(2007)
You know there was a lot of high hopes when Steven Spielberg announced the live action adaptation of Hasbro's much loved cartoon and toy-line 'Transformers.' Little by little we got new information. some good, some bad, some different. Global outrage was heard when Michael Bay was picked to direct, myself included; I thought there and then this project was doomed. Then they started changing the appearance and voices of certain Transformers to geld into this modern world of ours. What was becoming of our hopes?
As it turns out I wouldn't have wanted anyone else to have made the movie, except maybe Spielberg himself. Bay was given a near perfect script, that not even he could stuff up, the visuals were outstanding his action orientated mindset really helped give the audience exactly what they were paying for.
Shia Labeouf plays Sam Witwicky a fast talking, hormone driven teenager who lives only for himself and the hope of getting the girl of his dreams. His dad has just bought him his first car, a completely run down old yellow Camaro, but Sam couldn't be happier as he now has acquired the first step to getting the girl, a ride. Unbeknownst to him however is this isn't any ordinary vehicle, no not even close, you see this car happens to be Bumblebee, an Autobot from Cybertron.
The Autobots (lead by the ever almighty Optimus Prime) and the Decepticons (headed by the evil Megatron) have been at war on their distant home planet for eons and now both have traveled a long way to Earth each trying to find and covet the Allspark, an energized matrix cube able to give it possessor ultimate power being able to create an endless army of Transformers out of inanimate electrical objects. But where the story really comes into its own is with Sam's interaction with not only these sentient aliens but also with Mikaela Banes (the High School love interest) played by the ever so beautiful Megan Fox; their chemistry together onscreen was perfectly expressed.
Sam's parents were absolutely terrifically cast and Josh Duhamels Capt. Lennox character was a nice added perspective to the warring chaos. Having also shown the story from the side of the "hackers" helped to bring the storyline together and blessed us with some nice eye candy in the form of Australian actress Rachael Taylor.
I'm aware a lot of people or 'fanboys' if you will, were upset and/or disappointed with the outcome due to so many details being changed but I just feel that what the writers came up with did the (at the time - dying) franchise justice. Some complaints of my own would involve comments regarding how many of the fast paced action scenes seemed to blur, especially in the final battle where if you were to blink you may miss out on seeing a characters demise. Also too many of the Transformers were silver/chrome which at times becomes annoying in following who's who. Lastly I would have liked to have seen more of Sam's best friend Miles, a character shown extremely briefly and whom gets ditched way too soon IMO.
8/10
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