![]() There’s the military plot, where two soldiers (Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson) who escaped an initial attack by an aggressive Decepticon, wander the Middle East to transmit crucial info to Washington. What follows are four story lines that eventually converge. When Sam finds out his car is the Autobot Bumblebee, and he later meets the other do-good robots, the fun truly begins. In a Terminator 2-like plotline, the Decepticons hunt down Sam while the Autobots protect the precocious teen from Transformers who want to steal a coded map Sam unwittingly is selling on eBay (product placement, anyone?). When he and love interest Mikaela (Megan Fox) realize the Camaro is actually a Transformer, they soon learn how the good guys - Autobots - are trying to defend Earth from the hordes of evil Transformers known as the Decepticons. The film begins slowly, introducing us to teenager Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBouf) whose recent Chevy Camaro is acting strangely, to put it mildly. ![]() Whether you watched the old cartoons or not, this summer blockbuster will undoubtedly entertain you with a fascinating backstory, mind-boggling fight sequences, and enough robotic mayhem to satisfy the pickiest electronics buff. Even at two-and-a-half hours, the quick pacing and flashes of humour kept my attention rooted during the pauses between explosive scenes. Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Michael Bay ( Armageddon, Bad Boys franchise), Transformers is the best action movie I’ve seen in 2007. Call me a Gen-X nerd, but I couldn’t contain my excitement at finally seeing the 1980s cartoon wonderfully reproduced on the big screen, with every cyborg transformation looking as cool as you’d expect. It happened when Optimus Prime changed into a semi truck, it happened when a boombox turned into a spider-like Decepticon robot. Entering the world of Transformers has never been so entertaining.ĭigital Journal - There was more than one moment in the Transformers movie when my spine tingled every time a vehicle morphed to a robot. Digital Journal reviews the July 4 blockbuster that features robot wars, delicious special effects, and weaponry that would make the Pentagon envious.
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