Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)

Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)
Rating: 1.1
Transformers is either the worst film I've voluntarily watched in the past couple years or a 2 and a half hour car commercial with a pathetic sense of humor, and arsenal of clichés. Semantics aside, it's almost as if Michael Bay is intentionally trying to outdo himself with a worse big budget blockbuster film each time he makes one, while still managing to make a killing at the box office. I can't deny the CGI was impressive, but it was overwrought with cheesiness and predictability to the point of South Park-like parody. It was further hindered by the constant attempts at unfunny humor. The most painful scene I can think of is when the 40ft robots are "sneaking" around Shia LaBeouf's parent's home; causing earthquakes and talking to him without ever getting noticed. The lazy writing is perhaps the most disgraceful part of all. My left was left agape as Optimus Prime explained how vastly superior alien robot race learned English via the internet, and located Labeof and his grandfather's glasses through Ebay. In the hands of a more capable filmmaker, this film might have been salvagable. It's a pretty remarkable accomplishment to ruin a film that consists of giant transforming robot aliens dueling it out, but Michael Bay does just that. His over inclusion of the human aspect is highly detrimental, especially considering the robots are more believable than the humans as characters who are actually more like caricatures.