Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 52

alright, I’ve recently watched Bay’s Transformers and i would have to say that it was quite a show. it was fast and energetic, but i would have to say that it wasn’t quite what i was expecting. it was kinda like a freeze dried version of the old animated transformers movie. they are both so full of violence that it might inspire younger children to harm each other. when the children of years past think of transformers they associate that with fighting. the transformers hide, are deceptive and violent, and not just the “deceptacons”, even the Autobots were like that in a way. most people were thinking that because it doesn’t show any real human fighting then it must be OK for the younger children. but it had a few vulgar jokes that could easily be picked up by younger children inducing a life where vulgarity is OK. its was a great action movie, yet they could have done out with a certain bedroom scene (just to point one out) that didn’t have anything to do with the movie. (searching for the glasses was a main key but the talk about masturbation? that could have been left out and the movie would have been that much better). as i leave on that note i would like to say one more thing. don’t encourage violence in any age. just because they have the toys at home, don’t let them watch it unless they are of specified age that the movie rating gives.

 

Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 34

Movie: TRANSFORMERS

Release Date: July 2007

Rating: PG-13

Studio: DreamWorks

LOWDOWN

The action figures made popular by Hasbro made their live big-screen debut July 2007 under direction of Michael Bay. The plot’s simple. An alien species of robots come to earth looking for a cube that contains the life of the universe. One group of aliens, the Decepticons want to use the cube for evil while the Autobots want to use it for good; or destroy the cube before evil can use it. The Autobots enlist the help of young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) who unknowingly possesses a map to the Cube given to him by his late grandfather. Ultimately the movie leads the Decepticons and the Autobots into a fight for power with humans as the bargaining chip.

DIG

I grew up with the TRANSFORMERS, so I have been anxiously awaiting this movie since I saw its first trailer in July 2006. The movie, taking place in the present, was well directed and loads of fun to sit through. I am not typically a Michael Bay fan but this movie made me one. The art that he put into directing such an epic is astounding. The special effects blew my mind. There was tons of it, it was well done and the fast-paced actions scenes weren’t very choppy either.

I was surprised with the acting. I’m not necessarily a Shia LaBeouf fan but he came across well in this movie. His love interest, played by Megan Fox, an amateur to the big screen, does a good job too.

It was cool to hear the voices for the Transformers in loud stereo. Michael Bay wanted to have the original TRANSFORMERS do their voices. Peter Cullen, the original Optimus Prime was cast into the movie, however the original Megatron, Frank Welker, was replaced by Hugo Weaving because his voice had aged so much since the TRANSFORMERS shows.

There is a moment that stuck out for me in the movie. It’s a scene where Optimus Prime is talking to Sam and says that he is going to have to fight Megatron. If it looks like he is about to lose the fight, Sam must insert the cube (of power) into Optimus Prime’s chest. This act, because of the power, will kill Optimus Prime but it will also destroy the evil that Megatron is hoping to be able to control. Crazy huh. Optimus Prime is willing to lay down his life for the sake of humankind.

SPARK

Would you ever lay down your life for a friend?

What do you think Jesus was thinking as he was being led to the cross knowing that he was going to lay down his life for all of humanity?

FINAL THOUGHTS

To be completely honest I can’t think of anything that was wrong with this movie. Those that grew up on TRANSFORMERS will love it. Those that have not will become addicted to it. It’s fun for the whole fam. What are you waiting for, go out and see it.

 

Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 42

Can anything be bigger than this?

“Silence is golden.

These are the infamous words that are plastered over every theater screen in the world at the beginning of a film in many different languages. However when a film production agency finally gives fans what they have wanted for years since its conception in the 1980’s, “silence is golden” no longer exists. “Transformers” was an animated series and line of toys created in 1984 about robots that could transform into different objects such as jet planes or trucks. There has been one animated series and now the most incredible representation of this phenomenon known to man. A classic tale of good versus evil with the Autobots as the protectors and the Decepticons as, basically the evildoers. Can’t get any better than that. So how do you present an 80’s television series to a brand new generation twenty years later?

You relate to your audience (Shia LaBouf your main character and Megan Fox as the car smart, gorgeous girl that is out of his league), you have incredible special effects (utilizing a large team of experts including David J. Barker of Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End), amazing sound (Peter J. Devlin of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, sound mixer, among others), well known producers (Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg) and an action genius at the helm of the whole crew (action director Michael Bay). The audience won’t be able to keep quiet. The story begins with a narration in a very familiar voice (the fans remember him as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots), then quick changes to Qatar, where a military base is established. This is where the a strange, large machine starts hacking into the US computer system and scanning top secret documents. While the government is chasing their tails about what country could create such an advanced piece of metal we see a high school get his first car and the steering wheel contains that one symbol that is decipherable by admirers from back in the day: the Autobots icon. And so the story goes on: the main character freaks out because his car has a mind of its own, the girl ends up learning more about the robots with the boy, and the robots start to fight out in the open in order to take possession of the Allspark, a very complex life giving cube. A very workable storyline. Shia LaBouf creates a believable character that spouts laughable quips here and there, very realistic reactions for the kind of situation he is thrown in. And honestly you can’t stop paying attention to him. You see Josh Duhamel as a captain who, in the beginning, is just trying to get home to his wife and new born child, but that sub story is forgotten after you see Bumblebee change for the first time. When you take a concept like Transformers and try to create subplots, there’s no point because all they’re going to be is forgotten and discarded due to the grandeur of robots in disguise’.

