I think I was supposed to do a review of the first movie but I wasn't extremely motivated because I felt like the movie was made for a general audience and not for me, a Transformers fan. For the most part, I thought the critics gave the first movie a fair review. If you haven't read the reviews, the critics are widely giving bad reviews for the sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I'm sorry if it wasn't their thing but I have to disagree with them because I really liked this movie. Bay definitely added more in this movie for the fans. Speaking of which, for those who don't know, Frank Welker (who voiced Megatron and Soundwave among others from the original series) voices Soundwave in this movie. But he sounds more like Dr. Claw (from Inspector Gadget, who he also voiced).

The plot is a little bit complex but not untypical of other comic book style plots. I found the plot interesting without being convoluted. The writing is not particularly smart. The humour style is very similar to the first movie except maybe more of it. There are a lot more robots and a lot more robot fights. I found that the Decepticons got more screen time to develop their relationships than the Autobots. I'm fine with that because I know Bay wanted to give some time to the humans and he only had so much time. My one complaint is that the movie is a bit disjointed. Sometimes robots or people would just show up and I wasn't sure where they came from. I'm sure that was due to time constraints. I also have another complaint but it's minor and would include a spoiler.

Overall, I think this movie is very much a live-action cartoon movie and that's why I like it. Good job Michael Bay. I never thought I'd say that. I give this movie a solid 4/5 stars.