Transformers (5)

In a lack-of-sleep induced stupor, on a screen that has fewer pixel than my phone, and in a torture chair that medieval maniacs would have loved, I saw this - it was on a long flight. I missed the plot and didn't know what was going on but the CG looked impressive and fun, so I've now watched it again.

No wonder I missed the plot - there isn't one! Some alien robots fight another band of alien robots for an ancient artifact that a kid's grandfather found. Ummm, that's it. There's secret military research, a love interest and humorous parents thrown into the mix but even with them, the story is thinner than a carbon nanotube or two. The thing that made it watchable was the CG; very impressive, the people who produced it are very skillful and created some amazing sequences. The explosive fights between the robots was good, though a shame about the lame dialogue.

But overall, this is a film for young boys who enjoy fast cars, robot fights, guns and explosions. For me, it didn't deem a second watch. I'll give it a 5 (I don't mind seeing it, I also wouldn't mind missing it).

There are a lot of similarities, even same location at one point, between this film and another (which I must write up), that's because it was the same director. But this is the weaker one by far.