Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 5
I have just watched the new Transformers movie and Sweet Jesus Sweet Christ, it rocks. It rocks hard. This is my review and while I will try not to give away too much, I must warn you that somethings will probably come through.
I’ve considered myself a Transformers traditionalist and so thought I would be annoyed with the changes that were made but to be honest as I was watching it, I found that I really wasn’t bothered by them that much. One major change did bother constantly though. Optimus Prime now has a mouth and a nose. It looked ridiculous and annoyed me greatly but other than that, there wasn’t much that really got on my nerves. Megatron, for example, has been redesigned heavily but until I watched the film I hadn’t really seen a close up of his face. When I did, he was instantly recognizable. One problem with the redesigns, however, is that Starscream and Megatron look very similar. In the battle in the city, it’s sometimes hard to figure out which is which.
Now a few problems with the plot. Overall it was great but a few things stuck out.
1. Optimus, when recounting the history of Cybertron, seems surprised that Megatron betrayed the Transformers. To be fair would you be suprised if you were betrayed by someone who was the leader of the Decepticons? The clue’s in the name.
2. Why did they take the object which the Decepticons wanted so badly to a heavily populated city, knowing that they would follow them there?
3. Upon arrival on Earth, the Autobots seem mildly retarded.
4. “My bad” really doesn’t belong in Optimus’ newly developed mouth.
There were other minor things but I’ll let them slide. Now some great things.
1. Seeing the first transformation and hearing that classic transformer sounds sent shivers down my spine.
2. When I knew that Optimus was coming, I was incredibly excited. I felt like a kid again.
3. When I first saw Optimus transform out of his truck form, I literally yelled “Yeah!” in a hotel were many people were sleeping. It’s sad but I was proper in touch with my inner child at that moment.
4. Before the Autobots showed up, the main character says to the girl he wants to get it on with “I think there’s alot more than meets the eye with you.” I enjoyed that.
5. Jazz’s first line “What’s cracking little bitches?”
6. Scorponok and Frenzy. Frenzy was one of Soundwave’s cassettes in the original series but in the film he basically takes on Soundwave’s role. He speaks and acts a little like Stripe from gremlins.
In summary, the movie was like seeing old friends that you haven’t seen in years. Sure they’ve changed a bit in appearance but who doesn’t? Obviously Soundwave would have been great. Hopefully he’s in the sequel but I swear to god if he appears in a sequel as a robot who can transform into an ipod like some have suggested, I’m gonna be right annoyed.
The world is now ready for a massive amount of old cartoon movies. A CGI Thundercats movie has now been confirmed. A live action one would have been awesome, with Samuel L. Jackson as Panthro, but I’ll take what I can get.
Also a new live action He-Man and the Masters of the Universe film will be made, produced by Joel Silver who produced such great films as V for Vendetta and Predator and such terrible films as the House of Wax remake and Richie Rich.
Who knows what the future holds. Til All Are One, Roll Out.