I saw it on Friday, last week, and that wasn't even the premiere here.
(Australia bishes!
)
Me and some friends lined up the G1 dvd box set, the Original Movie, and Beast wars to watch beforehand, didn't make it through as much as I had hoped (I needed to educate my friends) but nonetheless they appreciated the movie more because of it.
Anyway, now the the movie itself.
I tried to hate it because of Michael Bay's criminal record (Pearl harbor, Armageddon), the various changes (Bumblebee the mute camero), the fact that the autobots are a huge GMC commercial and Optimus' blue and red flame motif. (Not to mention Megatron the alien jet)
But Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime really sold it for me, his speech at the end gave me goosebumps, I felt the character designs weren't great, mainly due to how similar they all looked in robot form due to superfluous graphical flourishes that to me seemed like an attempt to cover up poor design work.
However, being the TF fanboy I am, I tried to seethe over all the changes, but In the end loved the film as a whole.
8.5/10 from me, I'm going to see it again with family in the next few days.
P.S the video game had Frank Welker's Megatron!, it baffles me as to why they felt the movie shouldn't have him.