Craig Hill
TracyTRANSFORMERS - REVIEW
July 20th 2007 13:52
I'm actually late with this review, considering I saw Transformers pretty early - 3rd July. But like they say, better late than never.
PLOT
I'm sure you all know the basic plot, but maybe not so much about the sub-plot, what makes this movie unique to all the other Transformer movies. Sam Witwicky, played by Hollywood-favorite Shia LaBeouf, finally manages to collect enough money to buy a car that of course ends up being Bumblebee, one of the Autobots, the good guys. In fact he didn't pick the car, the car picked him, because Sam was in possession of the "Captain's glasses" that both the Autobots and Decepticons are after.
Very soon Sam gets involved in this war between the two parties, as he tries to get Mikaela Banes', played by Megan Fox, interest.
Everything ends up in a wild conclusion, with lots of action and incredible visual effects, still without compromising the story.
CRITIQUE
Before seeing the movie I had as high expectations as anyone can have, having all those amazing trailers and pictures in mind. Of course it's dangerous, because sadly most of the times movies with expectations fail to deliver.
I'm in a great position to say Transformers delivered beyond expectations. And it wasn't the effects or the cool robots. I loved it from the beginning, the nearly half first hour without a lot of neither mentioned factors. The humor and plain enjoyable story depicted. I said Shia LaBeouf is the new favorite in Hollywood, and I can understand why. This is a boy with talent and a long career waiting for him.
Of course the wonderful Megan Fox doesn't make things worse. Probably doesn't reach Shia's level, but quite gorgeous nevertheless.
Now that we've established that the story and performances were top class, how did the effects do?
Say what you want about Michael Bay, but I still haven't seen a director with the same skills in creating believable explosions, robots, effects, and anything else computer generated. Even Spielberg has to try real hard to match up.
I believe Transformers is Bay's best movie so far and will/can only be topped by a sequel. This is what Bay was supposed to do all along and I'm weirdly afraid we'll never see him in this state again.
Of course there's always something in every movie that could be improved and in this case I guess it's the mess we sometimes see during the robot-fights. Like steel fumbling around on the ground wrestling. I understand it's hard to manage, but those close-ups made things worse.
The climax fighting scene at the end also felt confusing, like what robot died, who lived, who is attacking now, etc, but then again maybe it's something only I experienced.
CONCLUSION
If this review didn't make you want to see Transformers, I failed miserably. I purely recommend everyone to see it and preferably in the cinemas. It almost feels like a one-in-a-lifetime experience. If movies are supposed to be entertaining, this is the definition of movies.
9/10
Watch the trailer of Transformers.
See the character pictures from Transformers.
See the posters of Transformers.
Watch a clip from Transformers.
Watch a TV-spot from Transformers.
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Comment by JuliaC
Good on you~~~
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
Hope you enjoy. Feel free to come back and tell me what you think
Tracy