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Transformers: The Album

(2007, Rock, by Various Artists, Label: Warner Brothers / WEA)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Decent rock mix, but not much from the movie.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 12 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Alternately nihilistic and hopeful, depending on the song.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Some darkly poetic imagery that might be frightening to very young children: "They're bound to kill us all/in white-washed halls/the jackals lick their paws."
  • Sex:

    Some fairly dense innuendo.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    No product placement in lyrics, but the insert is all about the movie.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Transformers: The Album

Parents need to know that these lyrics are strong on depressing if innocuous teen angst ("I'll face myself to cross out what I've become/Erase myself and let go of what I've done," by Linkin Park) and some darkly evocative poetry ("They're bound to kill us all/in white-washed halls/the jackals lick their paws" in "Doomsday Clock" by Smashing Pumpkins).

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about whether it's false advertising to promote a CD as a "soundtrack album" when it includes songs that aren't in the movie and leaves out soundtrack songs by lesser-known artists. If you were making a movie, what songs would you put on your soundtrack?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 15 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message

    Older kids.

    Some of these things contain lyrics that only older kids should listen to, because they are deep and complex and may produce false negative feelings.

  2. I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0

    A masterpiece by Michael Bay

    This the greatest movie of 2007 and I still love it after watching it 6 times over again. For young kids the menacing robots may be scary but mature kids over the age of 10 won't be scared at all. A frightening scene in the movie might be when "Megatron" reaches out for the boy (Shia Labeouf). In my opinion Megan Fox didn't do that well but she was great in the scene when her and "Bumblebee" drove through the "war" in the city.The movie is okay for kids but the scene when the mom comes in after hearing "sounds' (transformers) was "...." for kids. Michael Bay seems to love jokes involving "sexual" things. the animation was groundbreaking was even more amazing in high definition 1080 p (BluRay). Maybe I'm a bit biased in this review as I loves the 80's transformers but nevertheless I loved the movie. This movie was great and I am still wondering how they will top this movie in Revenge of the Fallen.

  3. I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0

    A masterpiece by Michael Bay

    This the greatest movie of 2007 and I still love it after watching it 6 times over again. For young kids the menacing robots may be scary but mature kids over the age of 10 won't be scared at all. A frightening scene in the movie might be when "Megatron" reaches out for the boy (Shia Labeouf). In my opinion Megan Fox didn't do that well but she was great in the scene when her and "Bumblebee" drove through the "war" in the city.The movie is okay for kids but the scene when the mom comes in after hearing "sounds' (transformers) was "...." for kids. Michael Bay seems to love jokes involving "sexual" things. the animation was groundbreaking was even more amazing in high definition 1080 p (BluRay). Maybe I'm a bit biased in this review as I loves the 80's transformers but nevertheless I loved the movie. This movie was great and I am still wondering how they will top this movie in Revenge of the Fallen.

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    supper good

    transformers sence its exstence has been death appolipse and all the less a fight between good and evil and hope faillyure and love

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Illinois
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

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