Transformers
Transformers (2007)
Starring - Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megand Fox
Directed by - Michael Bay
So after the SImpson next on the big screen is Transformers (robots in disguise.) A former cartoon favourite, this however is no cartoon, it has real people plus spectacular robots the special effects people can be exceptionally proud of. I however, am not one of those who belives special effects alone can make a film (Take King Kong, great effect, terrible film.)
So does the wider film match the work of the effects guys. Well, yes it does. The film wastes no time as decpticons attack a US military base in Qutar from the off. Through the internet both the evil decepticons and the good autobots have traced the all powerful 'All Spark,' an all-powerful cube that can be used for good or evil, to Earth.
Meanwhile in a little school, a young man named Sam Witwicky tells a story about his Grandfathers treck to the Artic circle, he also has his grandfathers glasses salvaged from the trip. Little does he know that these glasses hold the key to the whereabouts of the all spark. He intends to sell the glasses and other artifacts on ebay, seeing robots checking ebay for the details is very amusing.
As a result a pursuading his teacher to gvie him an A he did not deserve, his father buys him his first car, the car however turns out to be Bumblebee, sent to also trace the All Spark. Later Sam and Mikaela, a girl he would like to date, then meets Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. Sam's involvement in the serach fort eh All Spark is set, and takes him on a journey into the dark world of Government Alien survellence units, as well as into the heart of the Government defense department. The race for the cube like object is underway, and to get it before Megatron, the leader of the decepticons, does.
There are few pauses for breath in what is a rattling good story. It moves fast, and the slower parts are principally good humour to add to the drama. My only reservations were the fact we have the 'Is Bumblebee dead?' storyline twice when once would have done, this did drag out the ending a little. There was also much airtime given to two characters, one girl working in the defense department, the other caught with a CD the girl from the defense department had given him. These could have been replaced with standard analysts in the department, I have no idea what the point of these two characers were or what they added to the film.
All in all though, this delivered, good film, good story, good flow. Not great acting but enough to carry the battles between the robots, which afterall, is what this film is really there for. Well worth the hype, and a look if you have not seen it.
MOON OF LIBERTY VERDICT - RATING 'B+' - Lived up to the hype, a great story was put together and had me locked in from start to finish. These films often don't deliver, this did, well done to all involved.