In a nutshell the revamped rendition of this classic is unbelievable, with such visual clarity that you forget you’re watching something that was made up and start thinking that this could possibly happen. You will never walk by another car again without thinking that at any minute, it could transform into a human saving fighting machine that has understood our form of language through the “world wide web”. From the moment you finish watching the movie, everything will be “more than meets the eye”.

 

Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 35

Sometimes in life you just have to go with it.

Maybe it’s eating a nice big plate of bull testicles when in Spain, or maybe it’s making out with a fat chick so that your buddy can score with her hot friend, or maybe it’s just turning off your brain and enjoying the summer blockbuster “Transformers.”

Sure you can ask yourself really obvious questions like “Why do the Autobots take the form of wimpy Chevrolet vehicles, when the Decepticons are modeling themselves after jetfighters, tanks and helicopters?” but then you’re thinking too much.

In the real world a Black Hawk Helicopter beats a Pontiac Solstice.

Just, in case (you know), you get all jacked up and decide to mouth off to a marine outside of a car dealership.

I’m just trying to help here.

Every now and then I did want to jump out of my seat and say “Hey Autobots, why do you have a master of arms when each one of you seems to have an endless supply of missiles that shoot out of your fingertips?” Holy crap, I thought being a high tech worker was always just a paycheck away from the unemployment line. How useless is THIS guy?! Being the master of arms is like bragging about having skin at the Playboy mansion.

Now another nagging question that is bothering me, is the whole “magical cube of life” thing that everyone is after. So, if I get this straight, the cube’s energy can turn any mechanical device into a living (albeit evil) organism. It’s pretty damn handy that this cube landed on a planet full of mechanical devices instead of the moon, or Mars, or even Utah.

Imagine how pissed off the Decepticons would be if they activated the force field hoping to raise an army and the butter churns just sat there.

If you want to have fun at this movie stop wondering why a secret government agency (that even the Secretary of Defense doesn’t know about) would take a teenage kid into their secret laboratory and give him the guided tour. You’re just going to upset yourself over things like how this kid manages to run up 83 flights of stairs when a 7 story mechanical robot who smashes through walls is 23 feet behind him.

If you can accept that drunk gay pirate can battle an army of highly trained British Seamen (insert joke here) or how a kid in red pajamas can swing from rooftops all night and work all day without having a heart attack from all of the ephedrine that he must be taking then you can accept that really in the grand scheme of things, it’d make more sense for all of the Transformers to take the form of a jet fighter instead of a diesel truck so that they wouldn’t have to, oh… you know ride a ferry across that thing we called the ocean.

This is a stupidly fun movie.

If you took “War of the Worlds”, “Star Wars”, “National Treasure” and “T2″ and put them into a blender it might look something like “Transformers”.

I give it 5 out of 5.

 

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Gameplay Trailer (Rate

 

My Transformers Toys TRANSFORM !

 

Meet the Autobots

 

G1 Transformers Toys – Prowl & Wheeljack

 

Apocalypse/Beat it Down – The Autobots & Screwface

 

The most despicable cartoon character in TV history

He is the Leader of the Decepticons and on July 3,2007 all of America and new generations of fans who ever heard of the Transformers will get to see in my opinion the Most Despicable cartoon Character in TV history. His name is Megatron. I first saw Megatron as a kid watching the Transformers cartoon show in NYC. It Came on Channel 11 (WPIX now known as CW) at 4:30pm monday through Friday. What I first notice is how his height is and then his way that he transforms into a gigantic gun with a eye target mirror on the top. Megatron was a evil machine that would stop at nothing to rule the world or in his case his homeworld of Cybertron. The Battles he had with Optimus Prime are extraordinary. I remember that his second Starscream always wanted to be leader of the Decepticons, so he challenged Megatron one on one, even though Megatron came out on top , he was ruthless and didn’t stop until Starscream begged for his life. Another Time I remember was the Transformers animated movie that came out in 1986 and Megatron and Optimus Prime battle to the Death and Megatron barely won the battle , He and Optimus Prime were severely injured by the other, Optimus Prime died after. Megatron was betrayed by Starscream

and blown away to death or so he thought. Megatron was saved by a gigantic living computer and was reborn as Galvatron. Galvatron interupted the ceremony as Starscream was being crown as the New leader of the Decepticons , Galvatron interupted and Starscream said “Megatron is that you”?, Galvatron said ” Here’s a Hint” and Blew Starscream away. Also Galvatron killed Several Autobots with ease and as any other Villain he main objective is POWER. Galvatron transforms into a powerful cannon that could blow building into rubble. Galvatron aka Megatron has always been a selfish ruthless leader of greed and power he is that type of machinery that lets no one or any thing get in his way of conquest. I am looking forward of seeing Transformers the movie very soon.

 

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