Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Blockbuster director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg bring the popular toy franchise to the big screen in the visually dazzling smash hit "Transformers". For countless eons, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons were locked in a fierce war that has ravaged their home planet Cybertron and spread across the galaxy to reach the planet Earth. Now, young Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) joins the Autobots to recover a powerful energy source known as the Allspark before the Decepticons use this power to take complete control of all human technology. "Transformers" is far from being the perfect movie but it's truly an entertaining SFX extravaganza that appeals to the kid in all of us. Director Michael Bay has certainly outdone himself on his latest big-budgeted project that keeps audiences glued to the screen. The visual effects are extraordinary and the action sequences are spectacular. The summer blockbuster also stars Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachel Taylor, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro and Academy Award winner Jon Voight. If you're looking for a Blu-Ray to showcase your home theater system, then "Transformers" 2-Disc Special Edition is a highly recommended purchase. The 2007 summer blockbuster is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen format. The picture quality is certainly one of the best of any Blu-Ray release. The images are incredibly detailed and virtually flawless. The 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio offers a superb heart-pounding home theater experience. The three in-depth behind-the-scenes featurettes "Our World", "Their World" and "More than Meets the Eye" offers numerous insights in the film's production, special effects, franchise history and much more. It also features an audio commentary by director Michael Bay. With its terrific picture, dynamic sound and great extras, "Transformers" 2-Disc Special Edition is one of the best Blu-Ray discs and scores an "A-".

Don't miss the first film in the Transformers series. It's very well written, and very balanced. Extremely entertaining film, and easily Bays best film. Funny, fun, and the best action in any film I've ever seen. Fabulous to look at...details that knock you out. The only thing people complain about in the first film is that during the serious action in the city in the last part of the film, that it's difficult to follow. It's really in one sequence, where giant robots are falling into the sides of buildings to slow their fall from above, but what happens after you watch the film a couple of times, is that you begin to see exactly what is going on...and then it actually becomes even more impressive. Michael Bay challenges the viewer with his visuals...it's not jump cuts, etc. being overdone...what Bay creates is real density and power, which works to overwhelm us, which is what should happen to anyone who is anyway near these giant robots duking it out. The slo-mo moves are so hip...bots spinning laterally and then firing into the ground to boost their spin, etc...are probably the coolest action moves I've ever seen, or will ever see. Kudos to the wild guys at ILM...they are on a serious roll. The second film is all over the place...and has it's gifts, but this first film is excellent on all levels. Megan Fox plays the dingy babe just right. And watch out when she gives the big smile...cause it will knock you over. She not as well used in the second film...not her fault. Watch those scenes in the car with her and Shea when he's trying to start the car...perfect. I'm 58 years old...love my Cocteau films...Antonioni...the classics...big jazz guy...but this movie is a real party.

Wow! They pulled it off. When I heard that Transformers was being made into a live action feature, I was suspect. Even with today's CGI, I couldn't help but wonder. Kudos to Michael Bay, because not only did he pull it off, it was fantastic. The story centers around Sam (Labeouf), whose great grandfather made one of the greatest discoveries of all time: NBE1. Sam soon finds himself in the middle of a war between Autobots and Decepticons for the All Spark. A cube that can give life and save Cybertron. Protected by Bumblebee and led by Optimus Prime, Sam goes on a wild ride to help the Autobots keep the All Spark from the Decepticons and NBE1 aka: Megatron! The story is actually well done and not rushed. It takes awhile before you really see a Transformer. The acting is strong as well. LaBeouf is a great fit as Sam and Megan Fox (will not win any oscars) makes for great eye candy. Voight and Turturro are excellent in supporting roles. The real stars are the Transformers and they don't disappoint. Peter Cullen returns from the cartoon to voice Optimus and thank God. He was tremendous! Hugo Weaving plays Megatron and his presence is felt. I was never a big fan of the cartoons growing up, but there is more to this film than meets the eye! (Couldn't help myself!) NOW FOR MY BLU RAY THOUGHTS: Super sharp and gorgeous! Colors are vibrant and Blu Ray brings these robots to life so much better than DVD! Audio is extremely strong as well. SPECIAL FEATURES: All are carried overs with BD extras. FINAL THOUGHTS: UPGRADE RIGHT NOW!!! A MUST OWN!

At first, I wasn’t too sure about this. I’ve had a DVD copy for over 10 years now ever since I was 5 and the film first came out, and after all this time, I felt an updated copy for a good price would be worth it, but the opening scene just didn’t really offer any improvement over the dvd. And I was like, “ok, maybe that’s just this, let’s go forward a bit” and still no clear jump in quality. The SECOND bumblebee becomes the updated camaro, the film shows its true self. That car, looks INCREDIBLE. The lines are razor sharp and the color is amazing,- rn it makes the joke before that about bumblebee transforming into a “piece of trash” camaro and then driving off and coming back as this blu ray quality razor sharp beautifully colored car and piece of film, it was like I was watching the movie for the first time. From them on, any transformer related shot is SPECTACULAR, and looks like you’re watching a while new movie. Now obviously, if this is your first time watching it, this doesn’t mean all that much, now with 4K being all over the place even THIS version of the movie is technically outdated, but it’s well worth $6 to save money, I guess. But get the 4K if you can, it’s probably Thai times 10, but if it’s your first time seeing the movie in 4K, and you already know what to expect, this movie will admittedly not grab you as much as this review says. But if you’re on the edge of updating an old DVD with a new TV and sound system, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, get this on Blu-ray. It will be incredible.

