This weekend, Candy and I went to see Transformers. Of course we went to the Alamo Drafthouse to see it. The Alamo Drafthouse is such a good theater that it got mentioned on Heroes! When you go to the Drafthouse, you really need to get to the theater early, not just to get good seats either. Instead of showing some boring ads for Coke, or dumbass trivia type of “game” the Drafthouse shows things that are somewhat relevant to the movie you are going to see. Also you need to look over the menu and put in your order. But I digress…
When we got to the theater, they were showing clips from the Transformers cartoon. Also they showed clips form the animated Transformers movie. Some of the other things they showed were Japanese transformers clips, and for some reason parts from Turkish Star Wars. What was cool was that the clip they showed from the animated movie was the fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron.
About the movie itself:
Transformers was one of those movies that I was not sure Hollywood would be able to pull off. The nostalgia surrounding the cartoon and toys would draw a lot of people in, but if the treatment of said nostalgia was too hokey it could have been a disaster. I have to say that I liked the toys and cartoon as a kid, but I’m not a hardcore Transformer enthusiast (i.e. I can’t name but a handful of the characters.) I had heard that the movie was good, but I had my reservations as it was being marketed as a Summer Blockbuster. Summer Blockbuster usually means that before you leave the house you need to take your disbelief, tie it up, and shove it in a closet, suspending it just won’t cut it. Keeping that in mind as well as realizing that this film was directed by the same person who directed Armageddon, I went to see the movie. I was nicely surprised. It was a good, fun movie. For me the special effects were the star. Candy said that what made the movie was Shia LaBeouf’s performance. I think it was a combination of his performance, the special effects and the humor. There was a lot more humor than I was expecting. The storyline that was put forth was not too bad, although it did kinda have an Independence Day feel to it on some parts. For the most part the acting was good. Some of the action sequences made me want to have a rewind/pause button so I could tell exactly what was going on they were so fast. I really liked the movie. And contrary to my belief Candy did too. It’s not that often that we leave a movie and she admits she wants to live it. After we left the movie she said “I want a transformer! A real one!” Honestly I think that’s the best review I could give… her reaction.
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