I just got back from seeing it, and enjoyed the frigging hell out of it.
Devastator was kind of anticlimactic, but I was really surprised that they went with the "original Transformers" plotline from the comics. I'm just glad Unicron wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Some stuff was a little weird, like most of the early scenes with the parents, the Terminator/Species knock-off girl that was after Sam, and the scenes where Megatron was referred to as an "apprentice".
But man, all that stuff is overshadowed by Soundwave. When I heard his voice, I'm sure I must have peed a little. Also very cool to see the Megatron/Starscream relationship a lot more like it traditionally has been.
I wondered if they were brave enough to keep Prime dead for the entire movie, and am actually a little disappointed that they didn't. But, better to bring him back within the same movie as opposed to waiting till the next movie to all of a sudden revive him.
So yeah, I loved it. But then I'm a gigantic Transformers mark and adored the first movie. I'm sure I'll go see it again while it's still in theatres.
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