DB's Movie Review of The Transformers (2007)

Transformers is good, just not quite great
DB - wrote on 08/05/07

An entertaining summer action movie, Transformers excels in a places, but lacks in others. If you're in the mood for a movie that looks great, has great music, and has intense action packed scenes, this movie is worth watching. If you're looking for an engaging plot and exceptional acting, this is not the movie for you.

Playing with Transformers as a kid, this movie really took me back. I knew a good portion of the storyline before it even started, which is a good thing. Basically there are 'good' Transformers and of course, 'bad' ones. The bad ones are trying to take over the universe, pretty basic. The 'good' ones are doing whatever they can to save Earth, and humans, and refuse to ever cause them harm. This is a problem because the movie is more about the humans witnessing the robots fight then the actual robots. These robots could be good characters, but are underdeveloped which I think is important because they are involved in all of the action in the movie.

Transformers is obviously directed towards teens. While kids and adults can relate to it, the awkward teen moments along with the parents taking a larger role than necessary gets to me. Shia does a great job acting, the girl, not. Jon Voight plays a stereotypical Sec. of Defense that doesn't know anything, and there are a couple "hackers" in the movie that absolutely don't need to be there. Plus, if you think about it, some of the decisions made by characters in the make no sense whatsoever because we the viewers don't get told the logic behind them and personally, I think some of them have no logic behind them.

With all that said, the graphics are stunning, the soundtrack is worth buying, and the action packed scenes from beginning to end was enough for me to make this movie quite enjoyable. While I think movie was good, I think it could have been even better with a little more work to the script. I give this movie a 3/4 stars.