Beware of the Transformers---You might want to wait 'til it comes on TBS to see it...

Everyone I asked about it said it was worth seeing. So, my lady friend and I decided to check it out. You've probably seen it, but if you haven't, the film opens with a violent scene in the middle east, of transformers bombing an American military base. They commit the ultimate sin, but don't worry, they will surely pay for it.
The characters are never introduced, I can only name two of the characters---optimus prime and "Sam" who ironically helps Uncle Sam defeat the space-tech beasts. The film was typical in the old End-of-the-World story, young handsome white guy with brown hair is the military Captain and one of the few heroic types in the film, willing to risk his life (although he is a recent father of a daughter he has yet to see in person) in order to kill the bad transformers. Bernie Mac makes a quick cameo---in a matter of 3 minutes he manages to lie, tell an elderly black woman to fuck off, and prove himself foolish. Oh but wait, there's also Anthony Anderson, another black man who tells his grandmother to shut the hell up, his second line in the movie. As a young black man, I find it hard to believe that these men would talk to their elder black women this way.
Even without these moments, the film was terrible.
The story was non-existent. The characters were very undeveloped, and their relationships with one another were unclear.
There was no continuity, characters somehow obtained crucial information off-screen. Also, the world was supposedly going to end, and no one was really freaking out about it. People acted as if nothing was happening, even when huge meteors were crashing in crazy patterns.
Lastly, I find it difficult how people tolerate, even enjoy, seeing buildings blow up in New York City, despite the nations sensitivity around September 11th. Folks go to Ground Zero and cry, and mourn, and we defend the NYC firefighters and US soldiers to death, but watching NYC being bombed the hell out of doesn't touch a nerve? Interesting.

I enjoyed the first Spiderman, Armaggedon, Independence Day, and even I-Robot. But this film was not worth my money nor time. I seem to be unique in my opinion of this film, so make sure you get a second opinion!
-jordan