Walking out of Transformers last night, I couldn’t decide what to say about it. The movie was a lot of fun, and the last few sections of the movie were just filled with amazing action/CG sequences, but at the same time I felt a bit underwhelmed. Bottom line: the movie is just so-so, but the experience of seeing it on the big screen outweighs the story. Definitely worth seeing, just don’t expect much from the story.

Honestly, that almost seems like a perfect summary of all Michael Bay movies. All of his movies have had horrible writing. The Rock is probably the best story among all of them, and even that movie had it’s boring/awkward moments. There are simply some awful moments in this film with the dialog.

Of course, that’s not why you’re going to see Transformers. For those of you looking for a connection with your youth, I hate to say that the new incarnation of the characters are just not even close to the original cartoons. That’s not to say that they’re not fun, but they’re a bit… wooden, if you can call 40 foot CG metal robots wooden.

For those of you looking for a great special effects movie, you’ll be happy. The final 30 minutes is pretty much the best CG/live action sequence I’ve ever seen. The live actors blend in almost perfectly with the CG characters. There was only one moment where the CG/live illusion was broken, and that was about 10 seconds. A lot of scenes look like they were written in just to provide visually cool ways of incorporating the robots into live sequences. So, the dialog sucks, the acting is good, but this is why this movie is worth seeing. You will not see another movie this summer where the computer generated characters blend in so well.

This is a milestone film for computer generated effects, and that’s why you should see this movie.