I have not had any experience with transformers prior to this movie. I was so disappointed after I watched this. I didn't really get into the movie and felt the plot was mindless, derivitive and predictable. It was supposed to be an action film but I laughed at most of the movie and wondered what the appeal was. I wish I could pin it down to certain parts to better explain my point but the whole movie felt stupid and silly. It was just so predictable. I knew what was going to happen and I never read, seen or knew anything about a transformer prior to the movie.