiers and several unoriginal comercial summer blockbusters. Rotten.

Oh man... another Michael Gay movie. Guess what it has? Explosions, helicopters flying, slow motion of eye candy (whether it may be the transformers or the useless Megan Fox herself). What a bore. The action was forgettable and the characters are uninspired.

Although it most certainly isn't, Transformers reminded me of an old comic book being turned into a movie. Which are usually completely effects driven, stupid, forgettable, silly action movies. The difference between them and Transformers is that the action actually excites in this over hyped robot porno.

Michael Bay takes the helm for this big budget live-action adaptation of some of the coolest toys from my childhood.

It's one race of robot aliens who can transform into various vehicles and things against another, and it's on Earth and humans get involved, and, despite being forced does try to make things a bit more emotional for the audience. I'd be happy if there were no humans in the movie, but if I really had my way, I'd also make the movie have as little CGI as possible.

This is typcial Michael Bay stuff what with shallow characters, balls out action, tons of explosions, good doses of humor, and everything cranked up to 11. Some of the music is good, so that's a plus. There's some big names, and, even though a lot of them get wasted (Voight), the rest do slightly better than okay with what they're given to work with.

There's some unnecessary padding, but there again, I had no creative control. Some of the CGI actually is alright though, and there's some decent amoutn of attention to detail there, so that helps. For what this film is though, it's done well. That doesn't mean it works well as a non-genre or non summer blockbuster type of film, but it's hardly the worst of its kind.

michael bay is usually not very good, but he delivered. there were a few typical michael bay sequences that another director could have done better on, but overall the cgi, acting, and storyline were remarkeable. shia lebeouf was amazing and the casting was done very well. i couldnt think of a single poorly casted role in this film. i got goose bumps on 3 different scenes, especially when you hear optimus speak for the first time. the comedy was great, really funny and never corny, and the action was equally impressive. this is normally not the type of film i would hype up this much but its too good. it made me fall back into the love affair i had with the transformers when i was 5. unfortunately the horrific sequel has dimmed the the once bright light i held for this film, but ive seen it like 10 times and i still enjoy it completely as a stand alone film.

Transformers is technically a bad movie, but it still manages to be an enjoyable big budget summer popcorn flick. The visuals are absolutely stunning, the filmmakers did a great job in bringing the Autobots and Decepticons to life. The action is fast, chaotic, and full of explosions. When watching Michael Bay film, the last thing anyone should ever expect is a good story. Bays movies are tailer made to be summer popcorn flicks. The films plot is easy to understand but falls apart when subjected to repeat viewings. Some of the humor is fine although it can get a little annoying at times. One may be disappointed in the fact that the film is not really about the Transformers, instead the human characters take center-stage. This would not be a problem is it wasn't for bad dialogue and bad acting. It is film elements like these that make Transformers a great visual effects show, but a very empty film.

It's good but flawed. Has great effects and action, but is certainly overrated.

Michael Bay does make the most of CG, but Transformers never delivers where it should; the story.When a film lacks a strong story, it is safe to say that 2 hours and 20 minutes of screen time is probably excessive. It is here. Transformers tries to fill the void with humor along the way, and it does have it's moments, but there are times where it tries too hard to be funny when it doesn't have to.As mentioned earlier, the CG and action is where this picture impresses. So much so, that everything else is overshadowed, although they would have been overshadowed with just mediocre CG and action anyway.The human characters are just there. Nothing to care about. It is the transformers that are the ones to care for. Shia LaBeouf, the beautiful Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and all the other recognizable faces end up in the back seat behind characters that don't require any acting for. This is a shame.Despite it's lackluster story and human characters, Transformers is worth a gander because of it's CG renderings. That is it.

If just based on action it would get 5 stars, but because of it's basic plot and sub-par acting......3.5 stars.

