I thought the same too! I was so happy to see him being talkative after watching him with little to no dialogues (except him using the radio) for so long
honest, i assumed it was backstory for why megatron eventually violently rips out his voice box, if it was due to immense annoyance from over the years, that would check out XD.
We finally get an explanation as to why Decepticons fly and Autobots roll. The first Decepticons were primarily Cybertronian army, while the first Autobots were primarily civillians
I sensed this was the case all the way back in G1. Autobots could empathize with others while Decepticons only knew how to fight and conquer. They come from two completely different worlds and mindsets.
As an old head, I really enjoyed the movie. But the biggest praise I can give to this film is that I believe it can be what G1 was for me, for a new generation
I went in as an average enjoyer of Transformers and walked out as a full on Transformers fan who wants to get into collecting now. And I picked the best time too with Transformers collaborating with my favorite video games of all time: Monster Hunter. I’m excited for Rathalos Prime!
If I was to introduce kids to Transformers I would start with this movie. If they showed interest and wanted more I would then show them Animated followed by Prime and end it off with G1 and the G1 movie. If the kids can understand the concept of continuity and not get bogged down by the different but similar universes I think they could get a lot out of this order
This has basically been Optimus’ origin since 2010 when Hasbro started the Aligned Continuity. The War for Cybertron games, the netflix series and even Transformers Prime.
I saw the movie already. When I hear the voice of Orion/Optimus, I didn't hear Thor, the same as when I hear Mario, I didn't hear starlord. Mr. Hemsworth really did make the character his own and that's not bad.
That’s fair. I was expecting him to do really bad, but he surprised me. It’s not Peter Cullen (God bless that man ❤), but no one will ever be. He did a good job and I’m proud of Chris ❤
This movie felt like one of the biggest love letters to everyone who's stuck with this franchise I've ever seen. You can tell there were people on the team who truly care about Transformers and grew up with it and love the mythos and world of Transformers just as much as we do. The fact that this will also probably be many kids' first exposure to Transformers, this is a fantastic jumping-off point for them. I can genuinely point to this movie and say "this is Transformers" and it is rad as hell.
As an old head who didn’t think it was possible. They did it this is definitely the best Transformers movie completely blew me away. The ending had the entire theater on the edge of their seats.
I will give you the ending - it was fire!… I think the first one was the best overall. This one is a close second to me. Did you see Hotrod at the end?
I’m still sad about it weeks later… I suspect in a sequel there might be moments of regret in Megatron but he will know he’s gone too far to be forgiven… at least in his own mind. And this will make him colder.
Bumble Bee (Keegan Michael Key) called one his friends A-Atron…definitely a reference to his Key$Peel sketch where he called a student whose name Aaron, as A-Aron.
@@keslerjenkins9683 I grew up with the 2007 movie. It's that, Cybertron & Animated that brought me into Transformers. As much as it's nostalgic for most of us, but I personally don't think so. Still, I respect your opinion.
Chris’ gradual transition in his voice from Orion To Optimus throughout the course of this film was simply genius. Same can be said for Megatron bravo to the voice acting.
I thought the length was fine. Just long enough to tell a really good story, but not too long to lose the younger members of the audience. This film would be a perfect candidate for an extended cut on home video.
I too, love the way they used the incredibly rich lore of previous continuities. And not just a superficial way. They built those refrences/inspirations/lore elements into the story. For ex, Megtaron's low caste miner origin is taken from thr IDW comics. Starscream's backstory was inspired by his Aligned continuity one. The cogless bots unable to transform during the rule of the Quintessons come from the G1 series. It's just so cool. Also I agree with you on your hot take. This movie is better than the 86 one.
