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OK, I've decided to wait a week to review the new Transformers film. Mainly because I wanted to see how it did at the box office. So, without any spoilers or further ado, here we go...
If you haven't seen the 1st film, no worries. There's a nice synopsis at the beginning to this one. It's gets you up to speed cuz you need to be prepared to hit the ground running!
There are a whole batch of new Autobots & Decpeticons introduced in this film, the biggest of which is the main protagonist the Fallen. FYI: the Fallen is the name of one single Decepticon. Actually, he's the original Decepticon. (Before the film's release, there was some minor confusion about this. Initially, folks thought that the Fallen was a group of Decepticons that formed the gigantic Transformer. That would be wrong. The gigantic Transformer is Devistator, which is formed by the Constructicons...)
The most contraversial Transformers are the Autobot twins of Swipe & Mudflap. They're the ones that have the gold tooths (singular for each of them) and talk & act like rejects from "Yo! MTV Raps." I'll admit, they are really annoying. They don't really serve much of a purpose to the film beyond the forced comic relief. I wished that the writers would have had some other Autobot characters instead, like maybe Kup and Hot Rod (from the animated film) and Hound (the Army jeep).
The basic story spins from the end of the 1st film. It's all about fragments of the Allspark, the ancient Cybertronian artifact. There are 3 basic plots: the Sam Witwicky story; the NEST (military) story; & the Fallen's story. That's about all I can reveal without spoiling the rest of the film.
What I enjoyed about this film over the 1st one is the balance in story. It was almost equally split between each of the plots. There was also a lot more (human) character development, especially Mikayla, new character Leo and Sam's parents. The writers could've easily just made this film about Sam, Mikayla & the robots. Instead, they chose to develop the human characters.
The other thing is that this film does a "tip of the hat" to the original animated movie from the 1980's. A key element to the story is this object called "the Matrix of Leadership," which was the main story element from the animated feature.
As with the 1st film, the visual effects are what one is going to pay to see. And, just like the 1st film, they don't disappoint. There are Transformers of all types (cars, trucks, airplanes, motocycles). Each one is unique unto itself.
I wish that I could say more, but then I would be in danger of spoiling it. One thing that I can say is that I didn't have to pay to see this film, which is the same thing that happened when I saw the 1st one. I got free passes to an advanced screening. So, it's kind of a "tradition" now that I try to score free passes for any future Transformers movies.
So, I give this film a solid 4 out of 5 *'s (stars). It's a fun, summer blockbuster popcorn flick that begs to be seen on the big screen before you go buy to rent the DVD later this year.
So, that's it for now. As always, stay tuned.....
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