I will go out to say that, a rather long time ago in another life time, I was somewhat interested in Transformers. I mean, what young boy at that time was not? Giant robots that beaten the crap out of each other? Well, overtime I grew out of that and as such, I found not one aspect of interest. Back in 2007 when this film came out, I still was not sold on it. When I first saw this film, I did think the effects were good, but that was it. Now going back and watching this film with the knowledge of films that I have, I realized that my original idea of the film still stands. Okay, this is going to be a short review so I apologize, but I have very little to say about this movie. For the direction, this film proves one thing: Michael Bay can not direct films. Yes, I do have a soft spot for him due to him directing the music videos that Meat Loaf was in, but for films, he can not. Okay, I will say that he can direct special effects and make them look pleasing to the eye. but other then that, he just can't. He can not have the actors act, he goes for the visual aspect, and he just makes the film loud and obnoxious. For acting, this film is terrible at it. Alright, I understand that the point of this film is to watch Robots beat the crap out of each other, but it would not kill anyone just to give a convincing performance so that we, the audience, can actually care about the characters! Now, Shia LaBeouf can, at times, be a terrific actor due to his performances in Holes, Even Stevens, and later on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. But here, he just acts like he does not care. In his mind, he knew that kids and teenagers who do not know the difference between a good film and a bad film will cash money just to see things explode. But, his acting is not all that is bad. The only person who is worse in this film is the now famous Megan Fox. All I will say is that she has no purpose in being in this film. The only reason why she is in here is just for the sex appeal and to attract an audience of teenage/ collage boys to sit down and stare at her as she gives a stale performance but flaunts her body every which way. My advice for her would be to go back to acting school or take real acting lessons so that you can, at least, be worth the time of people who actually want to see acting. Next the script. It is nothing special. It is just tasteless dialogue, horribly written with only one thing in mind: promote the toys and make money. Yeah, that is what this film is: a propaganda film to have toys distributed. Well, like most of the time, this film fails. Finally, the last and only good part of this film, the score. Now, with music, I like it when a film has a great, epic score that just fits the film. While this film is a piece of crap, at least the score does redeem the film a little bit. Only thing I would have liked would be if there was a rendition of that classic Transformers theme that used to be on the shows. Overall, this film is great for the eyes (and sexual fantasies of twelve year old boys), but is not worth your time to watch.

Pulse-pounding action and incredible visuals make it a movie to watch, but story and characters are just as important. The first of the series is probably its best, because at least it has some form of character development for Labeouf. Enjoy it while it lasts, because its all downhill from here.

Since seeing Transformers Dark of the Moon, people have asked me to do a review on the other two films so ill start with the first. definitely one of the best action movies made, the effects are spectacular and breathtaking to look at, and with Peter Cullen back as Optimus Prime (the original voice of Prime) It just makes this action film all the better. Many people I know have complained about how, in the final, I dont know, 45 minutes with the whole city fight, everyone was complaining about how, like, "I can't tell who's who," "Who am I rooting for." I hear those complaints all the time about this film, and to me, I really didn't have a problem with it, after sitting through 2 hours of this I was pretty used to what each Autobot and Decepticon looked like. For instance, for the Autobots, i could tell it was prime because, everyone knows he's a Semi, but I also knew it was him from the voice and his colors, or say for the decepticons, I knew it was Starscream because of how he is a jet and has jet wings on his back, or Blackout, because he had helicopter propellers on his back, so I didn't have trouble with it. Another complaint I hear with this movie is that, the human scenes and characters are stupid and nobody watches a Transformers movie to watch the humans, personally I didn't mind them. I thought Shia Laboeuf was good, and Anthony Daniels, they were all great funny characters. All I have really left to say is that, the only problem I have with this movie is the police droid Barricade, You see him clearly in the city fight, but he vanishes after they show him driving into the city, and there are no deleted scenes on the DVD, so I have no clue what happened to him, and he isn't in the second film either, he makes a brief cameo in Dark of the Moon, but then he vanishes again just after his leg is shot off. With Starscream they give an explanation that he flew off into space they even show that in the credits, but Barricade just vanishes. But overall this is my 5th favorite film of all time.