@R1ckyWithA1 As someone who doesn't have much reverence for the 86 movie aside from the music and some elements that have become mainstays in TF lore, it's definitely going to be much more iconic but I wouldn't say it's terrible. One is better as a story, but the 86 movie is a decent popcorn flick. I just kinda have to be in a mood to watch it whereas I don't for something else held in high regard like the original TMNT movie which I can watch whenever
@@necr0danc3r29yeah, the personality and color are from TFA but the design (with those "wings", pointy shoulders and double sword) are definitively fron DOTM, a great mix of designs
Yeah. While people are talking about the parallels between One’s Sentinel and DOTM’s, I see them more with Animated’s, who’s a massive prick for little reason, and WFC’s, who while noble was pretty sadistic when you were playing as the Cons.
@@HaNgan-oo5ivactually, the lack of blood is what allows them to be so brutal. You can get away with a lot more carnage with mechanical creatures than not
I think that brutal death was the final nail for the creation of megatron at that moment d16 was dead and megatron killed him the minute he ripped sentinel in half
@@Hazel_TheOneThat's at the end of the movie. First half was the race, then the 13 primes, then the plot, then Megatron becoming power hungry, then the clash.
My minor criticism is that it easily could have had another half hour if not hour, it's so fast in it's pacing it needed the relatively simple storyline so that audiences wouldn't get lost
I think the pacing is fine. Sure its fast, but I think it helps with the eventual tragedy of Orion and D's friendship. Like, they just realized that they were basically lobotomized at birth, casted into the lowest of the low to slave away in the mines probably for the rest of their lives, treated like dirt by everyone else above without any way of escaping their situation and the person who caused all this is living like a king and admired by the masses. This person apparently also murdered the rightful leaders of their planet and sold off the next generation's future to the enemy all in a span of a few days, with no breathing space or a chance to calm down and talk about it
Anyone else notice that Sentinel Prime's and Airachnid's soldiers look almost exactly like the nameless Decepticon soldiers from Transformers Prime? Also, my only gripe with this movie is that it should have been about 2 and a half hours long, but I still love it.
Took the family to go see it last night. It was surprisingly good. You could tell the writers were fans of the franchise as they blended about 5 different storylines from various permutations of Transformers lore together. The only sad part was the theater was shockingly empty. Maybe 10 people in attendance. If the box office doesn't pick up, this might be a one and done.
@@juanecheverria11 There were only about a dozen people in my IMAX for the Sunday morning showing. The movie deserved a lot better. Maybe good word of mouth will create a resurgence and give the film a respectable tail.
I went opening night, the very first showing and me and my roommate were the only two in the theatre :( I went again the next week and there was maybe 20 people besides us. Granted I do live in the middle of nowhere and a tiny town...so I am not the normal experience.
When Megatron said he would not kneel for sentinel prime or anyone else ever again... my god gives me goosebumps thinking about it! (wonder if Unicron will get him to kneel in the future lol)
The marketing was definitely something to be desired. Like, the final trailer they put out on the 17th showed way too much and made me glad I managed to go to an early screening on the 14th lol
They wanted to market it to the younger fans, and then reward the loyalty of the older ones later. Though if you ask me it was obvious there was more to the movie than the trailers let on, only the absolute petty fans would refuse to give it a shot
@@kennethsatria6607 This. I've actually recently seen fans who passed because it takes inspiration from the Aligned continuity lore rather than G1 which is peak petty to me
This is what I wanted the Michael Bay movie to be when it came out. In my mind as a kid Transformers was a dark story and not the comical mess that the live action movie I had waited 25 years for turned out to be . Well done ..... Awesome 😎 OH I ALMOST FORGOT....... STAR SCREAM WAS FINALLY THE RIGHT COLOR AGAIN
This doesn't nake sense to me....your talking about wanting transformers to be dark and not comical but the live action movies were dark, particularly dark of the moon....and wdym by comical cause this movie and the live actions had comedy....also stsrcream was the right color in bumblebee....
couldn’t agree more man, i go in with very low expectation.. came out speechless by how amazing it is.. i went to see it again the next day and i watch it 3 times now. i really hope people will set aside all that early comment about oh the movie didn’t look good etc and give this movie a chance to see it while in theaters, cause i think transformers movie we’re meant to be experience in the biggest screen possible and this one was the one to be watch in theaters
I would not call this a kids movie. It's typical because it is animated. No, it is a family movie. I love the 86 movie, but more for nostalgia and how it is part of the things that shaped my geekdom. But this One is objectively much better movie in all aspects. I mean Optimus Prime IS the hero. As an OG fan. The moment before he became a prime, got me nervous haha. Fantastic movie.
