Review: Transformers makes my eyes HURT !!!

(Not as seen in the movie)

So I recently decided to go out to the local Bestbuy and use my cool 10% off savings to buy a DVD and the movie I decided to buy was Transformers. Having already seen the movie at the theatre I wanted to have the movie in my library for movie parties, and this weekend I had one with some of my best friends. Those who had seen the movie thought that the idea of a Transformers movie was pretty neat, and it seemed like no matter what the movie did, just the thought carried it for those people.

In my honest opinion I liked the movie primarily based on its story. The writers found a way to take what was really an unexplained storyline to most of us who were blinded by transformable robots as kids, and had made it into a compelling movie. Also, there was a high degree of geek factor which appeals to any nerdy high schooler looking to land the hottest girl at school. However, there was and will always be one major problem with the movie.

No matter how many times you fool around with the settings that you thought were not available in the theater, you still can not make this movie less monochromatic than it already is. Early in the movie, metallic monsters seem pretty cool as they are set against backdrops that are bright and in high contrast to the metallic colors of the bots. But to my dismay as the movie goes from the first hour into the second hour the fight scenes are mostly set at night or in a cityscape setting where no sunlight is available to highlight the bots features. At its worst which coincides with the climax of the movie, the fight scenes involve completely colorless bot on slightly completely colorless bot action. The fights in which the bots are engaged similar to grappling, you really can't tell who is winning the fight. So in the end, I really only got a couple good minutes of fight scenes out of the entire two hour movie. Could this movie have been done any other way, probably not. But in the end you do grow appreciative of the original cartoon.