Transformers [M]

Many years ago, on the planet Cybertron, a great battle took place and the All Spark, a cube of raw power, was lost amongst the stars. The evil Megatron, leader of the Deceptecons, followed it to Earth, but froze in the Arctic before he could retrieve it and use its powers to create a new army to destroy humankind. Now the key to finding the All Spark is imprinted on the glasses of the grandfather of Sam Witwicky, and it’s up to Sam to team up with Optimus Prime and his team of Autobots and find the All Spark before the Deceptecons do. 

This is another film where I have to swallow my pride and thank my brother. I knew of this film, but I had never had any strong desires to see. It had never seemed like my cup of tea. But after continual bating and nagging from my brother, I finally agreed to sit down with him and watch it. So glad that I did. It’s filled with action, science fiction, romance, memorable characters, and comedy. It’s a very good, balanced film. 

Many years ago on the planet Cybertron, a great battle took place between the Deceptecons and the Autobots and the All Spark, a cube of raw power, was lost amongst the stars. The evil Megatron, leader of the Deceptecons, followed the Cube to Earth, but crash landed in the Arctic and froze before he could retrieve it and use it to carry out his plan: create an army to destroy humankind. Now the key to finding the Cube is imprinted on the glasses of the grandfather of young Sam Witwicky and it’s up to Sam to team up with Optimus Prime and his team of Autobots and find and destroy the Cube before it falls into the hands of the Deceptecons. 

I thought this film was going to be all action and, to a certain extent it was, but the action seemed to move the story along. Unlike Dead Man’s Chest where the action was there purely to hold the attention of the audience, the action used in Transformers works much better because a) the story is about science fiction and battles, and b) the action no only held the audiences’ attention, but also moved the plot forwards. Without the fights and everything, we would not be able to learn about the Cube and the major point of the story. 

Shia LaBeouf stars as Sam Witwicky and he’s absolutely brilliant. He reminds me of a young Vince Vaughn in that he can fit so many words into the space of 60 seconds and articulate each one perfectly. His performance brought everything to the film: comedy, romance, action, and peace. He’s the centre of the universe and a complete delight from start to finish. 

Starring Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, John Voight, John Turturro and featuring the voice talents of Peter Cullen, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth, Darius McCrary, and Hugo Weaving, Transformers was a rollicking film filled with action, comedy, romance, awesome special effects, warfare, and heaps of epic battles. I absolutely love it!