The title of the movie in the review is wrong.  It should be "General Motors presents:  The Transformers featuring the all new Chevy Camaro".  Subtitled "GMC Trucks and Pontiac cars pictures feature movie"  Was there enough flagrant product placement for the GM line of products or what?  Sorry about the rant, but that's about all I took away from the movie, besides everything being so zoomed-in and fast that you can't actually *see* anything - you only get the impression.  

Oh, and it was still a blast.

The zoomed-in and fast technique is the trademark of director Michael Bay ("Bad Boys," "Armageddon", "The Rock"). It's hated in certain critical quarters, but as "Transformers" proves, it doesn't matter if the material is box office (it did matter with "The Island" a coupla years ago, which bombed and had everybody saying Bay was over, yeah, right.)

Sounds like GM made a good investment.

Michale Bay is still threatening to at least produce, and maybe direct, a remake of Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963)It is being scripted now, with an "environmental" basis for the bird attacks (Hitchcock left the motivation a mystery.)

Actually, "The Birds" was rather arty and talky and "a woman's picture" in its almost all-female leads. Not that scary, either (1963 gore levels.) I suspect 2008-09 effects will turn "Michael Bay's The Birds" into a $300-million grossing lollapalooza of eyeball-pecking gore,with billions of CGI birds.

It ain't fair, but there it is.