Transformers is a Give and Take movie

Take stock, rejoice, and be very grateful that

1. The Transformers franchise has been rejuvenated on the big screen, in live action. See the best of CGI on Earth bring these metal harbingers of destruction to life.
2. Also be prepared for a very convincing showcase of the US air forces’ killing prowess of their F-22 Raptors, A-10 Warthogs, and low flying gunships.
3. Sexy vehicles like the new Chevrolet Camarro, Pontiac Solstice, and Ford Mustang police car, and of course the blue and red flame streaked trailer truck a.k.a. Optimus Prime
4. Megan Fox
5. This is only the first of a trilogy.

Give way and let go off stupid issues that very nearly ruin this film like

1. Michael Bay's interpretation of the Transformers is really bizzare. Most of them barely resemble their animated versions. They look like the Terminator's cousins instead.
   
2. No Transformers theme song. How can there be no transformers theme song??? Instead, this film immortalized Linkin Park’s ‘What I’ve Done’. Let’s hope the DVD comes out with a silent option.
3. All time sappy love thingamajig that Michael Bay keeps trying to do (think Pearl Harbor) between two misplaced individuals who amongst all else are caught up in the greater scale of things. Less air-time of them means more air-time for robo mayhem and destruction.
4. Disjointed insertions of lame jokes and failed emotional scenes spoil the flow of the movie.
5. Megan Fox can be a distraction at times. (See pic below)
6. Incoherent story. Eg. How come Bumblebee can speak in the end? What happened to that cool policecar transformer? What happened to the machines brought alive by the Allspark in the city? Why would the the army want to bring that dangerous Allspark and hide it in a city full of innocent people??

I am a very ardent fan of Transformers, so my expectations for the film have been very high. But for the average movie goer of all ages, Transformers is the most fresh, original, and spectacular blockbuster to watch this summer. So please, spend your hard earned pathetic RM10 to go see this at least once on the big screen. I’ve already seen it twice at the time of this review, just to see whether I would be blown away a second time. And I was. Definitely gonna buy that special extended director’s platinum two disc edition DVD when it comes out.

This is how I recommend you to watch repeated viewings of Transformers on your DVD. > is the play button. >> is the skip button. (Look at your remote)

Insert disc.
Press >. Starts off when an unidentified helicopter enters US base in Qatar. Transforms into badass machine and blasts everybody to kingdom come. Then press >>
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> Scorponok tries to harass some pissed off marines. Marines call in awesome, unstoppable, and unsurvivable might of US air force to annihilate Scorponok like the bug he is.
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> Bumblebee and Barricade duel in a droid death match,
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> Autobots crash land on earth and assimilate earth vehicles
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> Autobots escape pursuing Sector 7 agents, Bumblebee gets rounded and pounded
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> Frenzy locates Allspark, radios all Decepticons to come crash the party
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> Decepticons crash party, Optimus Prime does a sharp undercut on Bonecrusher
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> Climax: Ultimate destructive metal orgy of sorts between Autobots and Decepticons. This is the part where: one shall stand, and one shall fall.
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> Optimus Prime tries to not to look at Sam & Mikaela making out on top of Bumblebee. Distracts himself by sending message to all Autobots in space to come crash this planet.
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> Starscream blasts off into space to obviously NOT do charity work, thereby heralding the arrival of Transformers 2 by 2009.

Was young master Witwicky ever glad she got into HIS car.

"No I am NOT a Transformer. I am a FEMALE!"