Rating: I give it 8 out of 10. Worth seeing in theaters.

Some points to know:
•It’s almost 2.5 hours long; 90 minutes of which are Shia LaBeouf acting like a distraught spaz and Megan Fox showing-off her midriff (Megan Fox’s midriff may win an award for its appearance in this film).

•This movie has more products than a grocery store: keep your eyes peeled for the transforming Mountain Dew vending machine and the numerous Apple appearances.

•Coincidentally, Shia LaBeouf is also the name of a savory French beef stew.

•”Transformers” perpetuates the old trope: (even among robots) the black guy (Jazz) always dies. Also, no (identifiably) female robots in the film.

•The movie was too Spielberggy – too many madcap shenanigans, not enough robot ass-kicking.

•Michael Bay’s website has a few wallpaper-worthy production images of the robots.

•”Transformers” made $27.4 million on its debut, last Tuesday – setting a new record.

•The visuals and effects were stellar, the robot ass-kicking was great.

[update, by Timbotron]:
Take a look at the photo gallery of Alex Kubalsky – designer of Transformer toys (and the only foreign toy designer in Japan).

Tags: geekery, movies, review, robots, toys
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