We spent most of the day at the movie theater. The rest of our group didn't prepurchase their tickets online and the showtime we wanted 11:20am was sold out. So we switched out tickets and grabbed some lunch.

So we got tickets for the 2:40pm show. Lines had been forming inside all day long for the Transformers showings. We ended up waiting in line for about 2 hours, but we did get perfect seats up in the middle way up and dead center.

This summer's movies have been dissapointing and most filled with hype. Spiderman III was terrible and the third Pirates of the Carribean movie was so uninspiring that we didn't even bother go see it. It'll be a rental.

The following gives my impressions of the movie and may contain some general "spoilers."

Overall impressions of Transformers:

The 144 minutes went by very quickly, and I only looked at my watch once
because my large drink (and two beers at lunch) was starting to make me need to visit the lil boys' room.

Most of the film involved some form of destruction. So the reviews were
correct - the move is loud.

The film seemed to start very abruptly and initially I thought I was
watching another movie preview. I think our entire group really enjoyed
the movie. The special effects were incredible. The (eventual) dvd
extra features should be cool for this film.

There were several moments of blatant product placement and GM
C0-branding. I'll give it to GM - this may help transform the public
perceptions of American cars. Could they become cool again? Unless,
domestic car makers revolutionized the hybrid vehicle market (similar to
Toyota's Prius' increasing popularity) who knows what could happen.

Anyway...

Overall they did a decent job at familiarizing newbies to the
Transformers, but it still seemed like they could've done more with the
plot.

The ending was left wide open for a whole series of films to
follow.

We really enjoyed the film. I would highly suggest catching this one
in the theater. It's pretty cool on the big screen and THX sound.

The wifey was even surprised. She wasn't reallyh psyched to go see this one, but she left wanting maybe see it again. I would definitely see it again too... maybe this time we can wait a few weeks.

4 out of 5 Stars

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