Transformers (2007)
Transformers (2007) 8/10
Loud, big, dumb and brainless. That sums up Transformers, the quintessential summer blockbuster movie. But even though the plot barely makes sense, Transformers is a fun, effects-laden film that won’t win any critical awards but qualifies as popcorn entertainment.
The robots themselves are the star of the show, and Michael Bay shows them off with a loud action sequence barely minutes into the beginning of the film. The Robots look great… that is until they speak because they spout some of the most corny and cliched lines ever.
What is surprising is how Bay actually handles the human element, and injects main leads Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox with solid comic lines. To their credit, both LaBeouf and Fox give decent performances. The same cannot be said for the other human characters. There is a group of soldiers who have zilch personality and some irrelevant subplot concerning computer experts. Both are just a waste of time, although John Turturro deserves major props for hamming it up as a federal agent.
As i’ve said, Transformers has explosions, cool robots and more CGI that the last 10 films i watched combined. Its plot is simply an excuse for the director to commence action sequences. But it is fun because its a loud, dumb action movies and sometimes, you gotta take a break from slow, artsy stuff for movies that blow things up with gigantic badass and transforming robots.
