Movie Review: Transformers
May 1st, 2008 by admin
- Director: Michael Bay
- Genre: Action/AdventureSci-Fi/Thriller
- Year: 2007
Ok, take a moment to read that second line again. It reads: Michael Bay, if you are familiar with his films, then you know what sort of movie this was. If you are hoping to get content and tickle your brain, get out and run, this is not the flick for you. If you are looking for entertainment, some decent humor, some not so bad acting and kick ass robots trashing each other, then you came to the right place.
I will be honest, I enjoyed this film not as I enjoy most films but as I enjoyed Predator or films at that level, where I can turn of my brain for a bit and just enjoy the visual orgy. The story revolves around Sam Witwicky (Shaia LeBeouf), who happens to be the descendant of Captain Witwicky, who during one of his expeditions ran into a crash landed Megatron and accidentally ended up with an important set of directions engraved into his glasses, glasses now possessed by Sam, who really just wants to e-bay them so he can get a car, so that he can get a girl. Pretty much that is how his mentality works. However, the glasses end up being the crucial point which both Autobots and Decepticons need in order to find the Cube, which is their all-spark or their source of life (call it their creator).
And that is pretty much it. Insert some robots, some fun action sequences, a very hot Megan Fox and some witty humor complete with frenetic camera work and you have yourself a block buster. Yes, it is watered down. Yes, they made the autobots a bit too goofy for my taste. Yes, Megatron only makes his appearance in the last third of the movie. That being said, the robot designs kicked ass, and I actually did not mind Bumble Bee being a camaro as much as I thought I would. It has its funny moments, it has its enjoyable scenes, it has a good piece of eye candy and Shaia Le Beouf has turned out to be a good actor (though I still stick to the fact that I have liked him since Even Stevens).
For this, get your popcorn, take off your shoes and enjoy a bit of mindless fun. And for you girls, this is not as much a boy flick as it may seem in the surface. There is plenty to enjoy here by everybody, including the younger audience, though I do warn there are a couple of off color jokes and comments to watch for.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Notes: Violence (but no gore), some slightly adult situations…but over all pretty tame on the warning factor.
Quote: Sam ‘Spike’ Witwicky: I thought you said that the car picks the driver?
Bobby Bolivia: Yeah, well sometimes they pick a driver with a cheap ass father. Now get out the car!