Rating: 12ARelease Date: 27th July 2007
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LeBeouf, Jon Voight, Megan Fox.
Sex: No
Violence: Moderate, but mainly comical
Language: Minor.
It’s hard to imagine that when the excitement of a Transformers film began, with the best teaser trailer I’ve ever experienced. My appetite was whet for more, and the past twelve months have been spent scouring the cyber world for little trinkets of information on what has to be one of my personal most anticipated films, alongside The Golden Compass.
I don’t think I’ve looked forward to seeing a film this much since I was a kid, when every trip to the Cinema seemed exciting! It was like Christmas and several birthdays all rolled into one the excitement was so immense! Except, rather than getting the post-festivities blues that occur on Boxing Day, I left the cinema even more excited than when I walked in, practically wanting to scream, Teletubbies-style “AGAIN! AGAIN!”
Being a kid of the eighties, with a brother two years older than me, it was incredibly hard for me to have missed the Transformers craze originally. I won’t try and make out I was into it, because Care Bears was far more my scene when I was five, but I was definitely aware of it, if only through my brother’s love for the cartoons and the toys.
Following the “Beagle” teaser trailer, it is definitely fair to say that I had incredibly high expectations for this
film, and it was evident that it could easily go either way. I was either going to wet my knickers over it with adoration, or I was going to detest it so much, I’d want to top someone! So, yes, it’s fair to say Transformer’s is like my Marmite!! And all you people that I dislike will be thrilled to know, that I won’t be sharpening my knives, because I actually loved this film. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not some fan-girl who won’t hear anything bad against the film, and will defend every aspect, because I for one, know that the film is far from perfect, but then again, what film is 100% perfection?My main failing for the film pretty much followed the introduction of Megan Fox’s character Mikaela. She seemed so wooden and unbelievable. Her actions didn’t appear to fit and her whole introduction seemed incredibly dragged out. At this point, I was really thinking that I would never want to see the film ever again. Lucky for me, it wasn’t long before the Autobots came into the mix, the film severely picked up, and it was like being on a metaphorical rollercoaster that kept getting higher and higher as my heart raced with the buzz.
Graphically, Transformers, is simply stunning. All of the robots looked amazing, and the detail of each one was incredible. They were all so realistic and strangely human-like that it was almost impossible to not become attached to them in some way; it was partially heartbreaking to see Bumblebee in pain, and gratifying when Frenzy had his head chopped off!
Note: This review was originally written in 2007, and the rating I gave it at the time was: 8 out of 10. It originally appeared here.
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