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Watched the movie with Jivan and Chuan Zhen at Midvalley. The movie was, in one word, SHIOK! The ending was pretty pathetic tho but on the whole, it was a good watch! When I was a kid, I truly enjoyed watching Transformers cartoon. Of course, it wasn't my favorite.. Came after Thundercats and He-Man but top three nonetheless..

Before I deviate too much, lemme just comment a lil on the movie. Unlike Fantastic Four 1, the introduction to how Transformers came about wasn't as draggy and there were more action cum battle scenes comparatively. And unlike Spidey 3, the ending wasn't as lame nor as predictable and the effects were comparable to that of Spiderman, maybe better, although the cost to produce the movie was one sixth of that of Spidey 3, as according to Alan. Like Borat, Transformers is another proof that good movies don't necessarily need a high budget to be produced.

Shia LaBouf (I think that's how his name is spelt), the young actor from Even Stevens and played the taxi boy in Constantine, did well in his role as Sam, the boy who bought a car which turned out to be an Autobot named Bumblebee. The female lead wasn't too bad either. I can say for sure that her body turned Chuan Zhen on!Haha! And the guy who acted as the butler in Mr. Deeds was also superb playing his role as some Sector 7 liutenant or something like that.. Loved the Autobots (aka the protectors), hated the Decepticons (aka the destroyers).. But hey, who likes the bad guys?? Except for people like Kiat Wei maybe.. hehe!

Transformers; a definate must watch! I rate it 7/10 (minus 3 for the pretty lame ending).