Couldn’t agree more. You said it best, it’s not a kids movie…It’s a family movie that has enough in it for literally everybody sitting down to watch it to enjoy. The kids will enjoy the whole ride, while the older fans will be able to appreciate every little bit that is sprinkled throughout the entire movie that will go over many of the casual viewers and kids heads
I don't know why people don't watch movies because it's targetted to kids, it's transformers. It's like complaining about not having enough stamina while there was literally a skill tree to upgrade it (looking at you IGN)
💯💯 towards the end when elita and bee try and subdue Megatron and Megatron grabs bee and slams him by the throat before Optimus surges back up I thought for sure they were about to do it to him again 😂
"I'm done saving you..." The line that made our hearts drop. The line that let us know that D-16 was no longer D-16. The line that told us that D-16 and Orion were no longer brothers, but Cybertronians that were upset about Sentinel's betrayal, but had two different mindsets. One wanted change, while the other wanted revenge on the bot that he thought would look down on him after the many mistakes him and Orion had made, only to find out that he already looked down on him since birth... D was betrayed, and Orion having separate views on what was happening wasn't making it better. D was *forged* into the Megatron that we knew from 1984 to now. And God, does this movie prove how depressing the story behind these two enemies is...
We loved the movie, even my wife who is not a transformer nerd like me. We did the 3d experience and ill be going back to watch in the vip theater next
The trailer did this movie dirty. LOVED it, the drama, conflict. I also love that D-16 was straight out a villian. For a lot of people he would be seen as a hero, he dethrones the one who decived them for so many years. His only downfall is being in mind of absolutes and restarting everything with him having control. I hope they keep it that way. Megatron can be evil but he is also a leader who got his people to protect.
All I'm sayin' is that if they took this movie and used it as the basis for a remake of "More than Meets the Eye" part 1 - 3 as a feature length film, it could be the most awesome Transformers movie yet.
I brought my kids (6 and 9) to see this and we were all entranced. It was fantastic. Sadly on a Saturday afternoon of opening weekend,the theatre was almost empty. Personally, I was looking forward to this and would have thought it’d be a packed house. The only con for me (pun intended) was D-16’s dark turn. He seemed genuinely good and I appreciate the trauma of learning the truth, but he went bad a little too quick for me. Overall I can’t wait to watch again.
My daughter and I were lucky enough to see the movie a few months back in the UK and my daughter also happened to be the first kid in the world to see it, ( thank you so much Lorenzo) and we both thought for different reasons this movie is going to be the smash hit of 2024. I’m in total agreement with you it’s knocks it out of the park. Emily loved all the action and Sentinal scene she was fine with. To flip Galveston’s line “this is” good “comedy” ;) just the right level of humor gravitas action and oh my Cybertron looks more like how it was original though of from the 86 movie. Can’t say enough good things about transformers one and can’t wait to see it another 20 times to take it all in. Great review sir:)
Thank you! That’s awesome to hear how your daughter was the first in the world to see it and I’m glad you both enjoyed!! Totally agree with you in loving how they flipped the bad/good comedy line😂
As a hardcore G1 fan, I agree. ONE takes the top spot now as the GREATEST most accurate TFs story ever told. The '86 movie can now rest and guard the 2nd place with honor. My 10yr old self can now have peace.
In Transformers One Starscream was once the leader the High Guard before D16 tookover the leadership, becomes Megatron and called themselve Decepticons. What D-16/Megatron did to Sentinel Prime is brutal by tearing up his body into pieces but to be honest he definately got what he deserved anyway since Sentinel Prime is the main antagonist of this movie.
