TRANSFORMERS -- Michael Bay, dir

©2007
studio: Dreamworks Video
production company: DreamWorks SKG, Hasbro (in association with) Di Bonaventura Pictures, Paramount Pictures, SprocketHeads, thinkfilm (Washington DC scenes)
director: Michael bay
cast: Shia Labeouf, Megan Fox, Jon Voight, Hugo Weaving, Josh Duhamel
screenplay: Roberto Orci (screenplay) & Alex Kurtzman (screenplay); John Rogers (story) and Roberto Orci (story) & Alex Kurtzman (story)

An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a young teenager.

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I'm not quite sure why I watched this except that it's been sitting around and I just wanted to get it over with.

I'm a tad too old to have enjoyed the Transformers series in animation or any of the comic books, but I thought I'd give it a try. Mostly I found this to be an annoying film, difficult to follow the action sequences. Which Transformer is which? A couple of them were easy to identify, due to their colring, but not all of them.

This seems to be mostly a film about watching the cool effects of electronic gadgets and cars transforming into something else. In fact, this might make a great college drinking game -- down a beer everytime there's an on-screen transformation!

The only positive thing about this film was Megan Fox. Not her acting...just her being there.