Transformers
State of Being : Blown Away
After almost 1 month of the movie release, finally caught the much anticipated movie remake of the year - Transformers. Directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the 2007 live action film, based on the Transformers franchise, was simply big, loud, senseless, campy and ridiculous all rolled into one.
After almost 1 month of the movie release, finally caught the much anticipated movie remake of the year - Transformers. Directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the 2007 live action film, based on the Transformers franchise, was simply big, loud, senseless, campy and ridiculous all rolled into one.Of course the special effects in the movie are awesome. You'll be amazed at how the transformation of robots to everyday electronics and back again looked seamless and natural on screen. In fact, computer animation has reached such a remarkable level that you’ll have no trouble imagining that these huge robots are really doing battle amidst California’s freeways.
Though the movie rates highly on the special effects, it however fell short on the characterization aspects. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, etc. all have distinct personalities but it was a disappointment that the filmmakers did not let these bots take over the spectacle. The film tends to revolve much more on the human stories, involving an ‘everyman’ young guy Sam Witwicky and the woman of his dreams, Mikaela Banes. In short, the robots were simply unmemorable and plain forgettable.
Final verdict:
Rating - *** I Plot/Humour - ** 1/2 I Effects/Animation - ****
P.S. Preferred the animated version over the less friendly-looking film version
(see Bumblebee above)
(see Bumblebee above)
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