I hope they explore the dynamic between Megatron and Starscream in the next one a bit. They really set things up for some strife to come up between them.
Saj Productions I know Peter Cullen is your childhood hero and all since he’s a legend among the greatest voice actors of all time. But this is like a teenage Optimus or Orion so they got a younger celebrity actor to voice a younger Optimus.
@anthonylogiudice9215 I think he still has a couple more live action movies in him before they go down the James earl jones Vader route and begin working with him to preserve his voice forever with AI work. I know it’s controversial to some but for characters like this it’s honestly essential, and Star Wars has been doing it with Vader for about 3 years now so it can work. We’re not there yet tho, as Cullen has expressed his desire to do voice work has not ceased
This is like the perfect transformers movie. Like literally perfect. I REALLY hope we get another one. Same writing team same choreographers, same animation team, same vision, same voice actors, same passion!! This movie is incredible i wish i could have experienced in a really nice theater.
I have never been a HUGE fan of transformers. I definitely enjoyed the movies, but I’ve never been into it like I am with Star Wars, Harry Potter or even Marvel. This movie. Holy fucking shit. THIS movie changed that completely.
Ditto... If one wasn't a Transformer fan before seeing this movie they will be after. That's what I said to myself after having watched it. I haven't been a follower of this series, but this movie was great!
ive seen it twice, Every time i heard even a snipit of the TFP music, it was a literal gutpunch. Went to see it earlier (second time) and picked up on D-16's eyes, slowly changing. also wish optimus had a sword instead of an axe but thats just me
@@castleguard_of_xbox360 yea i know that, I started with the bayverse, then went back to waatch tfp and to me it just seems more fitting for optimus to have a sword. but i get where your coming from.
@@atomicrc_8303 I do agree that the sword is cooler. This movie did a great job including lots of different things from other continuities into it, though. Maybe he gets a sword in the sequel?? 😄
They could have easily accidentally made him overly weak and indecisive like Netflix WFC, thank god they gave him such cool action scenes even before becoming a Prime alongside the gentle scenes
Just came back from an early screening! Damn near jumped out of my seat the moment I heard Bryan Tyler’s transformers prime theme too! ❤ What a time to be a Transformers fan !
My favourite part of this movie is the atmosphere of the city and those trains with transforming train tracks and the creative use of the character transformations used for momentum or battle. Best movie I’ve seen since Across the spiderverse!
Me my dad and my brother watched TF one today. My dad grow up in the 80s and watched G1 and we all watched TF one. it's so good that my dad loves it and he likes some references of G1
The movie debuted last week in here in my country and I already have saw it twice, just as you say man, as someone who already saw the film 2 times, still I have the itch of go back and watch it again this weekend, that how much I loved this film man.
I'm 44. I was 6 when 'The Transformers: The Movie' came out. I watched the show every day after school and played with the toys. I survived Generation 2, Beast Wars, RID, Armada, Bayverse, and all the rest. None of it captured the essence of The Transformers that I grew up with. I watch the '86 movie still to this day at least once a month. Having said all of that, I watched this out of morbid curiosity and was blown away. I've since watched it 5 more times to take it all in. I verified the Director is my age, and I can tell you youngins for certain, that he was a Transformers fan back in the 80s too. Nothing this good has come from Transformers since the Summer of '86. If you love G1, you need to see this.
