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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Dreamworks Video
Salesrank: 100044
Released: September 2, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/02/2008 Run time: 143 minutes Rating: Pg13
Description of Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition w/ Transforming Packaging):
"I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?" deadpans Sam Witwicky, hero and human heart of Michael Bay's rollicking robot-smackdown fest, Transformers. Witwicky (the sweetly nerdy Shia LaBeouf, channeling a young John Cusack) is the perfect counterpoint to the nearly nonstop exhilarating action. The plot is simple: an alien civil war (the Autobots vs. the evil Decepticons) has spilled onto Earth, and young Sam is caught in the fray by his newly purchased souped-up Camaro. Which has a mind--and identity, as a noble-warrior robot named Bumblebee--of its own. The effects, especially the mind-blowing transformations of the robots into their earthly forms and back again, are stellar.
Fans of the earlier film and TV series will be thrilled at this cutting-edge incarnation, but this version should please all fans of high-adrenaline action. Director Bay gleefully salts the movie with homages to pop-culture touchstones like Raiders of the Lost Ark, King Kong, and the early technothriller WarGames. The actors, though clearly all supporting those kickass robots, are uniformly on-target, including the dashing Josh Duhamel as a U.S. Army sergeant fighting an enemy he never anticipated; Jon Voight, as a tough yet sympathetic Secretary of Defense in over his head; and John Turturro, whose special agent manages to be confidently unctuous, even stripped to his undies. But the film belongs to Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and the dastardly Megatron--and the wicked stunts they collide in all over the globe. Long live Transformers! --A.T. Hurley
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Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition w/ Transforming Packaging) Reviews:
Awesome Movie! Reminiscent of Indepence Day 
2009-12-17 - Overall I liked the movie, the special effects were mind blowing.
The stars were good looking, Megan and the other blonde were too good.
As a kid of the 80s, I think they did a real good job on Transformers.
However, this movie is eerily similar to Independence Day.
The scary bio-suite scene in ID4 vs the Tail scene in TF. both make u jump in your seat.
Will Smith (soldier) lost in the desert in ID4 vs Army men lost in the desert in TF.
Vivica A Fox drivin a big truck to help out in ID4 vs Megan Fox drivin a big tow truck to help out in TF.
Sending a virus to the mothership in ID4 vs Virus sent to Defense computers in TF.
Classififed secret project on UFO/Aliens in Area 51 in ID4 vs Classified secret project on Cube/Alien Bot in Sector 7 in TF.
The list goes on and on! But still Transformers is done well and is like an updated version.
Surprinsingly entertaining 
2009-12-15 - Talk about beating the odds. Transformers was a movie, based on a cartoon, based on a line of toys. One minute two robots are fighting, the next their...a tape player? There is no way this movie should work. Yet it does. It's very funny, the action is great, and the story is, well, its watchable. The most important aspect of this movie is that its entertaining. I was entertained from beginning to end, and more than happy to give it another watch. I don't want to reveal the jokes or surprises, but I was surprised by how much fun the movie was. Plus it helps that the blu ray is one of the best, if not the best, pictures clarity out on blu ray. When you watch it, its like you're there, or watching it through a live lens. Each gear is detailed, every piece of rubble flies, and every explosion in a clarity that makes you worry you might be a victim of the next accident. While I know it isn't Shakespeare, I will say it was a very entertaining experience, with an amazingly gorgeous picture. Recommended for action fans.
Transformers
2009-12-12 - If you really enjoyed the first Tranformer movie, stick to that one and don't reach out any further Transformers with part II or III, or you will be very disappointed. The first transformer movie will always be the best for kids and adults. I saw the movie, then waited for the release, which couldn't be purchased. But when the second and third movies came out, then they were sold as sets. You can buy just the one Transformer movie at Amazon.com. It is not forsale in stores without buying all three. So don't waste time and gas looking or the first Transformer movie, buy it on line.
Transformers the movie
2009-12-12 - Exellent movie. If you had kids that had transformers and you love action and great sound then this movie is for you.
Great movie great price
2009-12-02 - Great movie! Lots of great HD movies still out there for cheap! Don't miss out
