When its opening credits note that a film originated as a toy company’s franchise, it makes a professional critic’s blood run cold. Fellini, Bergman, Scorsese? No, the greatness of world cinema has never been traced back to Hasbro.

But then “Transformers” isn’t really a movie.

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