Transformers! (Merged)

[Kevy Baby]

A couple of cow orkers were wondering if it would be appropriate for 5 and 6 year olds?

[Nephythys]

hmmm....my 7 year old sat through it and loved it. Depends on their personal taste for their kids I guess...

There is some off color humor, robot violence of course-nothing that stands out to me but I am pretty liberal in what I let my kids watch.

[xharryb]

Plenty of action violence, but none of it gory. The two most questionable moments i would think, with regard to children seeing it, are the robot giving the middle finger and the seen where the mother asks if the teen has been masturbating.

I know children tend to react to things differently, so some would be fine with the film and excited about it while others might not sit throughn it so well. It's very loud and some younger children might be frightened by that. Each parent propbably knows their own children well enough to know if they'd be ok I suppose, though some may want to save it for the kids to watch at home where there's more control of the environment (volume levels, ability to stop if it's too much, etc).

Just my thoughts, but I don't have kids of my own so I'm probably not a good authority.

[Moonliner]

I rather gapped the entire transformer thing. I'm too old and the kids are too young.

Is there anything here for me or just those who know what the heck a decepticon is?

[innerSpaceman]

I never played with transformers, and certainly never watched the cartoons. Just not of that generation.

But I've heard the movie is good ... and, believe it or not, want to see it for its qualities as a film. Heheh.

[Prudence]

It was actually better than I expected. Reminded me of the first Spiderman movie, in that it was enjoyable for those who really didn't know much about the franchise. Good amount of humor. Only a few moments that were sort of extra cartoon-y - where the script veered into dialogue reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons. It was mostly when the Autobots were talking amongst themselves, I think.

Requires complete suspension of disbelief, obviously, but it wasn't horrific. I wouldn't insist that the channel be changed if someone were watching it on the telly.

[xharryb]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I rather gapped the entire transformer thing. I'm too old and the kids are too young.

Is there anything here for me or just those who know what the heck a decepticon is?

If you go into it as a fun summer action flick, then I would say yes. Even as a Transformers fan, that's all I went in expecting, and they both met and exceeded my expectations. I've seen comments from several folks who went kicking and screaming into the film for the sake of their significant others and came away completely enjoying it.

[BarTopDancer]

OMG it was amazing. Loved it. So loved it.

I laughed. I cried. It was beautiful. It was action packed. It was everything I could have hoped for and more. Shiny robots blowing stuff up. YES! Not once did I look at my watch, or my phone. Not once did I think *are we done yet*. I was staring at the screen the entire time. Well almost the entire time. I did look away to ask my friend

Spoiler:

why no one noticed the giant robots tramping around the neighborhood

. It felt like the cartoon in some aspects. I was waiting for Optimus Prime to say

Spoiler:

"The More You Know".

Thought the

Spoiler:

"more than meets the eye" line

was a perfect corny throwback to those who knew the series.

Go see it! Even if you didn't follow the cartoon. It's amazing!

[Babette]

I never followed the cartoon but I loved this movie. It established the plot and had jam-packed action. It was a little long, but I think that was just me being uber-tired after little sleep the days before and watching the 11pm show.

Shia and the girl were both adorable. There were many surprise actors that I never saw in any of the ads. That tells you something when they do not have to use the big names in the movie to sell it.

I really expected it to be awful like Spiderman2. Boy was I wrong.

Go see it! (Well GD and CP will hate it if I like it!)

[Mousey Girl]

I am beginning to waver on my original thought of, "Not a snowball's chance in Hell I would see this in the theater." My biggest problem is the sound level seemed deafening from the theaters it was playing in. We were watching Evan Almighty and you could hear booms and crashes through the walls.