My Peek on: Transformers

Hell yeah! Hell-la-lujah! There ain't this much entertainment in cinema since Terminator 2.
If you're still wondering if this is kids stuff, GO WATCH IT! Transformers might be the one movie that you'll remember for a long time, something in the likes of T2 or Titanic (Yes, cheesy Jack and Rose). This movie is huge.

Firstly, you don't need to bring alot of brains to watch this one. In fact, its easier to watch it then read my blog. Once you strap yourself to the seat and let Optimus Prime introduces the show, its all autopilot from there. There's enough forward action to get you glued for the rest of the 2 plus hours (i lost count, this is one of the very few shows that i don't care at all of the time). The Micheal Bay cheesyness? Thankfully kept at a minimum. The main character Sam Witwicky ("ITS WIT-WICKY!") was not bad, throwing audience with his antics and comedies. But my biggest clap (and whistles) goes to, woo-hoo, Mikaela Banes (played by, woo-hoo, Megan Fox). Damn, she saves the day. These two met, get along, develops love, you know. Thank-goodnessly, its far less cheesy than Pearl Harbor.

Next, introducing the Transformers. Look, i'm a kid when it comes to badass, heavy-metal, mechas, and i think this is the sleekest Transformers yet. I have doubts before the show on how they're gonna make this believable to the modern world (this ain't cartoon where you can revive bots as easy as you kill them every episode), and the producers did just that. But i do feel that it was a bit hard to identify who's who of the Decepticons, they look quite the same (hey, when did Starstream got killed?). Apart from that, they did great with the morphing scenes. I bet you can get the automation precisely when you slow-mo the entire morphing sequence.

So, whats not so good about the best movie of the year? For the start, there's so much time for action that characters are not fully explored. The humans are okay. They get some good screen time, take us along the story, but the robots are just lacking the heart and soul that we usually get from the cartoons (sans Beastmaster series). There's too few robots to my liking, and they came in even numbers for both sides. That somewhat balances the entire struggle, but i was hoping that the Decepticons were more harder to fight, which leads me to Megatron. The most vicious, cunning, and powerful leader of the Decepticons stayed frozen for almost two hours before running amok and reduced to a pile of scrap from a push of a cube to the heart that came from a human. I was expecting a colossal battle between Optimus and Megatron like they always do in the cartoons, and i was even more expecting for an Optimus sacrifice. It all never came, and that makes the ending felt like leaping off the top of the Twin Towers just to realize that you could then walk on air.

The touching feeling of the entire show essentially ended with Bumblebee getting caught by the humans. The rest of it was pure exhilarating action, and as i said earlier, the action (and Megan Fox) saved the day. So for the entertainment factor alone, Transformers deserved my 5 out of 5 stars.

p/s: Do you feel i ended my review abruptly? Thats how it felt at the show's ending.

No-fark!