I watched Transformers today with Stanman. I entered the theater not expecting much, but I did hear some good things from friends and I do like some of Michael Bay films (e.g. Armageddon and The Rock). Speaking of which, Armageddon was actually mentioned inside the movie. Anyway, I was a big fan of transformers as a kid. I remember watching transformers and G.I. Joe back to back.I totally bought into the idea of having transformable cars and machines and play imaginary battles with it. I personally thought the movie was rather fun. Storyline was expected, but not bad. The special effects were awesome. Definitely a watcher if you were ever a fan of transformers as it stayed true to many aspects. They did change a few things around, but you’ve gotta give this guy credit for using the original voice actor for Optimus Prime from the cartoon series.
Official Site
IMDb: User Rating: 8.0/10 (43,361 votes)
Yahoo! Movies: The Critics: B- / Yahoo! Users: A-
Rotten Tomatoes: Rating: 56% / Average Rating: 5.8/10
Apple Trailer
Amazon.com Soundtrack
Amazon.com Showtimes
MY RATING: 8/10
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The movie’s storyline was pretty straight forward. They tried to merge original Transformer aspects into modern day human civilization, which I thought was decent. When Optimus Prime busted out his sword, I was totally psyched. That was so cool!
The movie was also littered with ads. I’d say it was probably on par with I, Robot.
I also don’t recall Megatron ever being an jet. I guess turning into a tiny gun was a bit weak for the evil boss for such a big movie project.
There were a few things I didn’t quite get. It just didn’t make sense. When Megatron was getting unfrozen, why the heck was there no one aiming guns at it, trying to shoot it down. They already knew about which type of weapon would hurt/harm it, but nope, they just let him break free and get away.
Also, what the heck were they thinking about taking the cube into the middle of the city? It appears the main reason was to get onto a chopper? Seems silly, but I guess meeting up in the middle of the desert wasn’t cool enough. They had to take it into the closest big city so many casualties can occur. I also wasn’t sure what the point of getting the cube onto the chopper was. Would it be more secure? Were they planning to transfer it to some other top secret location?
Having the boy run while 2 Autobots cover him was also silly. I couldn’t stop thinking how slow he was running. i mean they are Autobots, one cover and the other drive him to his destination really fast.
In the scene on the roof where the boy tries to hide from Megatron, what was the point of going close to the edge and hiding behind the statue. Seems like a rather stupid movie. I guess they had to set him up to fall so Optimus Prime would catch him.
One thing I did noticed was that this cube only made bad robots, which I’m assuming were Decepticons. Maybe all robots that are born are just aggressive and hostile and begins shooting everything around it. Optimus Prime mentioned he also had a cube inside him. Maybe that was what created Autobots. My question would be, why doesn’t he create more Autobots.
Speaking of how to destroy the cube. They mention one way to destroy the cube was to merge Optimus Prime’s cube with the Allspark cube. Does that mean Megatron also has a cube and does merely touching the cube to the chest kill it? I mean, the destruction of the cube wasn’t explained too well.
I also didn’t know Optimus Prime and Megatron were brothers. Doesn’t appear to be made up, as it was revealed in Transformers: The Movie Prequel comic according to Wikipedia.
It does look like they set up the ending of the movie for a potential sequel. I want to see Dinobots!
There was a trailer showing a farewell party and suddenly a giant explosion in New York City. You could see the head of the Statue of Liberty flying across the street. No one knows for sure what this trailer is about. Rumors is that J. J. Abrams is remaking a popular Japanese movie in English and some people have suggested Godzilla due to the noise it was making. You can watch the trailer on Apple or read more about it on IMDb. The interesting thing about this movie is the date: 1-18-08, which is the day I turn 25. Well, maybe it was only interesting to me.