Before I start this review I gotta say one very important thing. THANK GOD FOR BLU RAY! . When this movie came to theaters I seen it the first day and loved it. But when it came to dvd and I rented it I was let down even tho the story was great. Mostly because the fights didn't seem to flow very well as if it was choppy or something. Since it's been a while since I've seen the film and I recently got my self a blu ray player I decided to check it out. Especially after I heard that this was one of the first truly made for the format films. Which makes my earlier comment fit perfectly because it made this movie even better than it was in theaters. The picture is bright, the sound is vibrant and the frame rate issues seem to be completely gone. So they took what was a great movie and made it even better. That should get you ready for when the new film starts in June. Now you may have noticed this review didnt cover much as to what the movie is about. But as long as it's been out Im sure you've heard all that. So I don't think there's much need to add to that. I do gotta add that I totally disagree with a previous review that claims bad acting (Which there was one or two tiny spots of that) or bad scripts ect. Also if your a fan of House M.D look for one of the shows newest cast members in a small role in this movie. So now with that I encourage you to buy this disk and buy it now.

THE FILM: This is where it all started: where big-budget blockbusters started to dumb down at a higher rate, and where Michael Bay's career started to coalesce into the cynical (but very profitable) mess it is today. That being said, TRANSFORMERS is still rather entertaining if you take if for what it is. The plot is as convoluted as expected, yet probably the simplest one in the series. The Autobots must find the Allspark before the Decepticons do, and Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) is an integral part in helping them. Aside from that, you have Michael Bay's usual fixation with military hardware, hot models, cool cars, and 'splosions. He really does have a distinct style in his body of work, for better or worse. Watching it for the second or third time, all I could really think about was how unfunny the humor was, and how the camera-work was headache-inducing. Yet, this first Transformers movie remains watchable if for no other reason than that I know the quality is all downhill from here. The acting is decent, for the most part. The visual effects still hold up really well, even if most of the robot action is obfuscated with clever camera angles and "shaky cam." Slow motion is really the only time the viewer is given the opportunity to take in some of the best visual moments. The score is also decent and doesn't really get in the way. When it comes down to it, I don't like this as much as I may have the first time, but it still entertained me. Occasionally, something that speaks to one's inner 12-year-old can be fun, and that's basically what TRANSFORMERS is. THE EXTRAS: Although Michael Bay movies are skin-deep when it comes to anything other than the visuals, they actually make for excellent home video releases because of those visuals, and a healthy amount of supplementary material. This particular Blu-ray edition has 2 discs. One has the main feature, which has optional audio commentary as well as a picture-in-picture option that provides additional behind-the-scenes information. The second disc has the rest of the material, subdivided into three sections and all in HD. The bulk of this is split into two multi-part documentaries that last a little under two hours total. "Our World" has interviews with the cast and crew and goes into pre-production, as well as stunts and a look at the many locations they shot at. This was actually the most impressive part for me, to see that they achieved quite a bit practically and in real locations, as opposed to sets. "Their War" goes into all things 'robot' and delves quite deeply into how the visual effects were conceived and achieved. However, as much as the visual effects were impressive and required tons of work, I wish a little more thought had been put into the characters. The last section, "More Than Meets the Eye," is composed of a short featurette on the Skorpnok desert sequence, around 2 minutes of concept art and some trailers. Despite the shallowness of the product from a writing and character perspective, they more than made up for it with the amount of detail provided on all of the technical aspects of filmmaking. OVERALL: This first Transformers movie is still my favorite, and for a couple good reasons. First, the magic is still there and all of the actors do their best given the absurdity of the material they were given to work with. Secondly, Michael Bay hadn't yet gone over the deep end with his pervy humor, and generally kept his baser tendencies in check (partly due to the PG-13 rating). As far as a Blu-ray release is concerned, they provided enough extra material for something labelled a "Special Edition," even if most of it was largely concerned with technical matters. As a final thought, even though it was mostly addressed in jest, it was clear in some of the interviews that Michael Bay can be a difficult person to work with. He has his singular vision, and something will be added or changed if he thinks it looks "cool." As somebody who didn't really watch any of the cartoons consistently, nor play with the toys, I enjoy this movie well enough. It's not high art, but it does what it sets out to do rather effectively. And this 2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray is probably the definitive release for fans.

When I first saw Transformers on DVD I didn't care so much for the story - there was just too much destruction against the good guys. For some reason I had the urge to see it again after I bought my Panasonic BD-30 player from Amazon.com. Wow! is all can say. First, the picture was better than the regular DVD and watching it on my new Panasonic 50" Plasma 85 model (also purchased from Amazon) was outstanding. This time I was in awe of the visual impact of this movie and think I understood and accepted the power of the bad robots this time. Knowing that the good guys do win out in the end did make it more enjoyable the second time. I think I purchased about 30 Blu-ray movies since buying my player when the prices finally dropped at the end of September and I would say that Transformers is one of my best five. I already own several regular Dvds so buying the same movies again on Blu-ray is a major pain in my pocket book. Nevertheless, Transformers is worth buying even if you have the regular DVD. I have even watched it a third time now. Some people seem to think that I,Robot and Kung Fu Panda are the best looking blu-ray disks. From what I've seen Transformers is slightly better and what blu-ray was made to show off - I was really surprised!

Very good na época!

NO ESTÁ TOTALMENTE EN CASTELLANO como se ha dicho en otros comentarios. El único doblaje que incluye en nuestro idioma es en español netruo (latinoamericano). Eso sí, en Dobly Digital 5.1. Y los audicomentarios, sin subtítulos. Por lo demás, la edición está bien, pero si eres español no te merece la pena.