Transformers one was perfectly made it had so many references and little details made for the old fans yet still was a amazing story that even someone who’s never heard of transformers could love it was the perfect blend between story and fan service ESPECIALLY megatron being D-16 as 16 was his number on the original toy and I loved how megatron’s fall into evil wasn’t because of his own ego or some random ohhh megatronus T-cog made him evil!!!! You can actually genuinely see him developing even without the big rage moments I’m not even a old transformers fan my only toy is a weird Optimus prime with no articulation and I still LOVED IT I just hope it does better in the box office or else this might just be a one shot
I am pushing 51 this year. I was 13 when the 86 movie dropped, and yes, I considered it the greatest transformers movie, discarding the Michael Bay rubbish. But this movie... it was wonderful. I still have a cozy spot in my heart for the 86 movie, however, this new one is my new favorite :)
Only thing is, i wish the final sequence was a tad longer. I wish Alpha Trion was used more. Maybe even in the next one, they could use the primes' parts to upgrade themselves or something. Idk the possibilities are endless, as for now the battle for resources is not the main plot, now its really political, vs battling for energon to survive.
Paramount said that this was gonna be a prequel to the live action films, but that makes no sense if sentinel is dead, unless there finally confirming this has been a reboot since bumblebee
This is a brand new continuity. Never listen to paramount listen to the directors. Lorenzo is the head of all this and doesn’t know what he’s doing at all. He tried connecting every animated product and live action including this early on- but it’s a separate continuity
Gonna be new timeline, and I'm excited for the sequel tho I wish they didn't skip through the quintesson war and make it the/part of the plot on the sequel.
We need to spread the good news far and wide so they make a second movie. I saw it yesterday and I want to go see it again. Where I am it’s about $20 to see a movie but it’s worth it to go again.
I hope there is sequel. I am "old" G1 fan and I love this! As my husband and I walked out of the theatre, my husband wanted to watch it again. So we are seeing this again this weekend. I think its very telling how good something is by how rewatchable it is.
As a card carrying "old head," I'll say this: I love G1 for the nostalgia it brings BUT I also really liked the first few bayverse movies, beast wars and Prime. I'm okay with some changes being made to tighten up the universes to an extent so long as the overall feeling fits ..
They should have Peter Cullen come back for Transformers TWO. Have a battle in the next movie where everyone has injuries and Optimus Prime has his voice box messed with where the others help fix eachother and then Peter starts speaking. That would blow everyone's minds making their earth transition more fantastic.
I totally see why people would want this but personally I think and hope they just keep hemsworth in this continuity permanently. Let this be its own thing, and let this franchise STAY on Cybertron. We have enough earthbound stories
Just came back from the theater digging into all the spoiler reviews now. It was AWESOME! I wanted to watch it again immediately after it ended, that's how you know it's good. I have to agree with some others here though, I still think the 86 movie is better but also like others have said, it had a whole lot of build up. Whereas this movie IS the build up for this continuity. The next two movies, which they hopefully get to do, could be absolutely incredible.
I’ve been a huge Transformer fan since 1984. The 86 movie is and always will be the best, but that’s my heart speaking. Cinematically? Logically? Analytically? This is superior even to 1986. They focused on the most important thing: character development. The respect shown for each individual. The attention to motives that people can identify with. I can’t wait for the rest of the trilogy. (Heard a rumor) Btw, take a close look at the ship Starscream and crew are using as a base. Does it look like the Nemesis? The ship the Deceptions used to get to earth that became their base in G1? Maybe that’s just me.
