Wow! Just wow! After seeing this movie twice, I must own it on HD DVD!

The movie is that good? i haven't watch it... want to, but no time... work work work and tired tired tired

Oh, definitely getting it on BD (if it's HD only, oh well...)

To me it was definitely that good, Ocelot. Whole lot of fun from beginning to end and the right blend of modern and old school goodness.

This movie really wasn't that great, the Special effects were, but the overall story and the route it took was weak. very weak.

Very weak, but I will probably rent it to at least check out the action scenes again.

Zzz... Very weak, dull, uninspired action scenes. Actors weren't right for the roles. Just a whole mess. Special effects were cool though.

* / *****

If only we had a "movie talk" forum.

Call me crazy but this is the first time I'm actually looking forward to owning a Michael Bay film!

Im planning to post my full theatrical movie review in this thread soon.

It's Paramount, which is supporting both. Personally, I can't wait to see it on Blu-ray, actually I'm planning on buying a Blu-ray player in the near future, with Transformers being a major reason why. And the best thing is that on a lot of their major releases, like M:i:III and Flags of our Fathers, Paramount has gone out and done a nice big 2 disc release for the High- def versions (now, why did it take them so long to do that on standard DVD?). And a lot of their high-def ones (at least the ones I've seen) have all had DTS tracks, so hopefully they do the same here.

Screw DTS, Transformers better have a fucking lossless track.

Wait a sec, didn't i read the movie review from dvdtalk not long ago? the review was really positive...

Yet different people have different opinions about movies. Who knew?

Anyway, for Bay movies, i know what i'm getting into... Personally, i enjoyed all Bay's movies so far, the actions are pretty intense. Well, story and characters are another matter, but for Transformers, it shouldn't bother me. I'll get this on BD for sure.

If the HiDef edition looks like the DLP presentation I saw this morning - it did not impress me... to many dark scenes displayed a graininess that was very distracting. Also this was one film that could have benefitted from a 1.85 aspect ratio, the Transformers should have looked massive and tall, 2.35 can rarely translate that sort of imagery to perfect effect.

The dark scenes were very grainy. Still, it should be a fun HD release.

I might buy this. The first 2/3 of the movie were pretty funny and had some cool sequences. The last 1/3 made little sense and the movie lost momentum for me. On the other hand I might just buy it for the explosions. lol.

Loved it, gotta have it...nuff said.

I cant wait for HD-DVD. I loved this movie, it was fantastic. 9.5/10, I have seen it twice

TRANSFORMERS is a horrible picture. I finally went to see it and couldn't believe how awful it was. The acting is horrendous (Jon Voight is the worst of the lot), there's no story to speak of, and the only thing more monotone and lifeless than the actors are the robots themselves. The special effects are okay, but if there's no story and no one to care about...who cares, really? It's by far Bay's worst film...and that's saying A LOT!

Huge disappointment for me...I'd put it right up there with THE HULK, WATERWORLD, WILD WILD WEST and GODZILLA as one of the biggest "summer movie" duds I've ever seen.

So what's your point about the HD/BR release of this film?

To be fair, it's not any less off-topic than the replies from people who have just said that they liked the movie.

G, what theater has a DLP projector in your area?

What's this DLP presentation?

the closest one and on the metro is Regal Rockville (MD) Screen 2. The theatre is a tad on the small side. 'Meet the Robinsons' in 3D looked great. Transformers looked terribly inconsistent.

My fave DLP screens are over at Fairfax Cinema De Lux - the screens are much larger.

On a side note, I saw the latest 'Harry Potter' not in IMAX (that's tonight with a friend I promised to see it this way), but in 35mm over at AMC Tyson's Corner on Screen 3 - and even for a darker movie, there wasn't any grain at all - in fact the print was probably the best I've seen in a long time where it was jaw dropping in it's clarity (although I do still find cigarette burns [reel change circles] still massively disruptive).