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"I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?" deadpans Sam Witwicky, hero and human heart of Michael Bay's rollicking robot-smackdown fest, Transformers. Witwicky (the sweetly nerdy Shia LaBeouf, channeling a young John Cusack) is the perfect counterpoint to the nearly nonstop exhilarating action. The plot is simple: an alien civil war (the Autobots vs. the evil Decepticons) has spilled onto Earth, and young Sam is caught in the fray by his newly purchased souped-up Camaro. Which has a mind--and identity, as a noble-warrior robot named Bumblebee--of its own. The effects, especially the mind-blowing transformations of the robots into their earthly forms and back again, are stellar. Fans of the earlier film and TV series will be thrilled at this cutting-edge incarnation, but this version should please all fans of high-adrenaline action. Director Bay gleefully salts the movie with homages to pop-culture touchstones like Raiders of the Lost Ark, King Kong, and the early technothriller WarGames. The actors, though clearly all supporting those kickass robots, are uniformly on-target, including the dashing Josh Duhamel as a U.S. Army sergeant fighting an enemy he never anticipated; Jon Voight, as a tough yet sympathetic Secretary of Defense in over his head; and John Turturro, whose special agent manages to be confidently unctuous, even stripped to his undies. But the film belongs to Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and the dastardly Megatron--and the wicked stunts they collide in all over the globe. Long live Transformers! --A.T. Hurley More Than Meets the Eye 
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great summer movie
Rating: 5
when i first heard that they were making a transformers movie, i thought they would fail terribly. then i heard that micheal bay was directing and i'm not a big fan of micheal bay so i was sure that it was going to be bad. then i found out that shia lebeof was going to be in it. i was so angry. i hate shia lebeuof. i saw the trailer for it with the roover going to mars, and it looked really lame, but when i saw it in theaters, i was completly blown away. it was the coolest movie i had ever seen. the directing was amazing, the acting was amazing, and the special effects were the best i had ever seen. it was the surprise of the summer for me.
This was done exactly right
Rating: 5
I remember watching transformers as a kid and me and my cousin used to argue over which cartoon was the best voltron or transfomers I thought transformers was the better cartoon of the two although voltron was fat too.The one thing that we both agree on today is is the overall garbage called entertainment these kids are being fed today.I rememeber the hip hop( Kane, Rakim,RunDmc,etc. the cartoons(Transformers, Voltron,He-man,ThunderCat's etc., the toys(Star Wars G.I Joes, Voltron, Transformers etc..The 80's was a decade of quality entertainment not spoon fed garbage so I was surprised when I saw this movie because I just knew that they would butcher the legacy of a cartoon classic.I came to tear's when I saw the transformers coming together in the alley way when the kid's first met them, mainly when I saw prime because it was so beautiful.The movie took me back because all of the voiceover's where the original's and that blew me away alone, but to see these robot's transform is absolutey breath taking.The movie stay's true to the cartoon but dumbed down a little for the younger generation(business move)but still highly entertain's all age's.I think part two will be more story based but remember it's a business and there will alway's be a kid market but if they can balance it and hit all market's as far as children ,men , woman, races then you dethrone TITANIC. I will (bee)the first in line to see Transformer's 2 and I know they will introduce the other Transformer's that was missing.I will not tell you anything about the movie I,m from the old school REMEMBER, we think for ourselve's and want to see for ourselve's.PEACE and enjoy.
Just like a great amusement park ride- All smiles and no deep thought
Rating: 4
For all of those of you trashing the film and loving depressing Drama's; don't bother us with your negative reviews and how wonderful those movies you value. (i.e Children of Men)
See this movie for what it is; it's just a great amusement park ride of fun. Plain and simple. If you want real stimulation read some classical literature, then when you need a mindless break; watch this on the Plasma and you may actually smile for once in your life.
When I saw this movie I had a smile ear to ear because it was simple and visually stunning like Jurrasic park was the first time. I will say Jurassic park was a better movie and changed Hollywood to more CG. This movie is doing the same since Toby McGuire bought the rights to Robotech. Funny Spiderman this year bought the rights to a robot movie. Irony
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