what touched me about this movie, was how, like. I completely forgot that D-16 was gonna becomes megatron. Seeing Orion and him be just two dudes with 9 to 5s, like actual bros. Was so fucking awesome. The thing ive seen so many say is during the seen where they figure out the truth and they are arguing "Yeah thats really how friends talk" and I felt that
I wish the movie was longer and I wish they'd stretch Megatron's progress of becoming evil a bit longer. Cuz damn, he had a heart when he tried to save Pax but then that person just turned 180° in a blink of an eye
I loved this movie, it had me gasping at every turn and beyond glad to have frequently binged _The Basics._ Might be number one Transformers movie of all time, but if it isn't, then it's top three. (Up there with G1 and 2007.) Obviously some problems, but very minor ones. Airachnid: You are supposed to one of the most sadistic killers on the roster. Why are you so calm or an incredibly bland flavor of angry about everything? Elita One: Speaking of angry... Can you please calm down!? I get it, your situation sucks, but all you do for half the movie is get pissed. But you did win me over the second half, and it was great. But for the love of god, why are you so small!? You are a giant in litterally any other on screen appearance, you have no buisness being half the size of Optimus! And why a bike? Bikes are very clearly Arcee's thing in the modern era. As one of the main Autobot leaders, you should totally being turning into some kind of transport vehicle. Bee: Honestly, thought the humor would get old real quick. Surprisingly? Doesn't overstay it's welcome. Far more tolerable and badass in the second half. D-16: The runtime _really_ screwed you over here. You needed just BIT more time to develop and truly evolve into Megatron. All the right boxes were checked just in a very hasty way. Soundwave: WHERE ARE YOUR CASSETTES!?!? Starscream: Too confident too early. Edging D-16 makes no sense giving what was going on and who you are. Needed a bit more dialogue. Orion Pax: Not me preferred Orion. Not my preferred Orion, but that's okay. This version of your backstory works really well. The only thing I don't like is the axe design. Way too spectral. It looks more like a hologram than an energy blade.
I’m 48 and have been a fan of Transformers since the beginning in 1984. I saw this with my wife and the neighbor kid on Saturday and we all loved it. I agree with everything you said. The movie is great…but the marketing really let it down. It deserved better. I suspect it will do great on streaming and home video sales. The 1986 movie will always be my favorite…but this one rivals it. And to be honest, I enjoyed every other Transformers movie as well.
Sad cuz me and my son and family thought this movie was crap..and I'm 48 also .what a let down and I'm sure others were disappointed as to this woke crap they trying to push
@@jessiemartinez3056 Honest question, what did you think was woke about it? There was some kinda wishy washy stuff in there for sure, but I thought the DEI aspects were pretty tame compared to a lot of modern stuff.
@@frankschuler2867 the woke narrative stuff is so overdone..the whole Cain and Abel with some Roman empire crap..the original story was never like this. Read the comics ..so disappointing
@@jessiemartinez3056 by the original story and comics you mean g1 and marvel comics? The movie itself takes a lot of inspiration from the aligned continuity (transformers prime, Highmoon games like WFC and FOC) and IDW comics. Those are the media where they took the story about cybertronian slavery during the plantet's golden age and lower class oppression. Pretty much the aligned continuity is also the source where they took the idea of Optimus and Megatron being buddies before the war until their paths got separated.
@@k.guzhvin4952 yeah 👍 guess .don't like how they feel then can change stuff up and think it's alright...really sux imo..but it's whatever..I wont ever watch it again..I can only imagine what the gijoe n transformer crossover movie
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Honestly, I think Bumblebee talking so much is some sort of revenge for being silenced for nearly 20 years, and I love it 😂.
I thought the same too! I was so happy to see him being talkative after watching him with little to no dialogues (except him using the radio) for so long
address legends by their call names, BADASSATRON
@@GoofyMcBallin Nah, it's Bumblee'bae according to a certain someone 🤣
@@RemixOfTheVoid it's not Optimus Prime. It's Optimu S P Ri Me.
honest, i assumed it was backstory for why megatron eventually violently rips out his voice box, if it was due to immense annoyance from over the years, that would check out XD.
Megatron tearing apart sentinel prime in front of all of cybertron will go down as one of the greatest scenes of defeating tyranny in all of cinema.
I knew he was going to attack him but holy crap. That was both physcotic and satisfying
Not to mention the scene where Megatron refused to kneel in front of sentinel
His goals would’ve ended up replacing one tyranny with another
“Peace… *through tyranny* “
Okay bro chill.
We finally get an explanation as to why Decepticons fly and Autobots roll. The first Decepticons were primarily Cybertronian army, while the first Autobots were primarily civillians
I sensed this was the case all the way back in G1. Autobots could empathize with others while Decepticons only knew how to fight and conquer. They come from two completely different worlds and mindsets.
