Michael Bay raped my childhood. Yep, that pretty much sums it up after watching the new Transformers movie.
I’m tired and don’t want to go on a long rant, but bad acting + complete lack of character development for the Transformers + Michael Bay = a crap movie. Sadly the 1986 cartoon movie was way better in almost every respect.
One of the reasons the original 1980s Transformers cartoons were such a smash hit was because of the level of thought that went into the character development for all the Transformers (Hasbro worked with Marvel to develop the characters I believe). The characters were interesting, relationships were developed and flushed out and conflicts formed. In the Michael Bay movie, there was absolutely no character development for any of the Transformers. How are you suppose to care about any of the characters if they are barely even introduced?
Just to warn you, this next paragraph is a spoiler. Something that bugged me to no end was the part where Optimus said he wasn’t going to rescue Bumblebee, he was a soldier, blah blah blah. If you watch season 1 of the 1980s animated show, within the first few episodes there is a speech Optimus gives about how the Decipticons aren’t coming to rescue Savage because they only care about themselves. Kind of funny, huh?
Well, I’m tired. I could rant about the huge holes in the story and how lame it is (grandfather’s eyeglasses?) and the terrible amount of product placement between GM, Mountain Dew and Microsoft, but I give up. We can probably expect at least two more sequels to this film, so each one will probably get progressively worse like Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Let’s just pray they don’t make a ThunderCats movie.
