I went with my brother in law and his son (my kid didn’t want to go) to see the Transformers movie today.
Ho. Ly. Shit.
I was really expecting that they would fuck up a lot of the story with visuals but I was pleasantly surprised with the story and the visuals were awesome. I was also a little apprehensive about Bumblebee being a Camaro instead of the traditional VW bug, but even this was a nice change from the original story line (the final Camaro he mimics is a concept GM hasnt put into production yet, so says my brother in law). Frankly, I liked him as the old school Camaro, but thats just how I roll.
The rest of the Autobots were equally well done. Optimus Prime, who I was most afraid of would get the Hollywood flash makeover was well done and the voice was spot on. They were all true to the animated originals in looks and in character.
The only real let down, originallity wise, was Megatron. In the series he was a gun, but this time he was remade into an alien fighter jet which is I suppose better but still he could have at least been a howitzer or something. But this is really a minor thing.
All in all this was a really excellently made movie in itself and a real good remake of the original series characters and story. I suggest everyone go see it (at least everyone who had Transformers toys growning up).
I’m trying to get my son into it enough to take him along. He liked TMNT so he should like this one. Perhaps bribing him with candy or something will change his mind. We’ll see.
-Cheers