TRANSFORMERS

(6/10)


**I'm not really in the mood to review this right now so I'm just going to kind of talk.....


Okay so here we are a week after the madness has begun and TRANSFORMERS has already made a huge amount of money. I'd been excited for awhile just because I really enjoyed the trailers but the hype was getting out of control. I wasn't a big fan of Armageddon and after being dissapointed by The Island a few summers back- I didn't get my hopes too high and I'm glad I didn't because in the end, the movie is just okay.

I'd say the first half is real strong. We are introduced to our heroes overseas like Tyrese ( I hate him) and Josh Duhmal, Josh gives one of the best performances of his career here, yes I know its just a stupid action movie and Josh hasn't had much of a career but he impressed me. Also Shia Lebouf plays a junior in High School who is kind of dorky and has a crush on the super hot Megan Fox, whose acting sucked. Shia is great but this role wasn't a far cry from Disturbia. Anyway his car ends up being a robot and things get crazy. Oh yeah and Bernie Mac has quite a scene stealer at the car dealership. Again, like I said the first half is cool, slick, funny, creepy and then.......Robots start talking, acting gets sucky, story gets boring and confusing, action scenes run long and unorganized and loud and then it ends. So yeah, there you have it. But in a summer of sequels - it was refreshing to see something different. I did like it and I'd probably watch it again but I just think they took advantage of the fan base, knowing most of these people will just eat it all up. The finale could of been a lot stronger. "You're a soldier now.." Gag me. Haha bye.