Am I the only one who was *NOT* happy with the Transformers movie?

Yes, and...make it a CGI movie. They did that with Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. That guy in the movie Gladiator was CGI. And what about The 300? The stuff is there, to make a CGI movie! Hell, I would have been happy, and I'm sure a lot of others too, if they did a direct remake of the Real Transformers movie! The thing was like 85 mins (give or take). The story was good, the songs were cool, and in short, it was a good movie! Hell, they're making a Simpsons in 2D. Make the movie like that! I noticed most people like it, when reading reviews on Yahoo. Some people really tore it apart, but I was taken in by Op. Had a certain 'boyish delight,' esp when Prime said (just like in the Real Transformers movie) "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall!" But I digress. They just didn't give the transformers the screen time they deserved. And they only had those of Op's time, none of the characters from Rhodums's.

Maybe, the producer and director of the film wanted it to be updated with lates cars as of now rather than settle for what it had been before.. A chevy for bumblebee is not bad after all.. it still is colored yellow and it made him more look classy...

yea i agree with mo1e he probably did all that for new stufff but the police car...., it was probably best to make him be bad so it would go good for the chase scene.

I didn't really have a prob following the story, and I guess that was the big prob. If I had no knowledge, whatsoever of the Transformers, I'd probably enjoy it a lot more. However, I'm very familiar with them. But on the good side, at least they didn't attempt to make it a Beast Wars movie!

i understand, being that you didnt watch the show, growing up. i wouldnt expect you to know them, being that you didnt write the movie. however, in order to write the movie, the people should know about transformers. there was never any problems humanizing them, ever. the final moments of the battle between Op and Megatron of the REAL movie made this clear. a young autobot, hot rod, tried to stop megatron from cheaply killing prime. however, megatron overpowers him, and shoots prime repeatedly, until he falls. prime doesnt want to shoot, for fear of hitting Hot Rod. then, megatron throws hot rod away, and gets close to prime, to blow his head off. he taunts Op, telling him it's all over. prime swings back, and slams both fists into megatron's chest, knocking him a few levels down, hitting each and every floor. i dont care if you've never seen transformers. to see the noble hero be brutally murdered like that, and to have him defiantly strike back, yelling "NEVER!", that is pretty damn good "humanizing!" i've been speculating with other friends, including those in the art business, and most of them believe it's a copy right issue. just like in comics, and how marvel and stan lee have their issues (which is why he's now independent, though he works with dark horse on who wants to be a super hero), the big wigs dont want to give the due owed to the creators. since Op is the most loved transformer, they gave in so as to keep him true to form, but the rest they were willing to alter, so they wouldnt have to pay the original creators their due.

I understand what you are saying about the focus on the people and not the robots, but I think it was necessary in order to "humanize" the robots, meaning allowing us to "feel" their emotions. I never watched Transfomers growing up and was uncertain as to what to expect, but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I don't think I would have liked it as much had it just been about the robots.

exactly. the entire transformers series wasnt a boy meets girl thing, unlike some of the 'modern cartoons' appear to be. the only episode i can recall being at all like that was the 1 episode of the Female Autobots. optimud and alita-1, if i recall...

Again, I seem to be in the minority, but for me, the fx counts for nil, if the story suffers. IMO, this story suffers badly. It's not just that they changed Bumblebee to a different car, which I honestly didn't care about too much. Someone was telling me that there was some Descepticon that actually was a cop car, but I can only think of Autobots that were cop cars. Prowl was one, and I think one of the Protectobots was another. I also want to know which Descepticon does illusions, as the only Transformer I can think of to do this was Hound. IMO, if there was more modern technology, then they should be able to pull of the effects flawlessly. Prime is a perfect example. He had some changes to his trailer, and even his robot form, but still had a close feel to his original look. The only other one who I guess had a closeness, that I could recognize, was Scorpinox, in scorpion mode. My hope, when they make a sequel--can't see how they won't, when it's being compared to both Spiderman and Pirates, in terms of the money it's making--is that they follow a lot closer to the Real Transformers line. More on the Transformers. Maybe even toss in some cool Easter Eggs, like Alpha Trion!

1. they had to change up some things and yea humans should be a part of it. but they make the ending sound like there will be a second one so thats when they'll but most of the diifrent kinds of bots plus in the cartoon series megatron wasnt the only big badguy the was an even more powerful one i forgot his name but ill post when i get it.