Ok. I'm reliving my Junior High years. It seems that the entertainment industry is committed to helping me do this. I guess a t-shirt collection is better than buying a new Corvette.
I and several friends went to a late night showing of Transformers. All I can say is WOW!! Go see this movie.The acting isn't too bad, the guy gets the girl, and robots galore! Two hours and twenty three minutes wasn't nearly enough. I could have gone another hour at least, but I guess for the sake of those who never longed for a full set of Transformers and had to settle for a couple of Gobots, they kept it short to keep attention. There were so many tie ins with the old cartoon series, from the sound effects, the voice of Optimus Prime, and the little personality quirks of the Autobots and Decepticons.
The effects were well done, although the multiple POV quick cuts left me a bit dizzy... Shai Leboeuf does a surprisingly decent transition from absolute goofy, floppy nerdy kid to the pimply, skinny, nerdy teenager... Ok. Not much of a transition, but he does a good job with the action scenes without being overly sophomoric. Lots of funny quotes, even within the tense action scenes.
This movie is what I'd thought Transformers should look like if it were redone with today's production capability.
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