Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 81

“So, what are we going to see tonight?” I asked my husband as we pulled away from the hotel that my in-laws were staying at during the time they were in the area from Texas. They had granted us a rare occasion of being able to go out to a movie without our four year old and two year old and we were at a loss as to what we were going to do like a lot of parents during that time without the kids. “I don’t know, I guess we will see when we get to the theater.” My husband said as we made our way to the local theater.

The movies that were available during the time that we were there did not interest us much but I saw Transformers and said I wanted to see it. I did not tell my husband that I had been a secret fan as a kid since most of the viewing audience had been boys during the time the cartoon was on in the 80’s. But I loved a “hero” story line as much as anybody. The Optimus Prime character was always my favorite and each time I went to a story and saw an action figure I wished I could pick one up for myself but I figured I would have to say it was for my younger brother if anyone had caught me.

I walked into the darkened movie theater yawning from a day of traveling on the road with my in-laws. I was really hoping that the movie was not going to be one that I was going to fall asleep in. Boy was I not let down in anyway! The action started just about right away as the main character goes to a car lot to buy his first car and the entire car lot of blows up! The car that was picked was a classic Camero at first that reminded me of the cars when I was a kid so I had a chuckle at that and when it began to do things like drive by itself and play songs that were appropriate to the moment, I could not help but fall in love! There was NO way that I was going to fall asleep during this movie!

I enjoyed seeing Shia Lebeouf in the main male lead role as I have enjoyed him on the Disney shows that I have been able to watch including the movie “Holes”. He has a certain flair with comedy and action that is captivating and hopefully will last a long time in the entertainment business. It was almost a breath of fresh air from watching other action flicks with actors that need to throw in the towel. His female counterpart in Megan Fox was refreshing as well. She actually turned out to be the beautiful girl with a brain rather than the cheerleader who was more obsessed with her looks than anything else. There were scenes were she was really able to show her emotions and her strength and I was cheering for her right long side Sam, Shia Lebeouf’s character.

All in all, this thirty five year old mom gives the movie a huge thumbs up with great action shots, great characters and an awesome story line. I may have to buy a copy when it comes out on DVD.