Transformers.

Hearing so many people talk about Transformers since it's release, it has been tough to keep an open mind about the movie. Already having my own doubts about how this series would be adapted to the large screen, I tried to take every piece of information I heard with a grain of salt. Mostly hearing a mixed bag of reactions from friends who already saw the movie, I really had no idea what I was in store for. I had seen the previews, watched interviews with the actors, read notes from the producer/directer, everything on papers seemed to work - it had to work. Saturday night I nervously sat down in the theater and waited for the lights to dim, saying over and over in my mind..please...don't mess this up.

As it turns out, they didn't. This movie was incredible. Watching a fully realized Deceptacon destroy a military base in the first action sequence just blew me away. I realized from that scene on that this movie was going to deliver. This movie is not for your brain, not for your heart but its sole purpose is to dazzle the eyes. It is not wrong by any stretch to say that Transformers boasts the most amazing and realistic CG in any movie. Ever. My jaw was literally on the floor when watching these machines battle. I have no idea how they were able to pull off such fantastic action scenes, making it look like two (or more) robots were really battling in a city.

For me, this movie was just pure fun. There are a couple of funny parts, plenty of corny lines, and just about every character was predictable, but all that falls away when put against the insane amount of detail and care taken to craft this movie. Now, let me clarify that I am not giving any credit to Michael Bay, a director who can suck the soul out of any movie he gets his hands onto, I am laying the credit where it belongs - the artist and SPX team with Industrial Light and Magic. Bravo.

Summer movies are always hit and miss, and this one could have very easily been a dud, but a strong script and drool worthy CG pulls this one to the top of the pile this season. I will have to see if Harry Potter can knock it off, a tough tasks considering I am already thinking about seeing it again.