Movie Review: Transformers in IMAX

With monstrous action, nonstop thrills, and stunning special effects, Michael Bay's Transformers demands to be seen on the big screen - and what bigger and better screen to see it on than IMAX? While many of the one-liners and comedy relief gags grow wearisome with repeat viewings, the sheer bravado of the overall effort more than makes up for it. Additionally, this is an extended cut, with footage not originally seen in the theatrical version. However, that only amounts to about 3 minutes. But yes, as one screaming fanatic yells during the Transformers' arrival, it IS way better than Armageddon.

A mysterious attack on a US base in Qatar leaves an entire squadron massacred with only a handful of survivors quickly making their way to a neighboring village. As the government attempts to track what they think are terrorists who staged the assault, hundreds of miles away, young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) picks out his first car. A seemingly normal 11th grade student, Sam is unknowingly caught up in an intergalactic war about to start on Earth between two alien life forms that have the ability to simulate any mechanical device. Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots (the human-friendly group of alien Transformers) enlightens Sam about a secretive Allspark cube which has been hunted for by Prime and his mortal enemy Megatron for a very long time. Having landed somewhere on Earth, Sam may be the only one who can help the Transformers locate it before Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons (non-human-sympathizers), uses it to destroy the world.