Transformers One
We went to this movie after watching Megalopolis and were originally going to see the Joker. We decided to change it up and go to this instead to avoid two bad movies in a row. Initially, I am extremely happy with our decision and I am assuming that will hold up once we see the new Joker film. The best way to describe the film is that it was super fun! It surprisingly did not cater to the adult audience as much as you would think, so a lot of the humor was pretty dull. Aside from that, I thought the story and the action sequences were really good!
-J
Man, Jord kind of mailed that one in, huh? Blame it on the grueling deadlines of his editor. Jord’s right though, Transformers One is fun. But how fun is it, really? Well that depends on how much you are able to shut off the part of your brain the critically analyzes a movie. Because if you can’t do that, then Transformers One has some issues. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD. My biggest issue is that the heel turn for Megatron is SUPER jarring and I did not buy it whatsoever. Optimus and him go from best buds to instant enemies over a piece of information they learn that just is not believable and that really took me out of it. Beyond that, the writing overall just isn’t that good. There’s some pretty lazy attempts at humor, and a weirdly uneventful appearance by Steve Buscemi. The positives? The art direction was cool. The environment was really interesting. The voice acting was very good, particularly from Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson. And it is fun. In Jord’s “turn your brain off” kind of way.
-Z
