Movie: Transformers
MPAA Rating: [PG-13]
The Short Version: A loud, brash movie which is a lot of fun, but contains very little in the ways of plot, character, or coherence. But if you want to see giant transforming robots fighting, this is the biggest and best way to see it. Just be sure to check your brain at the door.
The Long Version: The Transformers - toys that transformed from vehicles, gadgets, or animal into humaniform robots and back again - were as much a part of my childhood as Star Wars. I met my best friend while playing with Soundwave, and shared my love for the changeable toys with most of my male friends until sometime in high school when I outgrew the toys... officially, at least. I still kept buying the toys and enjoying changing them back and forth.
Now, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg have brought these mechanical behemoths to the big screen in a live action/CGI extravaganza. The plot of the movie - such as it is - is based on the "All-Spark", the robotic source of life. This giant cube has fallen to Earth, and is being pursued by two sides in an ancient war: the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Both are capable of transforming into seemingly common devices like cars and jet planes to hide in plain site. They first trash a base in Qatar and then come to America where they destroy most of an unnamed American city.
Overall, it is a fun movie. We saw it with a large crowd that laughed, cheered, and applauded at the end of the film. Many of the big names from our childhood are back, and many of them appear to have grown up with us as Megatron is even more vicious than anything in the cartoons or comics. The only negative to this spectacle film - aside from no real attempt at characterization, plot, or logic - is the rapid-fire editing and many cuts which make it very hard to follow the action at many points. Still, if you want a classic Big Summer Movie, this is the one for you.
Reader Reactiom: Long-time reader Bowhuter also wrote in with these comments: "...the death of American soldiers, the downing of black hawk helicopters, and the crashing of planes into buildings. After seeing what my father and my friends went through emotionally on 9/11, I may forever be of the opinion that showing a plane crash into a building is, “too soon” after the event to portray on film. That being said, the movie starts in Iraq with a bunch of soldiers. Throughout the movie there are references to real life events like, “we lost that chopper in Afghanistan. I am sure, my friend was on it.” We are constantly reminded of our soldiers in the Middle East the entire movie. The worst part is that too many soldiers die in the movie in similar ways to how they actually die in the “War Against Terror”. ...I felt like I was watching “Black Hawk Down”, not some light and fun cartoon-made-movie. ...the simulated loss of life is very disturbing and too close to real life."
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