more than meets the eye

only a child of the eighties (and the little kids it's made for) will enjoy this. i vividly remember the pink energy cubes that the decepticons had to cut and cart around. and they always seem to be stolen; either from each other or some other place. the film...ohh. i had a silly grin plastered on my face for the entire one hundred and fourtyfour minutes. and for a long time after.

what more could you want when a movie starts off with action scenes, realistic-looking cgi, lots of explosions, consistent action sequences and impulsive robots from outerspace? however, with a film of this magnitude, there is no avoiding the cheesy insertion of that infamous phrase. but that's not the only thing that was cringeworthy. there are too many closeups that can cause problems with the flow of your vision and you can lose your bearings. but it was just for a moment and you're slammed back into the action.

one thing i was hanging out for was the noises that they make when they were transforming. i'm not sure whether it's the lack of it or the noise of the action masking it but i didn't hear much of it.

and bumblebee...ooh, how my heart jumped when he took the form of the new camaro...