elmoslively I remeber going to see this the first weekend it was released. I lined up with all the nerds, geeks and kids by myself. None of my friends wanted to go. I had a great time, and really enjoyed all the eye popping special effects crazy scenes of action and wacky humor. It introduced me to Shia LaBoufe and Megan Fox. I was really drawn in by the whole spectacle. Unfortunately, it was hugely successful, and spawned a whole glut of sequels, each worse than the rest, but this one still stands out to me...great fun.

destinylives52 Good and evil alien robots that have the ability to transform into other mechanical objects come to Earth seeking a powerful artifact that can bring life or destruction. Shia LaBeouf, who plays a teen who unwittingly owns an object that has a clue to the whereabouts of the valuable artifact, finds himself in the middle of a war between the Autobots (good Transformers) and the Decepticons (evil Transformers) when he buys a used Camaro that turns out to be an Autobot named Bumblebee.My most memorable, movie moment of "Transformers" is the scene when Megan Fox (the love interest of LaBeouf) asks why Bumblebee, with all his alien robot technology, would transform into an old, piece of crap Camaro. Bumblebee comes to a sudden halt, throws out LaBeouf and Fox, and speeds off.There are many who are not fans of Michael Bay. I think most are in the category of film snobs. Michael Bay is great at what he does: make fast-paced, action movies that have a dramatic, driving score that accentuates the numerous fleeting but highly dramatic moments. Realism is not his forte; but when it comes to dramatic spectacle, there are very few who can rival Bay. He has made "Transformers" not just about robots fighting humans fighting robots; it's also about a boy's taste of freedom when he finally gets his first car and the opportunities it opens up with the girls. With all the outrageous, action sequences and amazing special effects, what really connected me to this movie is the love LaBeouf has for his car - you really have to be a guy to understand this.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

Ilikehorrormovies I wish I like it like I use too. Transformers more like Product Placement the movie. The reason why I'm avoiding this film because it's dull but I have too just to let my thoughts out. If I was directing this movie I would made a better plot, better story and fix up the few scenes that are offscore: 5.5/10

Samiam3 Ten years ago, Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay kick started what would eventually become one of the most financially successful and bombastically dumb summer franchises in film history. So putting aside any thoughts or premonitions about the function of this fiasco, it's worth looking back and asking how the original Transformers bodes as movie.In the first hour, Bay succeeds in summoning some laughs out of Shia LaBoeff and his new car (the autobot Bumble-Bee in disguise). Keeping this a secret from his parents makes the hiding of ET look like a piece of cake. Enter Megan Fox, the potential love interest. When we meet her, she is inspecting a car engine, bent over it as if posing for a playboy cover. She goes through the movie with almost as little to do as she has to say; a reminder that the women in Michael Bay movies are objects. Bay's floating swirling camera work signifies everything that is simultaneously right and wrong about him; he is a exceptional pornographer. The focal point of his direction has always been making the shot look good. In terms of performance there is nothing wrong with the camera work, but ironically its perfection is distracting; as is the application of slow motion. LaBeoff has enough energy and tongue-in-cheek to make the first hour of the movie tolerable. Halfway in we meet Optimus Prime in all his chrome bodied glory, with the sombre godly voice of Peter Cullen. He gives a cue card explanation of his job and his enemy the Cybertrons. These moments may conger feeling of nostalgia for anyone who grew up on the 80's series. For the rest of us, Optimus' lecture makes you realize how cheesy an idea Transformers really is.Bay stages a loud numbing climax that is the film's greatest undoing. It starts with a punch that catapults an eighteen wheeler so beautifully that it would have been more thrilling to have seen the actually rigged effect on set. he may have a good eye for camera, but when it comes to editing he is virtually blind. The action takes place in the kind of dense metropolis where all the buildings are the same colour, and there is no sense of orientation. It feels as if every shot is only two frames in length, and at the speed of the unfolding chaos makes it impossible to distinguish the Autobots from the cybertrons. Perhaps more than anything else, Transformers' biggest problem is that is that the Transfomers themselves are nothing resembling characters. They have no feelings, and their dialog seems manufactured. Certain lines are exactly what you expect to hear when you press the button on the toy.