Out of This World

From Bill Muller's review of "Transformers," in the Arizona Republic:

You'll find yourself rooting for computer-generated robots that magically transform into cars, trucks and fighter planes. It's selling the movie short to say the special effects are amazing - they are out of this world.

...the one-sided battle [in Qatar] shows Bay in all his over-the-top glory. Explosions shake the base as sprinting soldiers flee the giant robot, which sets off firestorms and shatters vehicles with a plasma weapon it fires into the ground. As jaw-dropping as all of this is, it's just a snack compared with the feast to come.

Read the full review here.