I can't say I'm a big fan of Transformers, hardly remember anything from the days of Cantonese-subbed cartoon imports. But I can say watching a few transformations got me very excited^_^ But it is a remake of a cartoon, and toy line, like other remakes such as the marvel lineup. So I went in with very little expectation: The plot will be horrid, transparent, and cliche-filled. There will be nothing but cardboard character development. The action will be mindless (and hopefully there will be plenty) and it will end with me wondering why I wasted 2.5 hours on it.

But to my surprise, it wasn't too bad. The action was very good--when I could tell what was happening. I actually cared about the main kid, Sam, though mainly because of the hottie beside him. There were somethings I would have wanted to see, like the mechanic autobot (Ratchet?) fixing Bumblebee, or let me get to know the bots before the credit rolls up. I didn't even know which one got killed by Megatron, let alone feel anything for them. And all I got from Prime was cliche after cliche. I realize they're probably lines directly taken from the cartoon and it sounded good for nostalgia sake, but he didnt have anything else. All the character development was around the guy and the girl.

Well... I can pick on it for hours on end, but overall, I liked what i saw (even though I remember mostly the bad) and I will watch it again (and pause at every other frame) when it comes out on an HD format, at which point I will promptly buy a player and a 24" LCD monitor to watch it on