Ok, so I didn’t see it on its first day in theaters. I didn’t even see it on the second. I did, however, finally see it. There’s been a thread at Digitally Wise building up hype for this movie for over a year now posting pictures, rumors, and whatever other tidbits of information we could find. Because of this, my expectations of the movie were set extremely high. At the same time, it being directed by Michael Bay made me worried. Sure, he’s done a few memorable movies like The Rock and The Island, but he also did Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and both of the Bad Boys movies. Even with my worries about the director, the childhood nostalgia kept my hopes up and I went in to the movie anticipating a great film.

Transformers went above and beyond my expectations. So much so, that I think my jaw was sore afterwards from hanging open for almost two and a half hours. The action was incredible, the effects were even more incredible, and the plot was exactly the type of thing you’d expect in a Transformers movie. All of this combined with the nostalgia skyrocketed the movie beyond awesome in my eyes. I was literally twitching with excitement the second Bumblebee first rolled in to the car dealer’s lot (Jessie can verify this) and it only got better. I was extremely pleased with the set of transformers that they chose to include in the film and however impatient I was for this movie to be release, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to wait for the upcoming sequel.

If you grew up with the original Transformers, you will absolutely not be in any way let down by this movie. Even if you weren’t the biggest fan but just enjoy a good action flick, go see this one. Transformers is easily the best action movie I’ve seen in quite some time and likely the best recreation of one of my childhood favorites that I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t seen it yet, go see it now! It truly is more than meets the eye.