more than meets the eye

i admit it. i am a bit of a geek. o.k., it is probably more fair to say i am a lot of a geek. i went to see the transformers movie because optimus prime is the other love of my life. next to flint (of g.i. joe fame) and norman (who doesn't seem to mind that i am a geek!). i enjoyed the movie. i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. but really- i was disappointed in it too. the decepticons were hardly anything like i remember. they looked like something out of an arnold schwarzenegger movie, not like the originals. the autobots looked like the originals (for the most part), and they even stayed true to cheesy john wayne-esque optimus prime personality. the action sequences went too fast. and they were too close-up, so it was hard to tell what was happening. i think it was a method of avoiding the complexity of showing the transformers transform in their entirety. there was also some all too blatant advertising. none of the buildings had names on them- except citibank. they spent too much time focussing on the gmc logos on the autobots. and transformed an xbox, and a mountain dew vending machine, and a nokia phone... and the movie was looooong. it seemed like just when you thought it would end, it began again....