Michael Bay didn’t miss the mark, when he made Transformers. Though Bay used excessive artistic license to fatten his pocketbook through sponsorship (the movie was one big shameless GM Commercial), he did a fairly good job at updating the 80’s cartoon into something more relevant to today’s world. Oh, I must say that certain plot points were either excessive and/or nonsensical, and some performances came across as corny. All in all though, Transformers was an overwhelmingly fun movie.
Optimus Prime was pretty true to character, Megatron wasn’t a gun, and Bumblebee wasn’t a VW Beetle (which was traded in by Bay for a slick Shelby Camaro). And, none of the Decepticons had much character development beyond being mere misanthropic killing machines. However, for what it was, for the effects, for the pure fun of it… Transformers was freakin’ sweet!
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