that due to time constraints he couldn’t trim the film as much as he wished. There are a few eye-rolling lines with a deliberate lack of subtlety that should have been left out. Sam’s mom is rather excessive. There is a scene early on that is fun for the kids as Bay says and I surely understand that, but personally I’d prefer this as a deleted scene as it only serves to put the pace on hold.
Yet, still there is practically nothing out there that transports me to a place of pure escapist Zen quite like this film did and will do for me countless times in the future. In one of the many special features on the disc, you’ll see a large number of children waiting anxiously to meet Michael Bay and see the Bethlehem Steel set in hopes of seeing Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. It truly makes me wonder how someone can miss the point of films like this. Really, how in the