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Transformers
When I was a kid I used to daydream about how cool a Transformers movie could be. A real, live-action one. Unfortunately, special effects at the time were only so good and it seemed like it could never happen without coming across as cheesy. So we all settled for the classic Transformers movie, and we've been singing "The Touch" ever since. Well, the future is now, and the Transformers movie has arrived, so it's time to roll out the review. The basic plot is that Megatron arrived on Earth thousands of years ago looking for a cube called the All Spark, which gives life to all Transformers. Megatron leads the evil Deceptacons and wants to use the All Spark to tranform Earth into a new Cybertron (the home of the 'Formers that was ruined during the war between the Autobots and the Deceptacons). The location of the All Spark is etched into the glasses of a long dead explorer, and the glasses are now in possession of his grandson. So the Deceptacons go looking for the glasses to find the All Spark and Megatron, who was frozen in ice. The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, show up to protect the humans and the biggest war ever erupts in the streets. Those are the basics.
The Good: They looked real. It's fucking 2007 though, so if they weren't going to look real they wouldn't have released the movie. It was so awesome to have Peter Cullen doing the voice of Optimus Prime. He really is the only one who can do it. When he said "Roll Out", I cheered. And when he said "One shall stand, and one shall fall", I had shivers down the back of my spine. That's one of the famous lines of his from the classic Transformers animated movie. Bumblebee was the surprize hit of the group. He was always so lame in the original cartoon, it was great to see him kick some ass. Jazz is still the coolest of all Autobots. I really loved the characterization among Optimus and his gang. The reference to Armageddon (another Michael Bay movie) was in great humor, and it's nice to see that Sam Witwicky was able to come out of his nerdy, eBay framework to win the girl and gain some cool points. It's a thumbs up for all the geeks that went to the movie who have never touched a boob before. I stuck around for the whole credits to see if Megatron would return at the end of them, and even though he didn't I was still happy that the soundtrack was pretty kick ass. Everything you loved about the old Transformers was there: The Matrix of leadership; Megatron yelling at Starscream for failing; The "More Than Meets The Eye" sayings; And did I mention Peter Fucking Cullen as Optimus Prime?
The Bad: A couple little nit-picky things - I wish they would've given Optimus Prime's mouth a look similar to the original cartoon. He looks funny when he has moving lips. I would've liked to have seen the Deceptacons have different colors to them, because it would've been easier to tell them apart. The Autobots also had characterization, whereas the Deceptacons did not. And why did it seem like the All Spark only created evil Transformers out of machines? If it was explained, it went by too fast for me and I missed it. Those are all minor points though that didn't detract from the film at all.
The Verdict: Go fucking see this movie right now. You won't be disappointed at all, and you don't need to be a fan of the old cartoon to appreciate it either.
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