Hey Guys,
As promised i will try and give my rundown of the movie as best i can without any spoilers. I need to first state that I am a huge Transformers fan, however i'm also a huge fan of movies in general too so even though this movie has brought to life the Transformers that i love, i am still going to review this as a movie. I'm just going to review the movie by aspects that just pop into my head.
OK, to begin. F**king awesome start to the movie. Excuse my lack of reviewer etiquette. The movie starts off like Bay does with a lot of his movies with a bit of action right up front. This i guess warms the audience up quite well, and gets them prepped for the rest of the movie. And then from here it just gets better and better. You keep getting fed more and more right til the very end of the movie. 30 mins into the movie, you think you've been fed a nice dose of Transformers, and then you get surprised with even more. And then more.. and more. So do you get enough Transformers? Definitely... Some would say not enough, but most will not complain for a lack of screen time for the Transformers. So, transformers screen time? 9/10
Action - All i'm going to say is... there's A LOT of it. 9/10 The last 30-40 mins alone is jam packed. =P
CGI - WOW. 10/10
Humor - This suffered the "too much humor can be bad" syndrome. Bay tried to throw in a lot of humor which was fed mainly through Sam, Bobby Bolivia the car salesman (Bernie Mac), Agent Simmons (John Turturro) and Anthony Anderson's character. A few others too. I think the humor was overdone. The movie went from the "wow" transformers scenes which were intense, and in between were scenes that were overdone with humor with these "characters". For humor, i would have to say 6/10.
Human Characters - I think this would have to be a weak area of the movie. A lot of the cast didn't impress me. And maybe even annoyed me. I don't know if it was for the humor that made them annoying, or if it was just a lack of depth in the characters. Sam had the most depth which is obvious, and Mikaela wasn't too bad. Agent Simmons (John Turturro) was just bloody annoying! For characters, 7/10
Storyline - The storyline wasn't too bad. I won't go much into it, but i think under the circumstances (alien robots coming to earth), the writers did a good job at an introduction movie. 8/10
Dialogue - Firstly, i'll just give an 8/10 in terms of Transformers dialogue, all because there was alot more dialogue than i expected. Secondly, i'd have to give a 7/10 for the rest of the dialogue, as there were just too many cliches.
G1 references - There were many nice references to the transformers we all grew up with and loved. The true fan will be content with these. 8/10
Transformer Movie - 8/10. Overall i really liked the movie. Yes, there was the overuse of dry humor at times, alot of cliches, not the deepest of characters, but hey... you gotta remember it's Transformers and as a whole, the movie was great as a Transformers movie. Critics will probably tear apart the cliches, and annoying humor at times, but they just need to sit back and enjoy Transformers in live action! Seeing the autobots all together doing their thing just leaves your jaw hanging, and you forgive the other weak areas of the movie. Michael Bay did a great job at doing this first movie and like X-Men, with the introductions out of the way, it leaves more room in the following installments.
I will definitely be watching this again when it officially comes out.
PS, stay for the first few minutes of the credits.
However, You do not need to stay til the end end though. There's nothing at the end of the credits. (Not at my screening anyways).
I hope you liked my brief review.
Edit: There's a few things i have not commented on, because i chose not to, as it would spoil it a little (even though some people would not consider it spoiler material). Rather leave it for you to see and find out for yourself. So please don't think these are my COMPLETE views on the movie. Just giving you a general idea of what i thought. Thanks. =P
Ahhh...Beast Wars. The very first Transformers Show I watched. That show was awesome. I was only about 9 at the time but I remember how cool it was to see all those animals transform into robots. 
Wow if I hadn't bought the region 2 sets I may have invested in this. Get it 
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