stunning. In particular, the razor thin robot, Reed Man, forms together in a brilliantly unique spectacle as it infiltrates a military base to confiscate the Allspark shard. Uniting sound, music, lighting, and CG, Bay executes this and the remainder of his special effects driven scenes with a smart musical ballet.
Now those hardened critics out there and ravenous Transformers fan boys can say what they want about Bay, but he is no doubt the best at what he does. As a sound designer, independent filmmaker, and songwriter, I can tell you that Bay’s orchestration of sound and visual is the best I’ve ever seen or heard in Hollywood. Ever. Speaking of the sound design, I’m a huge fan of the Bourne movies, but better sound design than Transformers? The Academy is officially delusional.
Performances are as solid as they should be in a film of this nature. No one