I saw Transformers last night. I didn't like it. They could have removed the teens from the movie entirely and it would have been all right. That's the mistake with these movies, they put teens in main roles to make it hip for the audience but all it does is date the movie and in ten years we'll be looking back at this and it'll have the "cool factor" of Masters of the Universe. Why did John Turturro agree to be in this? Optimus Prime made me smile; I really liked the almost-homage to Frankenstein when he came out of the pool and the little girl was there; I wish they'd played that up more. What an iconic figure he is! I had no interest whatsoever in any of the other Autobots, and the only Decepticons I liked watching were Starscream and Megatron. Of course. Did we ever get to see what Megatron turns into? I don't remember seeing him transform.
The absolute worst story/plot point was when they explained how all of our modern technology was reverse-engineered from Megatron; and then less than 30 minutes later explain how Megatron came to Earth with the intent of using Earth's technology to enslave/destroy it. Huh? Pre-electronic age technology?