I’m not a big fan of Transformers when I was a kid. I’m a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles kid, through and through, even though the new animated Turtles pissed me off a little bit. So when they announced that they are turning Transformers into a live action movie, I’m the least excited. And with Michael Bay directing the movie, my expectations went even lower. Come on, Michael Bay is not the best director around. Sure, he directed some decent stuff like The Rock and The Island, but that was it. His explosives fetish, most of the time, ruins the movie experience. I’m all for action, but Bay is all action, no substance.


Boy, I was wrong. Well, not entirely. Bay still love his explosive action, but Transformers, to date, is the best Michael Bay film. Michael Bay finally understood the rule of filmmaking, moderation and balance. First of all, Transformers is hilarious! The comedic elements really brighten the film. It comes as somewhat a surprise. I thought the movie is going to be a serious action film, like Bay previous efforts. The cast is amazing, especially Shia LeBouf. I don’t really like him at first, like when I first saw Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. He grew out of his dorky past and joins the Hollywood power players. We are definitely going to see more of him in the near future.


The action sequences are flawless. This is where Michael Bay works his magic. If you have seen his previous films, namely Bad Boys and The Island, Bay loves the fast pace action sequence in a highway. He gave us that in Transformers, but not with cars, but with giant killer robots. In one scene, a soldier got onto a bike and ride it underneath a Decepticon (the bad Transformers) and shoot it from behind. I can’t really explain it in words, but the scene was bloody brilliant.


The main concern was of course, The Transformers themselves. Those things are huge and combining them with real actors must be a nightmare. Thanks to Industrial Lightning & Magic (Steven Spielberg is this movie main producer), the Transformers animation came out pretty good, although it is hard to identify the Transformers. They move around at a high speed and because of the insane level of details on every Transformers, it’ll take some times to know which is which, with the exception of a couple of the Autobots like Bumblebee and Optimus Prime because of their distinctive colour.


Do I like the movie? Oh yeah, I love it! Will I watch it again? Hell yeah! And though I’m not familiar with the Transformers universe, this movie is easily one of the best films of 2007. A big kudos goes to Michael Bay for not ruining the movie with his previous style. Me liking his new style and hope he sticks with it for his upcoming projects.