Reviews of Transformers 2007
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I think in light of Revenge of the Fallen, and the fact that it's a Michael Bay movie, the original Transformers gets a bad rap, when in fact it deserves high praise for being one of the most heartfelt and entertaining blockbusters of the age.
For starters, the CGI is outstanding. It blends in perfectly with the background, and the sheer effort that was put into it deserves the five stars just on its own. An entirely new algorithm was…
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I like Michael Bay - ok!
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I actually went into this one with somewhat high expectations. I expected that even if it didn’t succeed at being a good translation of Transformers, it would at least be a fun, exciting giant-robots-kicking-ass flick. It succeeded at neither.
I tried to look at it both ways. As a guy who grew up with the cartoons and toys, I wanted it to capture that same fun and action. But Michael Bay, who went in knowing very little about it, and…
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It took until 2007 but we finally got a live-action Transformers film. Director Michael Bay is uncharacteristically restrained, waiting a full 30 minutes before you properly see a Transformer up close and personal, and despite small pockets of action here and there, the film builds to an end climax in true blockbuster fashion. Sure there are problems; the female leads looking more like from Sports Illustrated covers than high school, the plot directions and the way characters move a scene…
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A flat out assault on your senses. Visual and aural. Loud and dumb. Very loud. Very dumb. Gee wiz.
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Saw this the second night I lived in Seattle in a very cool theater.
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"Transformers" kicks off the series with a good start. This film has very good action and filming that make you say wow (the only one of the series that makes you say it). The acting is okay. Labeouf is not as bad as he is in the other ones but hes not the best. The rest of the cast is alright. Add in excellent music, cool visuals and a somewhat interesting plot and you have a pretty fun movie. Me in 2007 - "Lets hope the sequel is better!"
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This movie was pretty cool. But then he made like 5 more.
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Michael Bay may have found the ultimate outlet for his "pouty lips and explosions" aesthetic in TRANSFORMERS, which allowed him to pit alien robots against each other for maximum bloodless carnage, and indeed he spent three entire films playing with the concept. While it may be based on a line of Hasbro toys, TRANSFORMERS is actually a solid action adventure film. Don't come looking for anything intellectual, but Bay knows how to craft an action sequence, and while the final battle doesn't quite pay off, you may find yourself actually becoming invested in the story of Bay's displaced CGI alien creations.
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It is simply awful. Every moment is awful.
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Michael Bay doesn't quite deserve all the hate as gets heaped upon him, and this movie got robbed of a well-deserved VFX Oscar.
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This made me vomit, multiple times.