Bumblebee

"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff) 03/23/2019 at 01:45 • Filed to: None

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Just watched the latest in the Michael Bay Robotic Explosions franchise.

Easily the best one to date, it actually had a coherent plot and character development. The fight scenes could actually be followed, and the transformations became less fluid-nano-swarm and were quite a bit simpler, with recognizable car parts visible even in the Transformers’ robotic forms.

To paraphrase one of the big name critics, this is the live-action Transformers movie that kids of the 80s have been waiting to see.

And while he only had a few minutes of screen time, Optimus Prime is a proper COE in this one; to say nothing of Bumblebee’s triumphant return (preturn?) as a classic Beetle.

Hailee Steinfeld is the lead human, and she does a great job as an emotional teen who misses her dearly departed dad.

In summation: A+ w ould recommend for anyone who likes giant robots that turn into 1980s vehicles. It won’t win any Oscars but it won this 80s kid’s heart.

Gerry197 > atfsgeoff 03/23/2019 at 02:04

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Actually, this wasn’t one of Michael Bay’s films, it was directed by Travis Night, which is probably why it was a good film.  

Berang > atfsgeoff 03/23/2019 at 02:05

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Probably made sense because Bay didn’t direct this one.

atfsgeoff > Gerry197 03/23/2019 at 02:14

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Fair enough, though Bay was still an executive producer. It does explain the marked improvement in direction!

jimz > atfsgeoff 03/23/2019 at 04:10

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Sorry, but that critic can go fuck himself. I grew up on a steady diet of Transformers cartoons in the ‘80s and I thought the first Transformers film was awesome.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > atfsgeoff 03/23/2019 at 06:49

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Bumblebee/Dumbledore

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > atfsgeoff 03/23/2019 at 12:32

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This movie was a good change but it looks like nobody has learned their lesson, they are making a sequel to the good awful transformers 5, and the sequel to this is reported to take More from the bay films for so e reason. Seriously. They made a good film and are now gonna just go back to the Bay trash.

atfsgeoff > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 03/23/2019 at 13:44

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I’d heard they were taking lessons from Bumblebee and writing the upcoming films to be more story- and emotion- driven and less mindless nano-cloud robot thrashing.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > atfsgeoff 03/23/2019 at 15:17

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I saw the opposite, I have no idea what to believe anymore with this franchise, I like bumblebee and would hope they just move in that direction.