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Transformers
Transformers
Kick-ASS!
Finally, a movie that lives up to the title of “blockbuster” – literally. When I first heard about this film being made, I thought it was going to be pretty much like the lame TV show back in the mid-80’s, incredibly cheesy and poorly written. Then, when I saw the first trailers, my hopes rose exponentially.
Also I’d like to point out that, unlike a lot of people, I don’t hate Michael Bay. That seems to be the au courant view around Hollywood these days. I kinda liked Armageddon and Pearl Harbor and The Rock. (I also like Novocain shots, but that’s a story for another time).
Ubiquitous Shia LaBeouf was expertly cast as Sam Witwicky, the nerd-who-turns-hero-and-falls-for-the-hot-classmate (also a nicely done performance by aptly-named Megan Fox). John Tuturro is hysterical as the über-serious Agent Simmons from the shadowy government “Section 7,” and John Voight adds his own bit of gravitas as the Secretary of Defense.
The plot centers around the search for the Allspark, a mysterious cube which was the origin of life back on Cybertron, and eventually landed on Earth. All of that is narrated in the opening five minutes of the movie so we can get on with the humor and the action and the eventual epic battle to the death between Megatron (the bad Transformer) and Optimus Prime (the Good Transformer).
The very best action movies are those which have just the right amount of humor woven in, and Transformers does it seamlessly. I'm still chuckling at the scene where Sam's parents are questioning him about what he's been doing locked up in his room. It’s delightfully obvious that the cast and crew had as good a time making this film as our audience enjoyed watching it.
The nerds, dorks and geeks at the special screening at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood when totally bats**t nuts when Producer Tom DeSanto was introduced prior to the beginning of the show. I’ll admit I rolled my eyes a bit when he made the comment, “If you’re not a fan, you will be by the time you leave this theater.” When the credits finially rolled, I had this urge to go out and buy some Hasbro toys. I went in a cynic, and left a fanatic.
This movie, like Optimus Prime and the Gang, is going to be absolutely enormous, and it sets a new bar for the summer, if not the rest of the year. Pay your money, buy your popcorn and enjoy this 2 hours and 24 minutes of pure adrenaline rush.
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