Film Review: Transformers (2007)

First off, I’m not a fan of director Michael Bay and second…I’m not a fan of Michael Bay. His films are mindless exorcises in human endurance that are easily forgotten right after they’ve been watched. The few good parts of his films can never make up for the other two hours that I have to endure to get to those parts (can anyone say Pearl Harbor or Bad Boys II). That being said, the mega budget Transformers is not entirely bad, it’s just not all that good either. The saving grace of the film comes in the form of Shia LeBeouf (hot off the heels of this year’s surprise hit Disturbia).

LeBeouf plays Sam Witwicky, a young man, who in the tradition of most teenager films, is trying to do everything he can to earn a new car from his father which includes trying to sale personal items of his famous grandfather on EBay. Little does he know one of his grandfather’s items holds the key to the location of a secret weapon that brings a race of war-like robots out of hiding – The Decepticons, who want nothing more than to use the weapon to destroy the benevolent Autobots, who want to save mankind from eminent destruction. When Sam finally gets his car it’s not long before he discovers its more than what it seems when it transforms into the enigmatic Bumblebee who only wants his help to stop the Decepticons from resurrecting the long hibernating Megatron (who crash landed on Earth years earlier).

With the help of an ensemble cast that includes Megan Fox, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, and Anthony Anderson, the Autobots have an army of help but will it be enough to defeat the Decepticons?

Transformers suffers from the same thing that plagues all of director Bay’s “epic” films which is the lack of a coherent story that actually involves all the characters in addition to misuse of “humor” that takes away from the film rather than helps it. It’s very obvious that LeBeouf’s character is meant to be the main character of the film but all the sub stories with the rest of the characters seem tacked on just for effect and never seem to go anywhere, especially in the third act when many of the actors become window dressing and nothing more to a plot that has all the human characters take second stage to the onslaught of Autobot verses Decepticon carnage. Only LeBeouf and to an extent Fox’s character are given any substantial screen time and/or character development. This lack of tying everything together in a coherent manner is the same thing that plagued Bay’s Pearl Harbor and Armageddon. Also, the film repeatedly spends too much time on bit parts in the film meant to be funny or places of humor but they really come off as lame excuses at levity.

There are a few exceptional moments in the film, as is the custom with a Bay film, and the CGI and action sequences are some of the best offered in a summer blockbuster all year and at a fraction of the cost of such summer films as Pirates 3 (approximately $300 million) or Spider-Man 3 (approximately $250 million), Transformers (which only costs approximately $150 million) has some of the best moments I’ve seen all summer.

The biggest problem I have with a Bay film is that it never seems as if he’s ever getting better as a director. Even though each of his films seem to be on a bigger palette, it never seems as if he’s advancing as a filmmaker but rather remaining stagnate which means that with his next film I can be assured of one hell of a visual ride that won’t mean all that much and will be forgotten soon after first watched.

What Do You Know About Megan Fox?

Not so many celebrities can boast that they had happy and problem free childhood. A lot of modern famous celebrities both young and old had difficult childhood and had to face difficult life in early age. But those difficulties didn’t stop them from achieving established goal.  One of the examples of such celebrities is Megan Fox. She managed to become famous model and actress. She impresses us by her amazing beauty as a model and by different and deep roles as an actress.
Megan Denise Fox was born in 1986 in Rockwood, Tennessee. Her family wasn’t wealthy one, that’s why Megan spent her childhood in poor atmosphere. Megan has elder sister. Megan has unique blood combination which consists of Irish, French and Native American parts.
In 2007 Megan engaged with famous American actor Brian Austin Green who became famous after his role of Davis Silver in well-known series Beverly Hills 90210. It is known that Megan likes tattoos and she had five tattoos on her body. Also she is a fan of Shakespeare.
Megan began to learn drama and dances when she was 5. She continued to do it when she arrived at Port Saint Lucie, Florida where she graduated from high school. After high school Megan came back to Tennessee and lived 6 months in Oak Ridge.
But after then she left native place and began acting career. When she was 13 she entered model world. Her movie debut happened in 2001 with the film “Holiday in the Sun”.  In such series as “Ocean Ave”, “What I Like about You”, “The Help” and “Two and a Half Men” she appeared as a guest actress. She also appeared as recurring actress at TV series “Hope and Faith” in the role of Sydney Shanowski. She gained big recognition and popularity after the main female role is the film “Transformer”.
Now we are waiting for the release of the film “How to Lose friends and Alienate People” with Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges and Kirsten Dunst. Megan performs the role of young Hollywood actress who tries the first taste of fame.
Also Megan appeared on the five page of FHM in November 2005. In March 2007 she again posed for FHM, in June 2007 for GQ, in July 2007 for Maxim and in September 2007 for Arena.