What can I say? In the history of film making you have the Lumiere Brothers, Orson Welles’ Citizen Cane, C.B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments and a few other bright lights – above them all rises – Transformers. Ok. Maybe I am exagerating a tad. I am really speaking as the 10-year-old version of me who used to watch Transformers religiously as a kid. The kid who would sometimes wonder where Optimus Prime was always hiding the trailer for the 18-wheeler that magically appeared out of nowhere everytime he transformed from Autobot to truck.

 

The movie successfully delivered in pretty much every area I was hoping for. The effects were out-of-this-world and absolutely believeable. Incredible action that hardly ever relented. The opening sequences were pretty hardcore in fact.

 

So what if the story was a little light. Who cares if the scenes between some of the human characters were a little lame? You know what? I don’t! This is a movie made for action and for the little kid that never grew up that I keep trapped inside of me. I think I literally shivered when Optimus Prime spoke for the first time – LITERALLY shivered… The best part was they used the original voice from the cartoons – Peter Cullen.

 

I am fully aware that I have fallen for the brilliant marketing tactics of Hasbro and Michael Bay’s genius tapping into the original series characteristics like Cullen’s voice to suck me, people like me and our progeny into the theatre. I am happy for doing it and creating a whole new generation of Transformer fans.

 

So – did I like it? Guess who’s lining up for the DVD when it comes out?