Derek Bodner’s Blog

(I should preface this by saying I was a huge transformers fan growing up, and fit right in the age bracket they were targeting).

I saw Transformers a little over a week ago (Sunday the 15th) with my brother. I haven’t gotten a chance to write about it because i’ve had other things on my mind, but the movie was friggin awesome. With everything that’s going on in my life right now, it was exactly what I needed. This was the type of movie that was the definition of fun. Sure, it might not have been a very intellectual movie, but I’m a firm believer not every movie has to be. There is a place for “fun” movies, and there are well done fun movies and poorly done fun movies. This was done nearly perfectly for the genre. The CGI was flawless. There might have been special effects that have been comparable in the past, but never that have fit into the movie so seamlessly. They honestly looked like they were on set. It reminds me very much of when I watched Jurassic Park for the first time in that regard. It will change all future action movies. The action was great, and it had its moments when it was funny (it was one-liner funny, not thought provoking funny, but again, there’s nothing wrong with that). The story wasn’t anything special, but it didn’t seriously detract from the action. Some people complained about the changes from the cartoon, but I honestly had no problem. Bumblebee might have been a Camaro in the movie instead of a VW Beetle (although I liked that they paid homage to the Beetle by having a yellow one in the auto lot), but they still captured the essence of the Transformers. In the end, you couldn’t help but root for Optimus Prime to win, and for Bumblebee to pull through. It was a movie about action and heroes, and it pulled it off splendidly.