See complete movie listings and show times, and buy tickets for select theaters, at sfgate.com/movies.) "Transformers," the new movie about sentient alien robot vehicles that fight each other on Earth, is even more ridiculous than it sounds.
In this film's reality, the nation's top scientist looks like a stripper and our defense secretary is Jon Voight. At one point, a giant robot urinates on John Turturro. But it's definitely ridiculous in that good 1980s way, like an AC/DC concert after Brian Johnson took over as lead singer or any episode of "CHiPs" where Ponch goes to the roller disco.
Sure, the action is over the top, but the people in charge seem completely aware that every scene is hokey. It's a triumph of lowbrow consistency. And "Transformers" is way better than anyone could have expected from Michael Bay, the director who gave us "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor.
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