Transformers

Today I watched Transformers at a Glendora theatre which to my surprise was practically empty. Anyways, the movie did not exceed my expectations and barely met them. The movie contains far too many Autobots and Decepticons that the movie would require a much longer time period to have them exist. It seemed that because they wanted to have some sort of connectivity, aside from the characters of course, they gave a few Decepticons mere minutes to show that they are still around and quickly killed them off. Skorponok was only in there for 30 seconds and another Decepticon for a minute of obscure shots. As for the autobots, too many were left unaccounted for. The movie contained plenty more smart ass remarks that seemed to have been half assed or cheap shots. The beginning intro was horrible, enough said. Now for the positives, Optimus Prime and Soundwave, despite his idle occupation in the movie was amazing, although the last fight could have been much more climatic. The movie seemed to aim for grandeur rather than substance, as much as I did love Transformers as a kid, I hope they cut the scale of characters down and add a story line that isn't so linear.