As a child, I played with many toys, but none more than the Ninja Turtles and Transformers. So to see the Hasbro robots in disguise as a live action film brings nostalgia to my ears!!
Now, while I know there will be tons of people who will criticize this film because it isn't accurate or the story has no depth to it, I'm not apt to agree with them because the movie is based on freaking toys. Transformers is not supposed to be Batman Begins. Two hours of big robot fights is what I'm paying to see and who better to deliver that than Michael Bay?
Yes, Michael Bay has no idea how to tell a story, or at least he's too preoccupied with other things. We don't want him making Pearl Harbor. But Transformers? Absolutely! Basically, the plot makes sure to set up the conflict - Autobots versus the Decepticons, who want to enslave the universe. It fits likeable humans into the equation, and that's it. When things aren't blowing up, Bay keeps you entertained by having the actors banter through comedic scenes, many of which work really well. Consider a scene where main character Sam is looking for a pair of glasses crucial to the plot. The entire scene is the Transformers trying to hide from Sam's parents, and Sam's parents bantering with their son in a manner that keeps the laughs coming. He casually finds the glasses in the next scene, right on the dining table in plain sight. The necessary element to the plot takes five seconds, the comedy over five minutes.
And I'm not complaining because it's a movie about gigantic robots fighting other gigantic robots, and they all can turn into cars - GM cars at that (this movie does not conceal product placement). I'm not expecting anything more than a well crafted B movie with lots of explosions and car chases, and this movie delivers 144 minutes worth!

This was actually a great action flick! It had its lows too (jerking camera, cheesy romance sub-plot, etc) but was a great introduction to the world of Autobots and Deceptacons to the big screen. Worth the watch.

What a cool movie, I liked it a lot, but the teenaged acting from Fox and Lebeof couldve been better. Transformers is about two alien races called Autobots and Decepticons that are an all out war of good vs. evil. When there planet of Cybertron is destroyed, a object called the alspark crashes on earth and it is a very powerful weapon that could effect there war. Sam Witwicky (Shia Lebeof) is in high school and just bought a junky yellow car for his birthday. He is in love with Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) and they start to hang out. When his car is driven away, he follows it and sees it transform into an autobot and fight off some decepticons. Sergeant Lennox (Josh Duhamel) is a marine who is days from being discahrged, and soon the base is brutally attacked by a decepticon, and he and a few men survive. It is up to Sam, Mikaela, Lennox, and the autobot race including the powerful and wise leader Optimus Prime to destroy the Decepticons and find the Alspark. Effects were tremendous, the plot stuck with the franchise, and this is one of the two Micheal Bay films I like. Effects were so trememndous and beautiful that I couldn't believe human made it, oh wait they're aliens, but seriously these are some great ass effects. I was in love with the music and it really got my pulse going. This was a great movie.

It's about as good as you're going to get when it comes to an animated TV Show adaptation. I've never really appreciated how much ground this first movie covers. It has a giant cast of characters, but somehow manages to give each person enough time to move around and not just exist as a plot extension. Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox work well together and represent the heart of the story. Even if you don't find yourself interested in the alien battle between Autobots and Decepticons, it's hard not to relate to a simple love story. This takes all the essential elements from the Transformers universe and carries it into this very tight fitting story. All of the best characters are present as well as the core concept that just never gets tiring. Optimus Prime gets all of the glory with his trademark one-liners and fighting skills. However, I feel like Bumblebee was definitely the most well written and lovable part of this movie. Megatron was definitely handled in the best way and seen as the agent of chaos that he is; backed up by his loyal servant Starscream. I really like the sense of getting an idea of the story, but never being bombarded with exposition and too many characters. Regardless of how each person feels about Michael Bay and his style, he knows how to give you a truly beautiful looking movie. The action is unmatched and captures what made Transformers such a cool TV show. Destruction occurs at every corner, bordering on chaotic for some, but this is made to be a big budget extravaganza of explosions and unbelievable stunts. In the end, everyone should know what they're getting into when they see this; it's incredibly obvious. In my opinion, it's way too fun to hate. This doesn't attempt to bridge drama, sci-fi and action into a highly respectable and adult movie. It's made for fans and people who enjoy movies on other levels than just slow paced period pieces.