Megatron was a miner vehicle turned into tank for combat. (Idk which continuity may idw)
Always have been the case but it is nice to finally bring it all together for one film lore
@@kennethsatria6607 Yeah, it's nice to finally get it in a movie is what I meant. Because majority of fans won't watch the main source material
@@jaypeadieL611 reminder that dynamite was originally made intended a miner's tool, but was instead turned into a deadly weapon.
As an old head, I really enjoyed the movie. But the biggest praise I can give to this film is that I believe it can be what G1 was for me, for a new generation
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I totally agree! I went in thinking omg, please don't mess up something else from my childhood and I was blown away!
I went in as an average enjoyer of Transformers and walked out as a full on Transformers fan who wants to get into collecting now.
And I picked the best time too with Transformers collaborating with my favorite video games of all time: Monster Hunter. I’m excited for Rathalos Prime!
If I was to introduce kids to Transformers I would start with this movie. If they showed interest and wanted more I would then show them Animated followed by Prime and end it off with G1 and the G1 movie. If the kids can understand the concept of continuity and not get bogged down by the different but similar universes I think they could get a lot out of this order
Nice to see more G1 fans
This is gonna be the definitive take on Optimus Prime's origin story for years to come.
This has basically been Optimus’ origin since 2010 when Hasbro started the Aligned Continuity. The War for Cybertron games, the netflix series and even Transformers Prime.
this has been his origin story since 2010
Except Optimus is now low-class miner than a middle-class clerk
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I can see that Orion was probably a clerk before he got demoted and become a miner. Probably due to Sentinel.
@@farhanibrahim6431 Nah, Orion was always a miner. He was brought online cogless, meaning he was designated to be a miner from the very start
I saw the movie already. When I hear the voice of Orion/Optimus, I didn't hear Thor, the same as when I hear Mario, I didn't hear starlord. Mr. Hemsworth really did make the character his own and that's not bad.
I could hear the Thor creep into his voice here and there, but without the accent he puts on as the God of Thunder, it's barely noticeable
@@gregorysaugustine5236 His American accent was surprisingly very convincing
That’s fair. I was expecting him to do really bad, but he surprised me. It’s not Peter Cullen (God bless that man ❤), but no one will ever be. He did a good job and I’m proud of Chris ❤
@@Bunnygottalive Chris can act like in the furiousa movie I held no fucking clue the red haired guy was him
Chris did much better than Chris you can barely compare these two
This movie felt like one of the biggest love letters to everyone who's stuck with this franchise I've ever seen. You can tell there were people on the team who truly care about Transformers and grew up with it and love the mythos and world of Transformers just as much as we do. The fact that this will also probably be many kids' first exposure to Transformers, this is a fantastic jumping-off point for them. I can genuinely point to this movie and say "this is Transformers" and it is rad as hell.
Nah dude, this is not a kids movie. This is a movie for people who were kids in 1984.
Nailed it.
Well put
No your wrong is a movie for everyone!
i agree totally im definitely part of that demographic (definitely not a 2001 baby)
I was born in 2001 and this movie was totally for me too. I think this is the most universal Transformers movie ever made.
As an old head who didn’t think it was possible. They did it this is definitely the best Transformers movie completely blew me away. The ending had the entire theater on the edge of their seats.
Everyone was quiet after that last fight, chills!
I will give you the ending - it was fire!… I think the first one was the best overall. This one is a close second to me. Did you see Hotrod at the end?
"im done savng you" dangg that was cold and sad at the same time
I’m still sad about it weeks later… I suspect in a sequel there might be moments of regret in Megatron but he will know he’s gone too far to be forgiven… at least in his own mind. And this will make him colder.
@@JonathanGrandt don't worry, d16 didn't drop his friend, megatron dropped a waste to him.
Bumble Bee (Keegan Michael Key) called one his friends A-Atron…definitely a reference to his Key$Peel sketch where he called a student whose name Aaron, as A-Aron.
It was!!! I was weak!😂
Perhaps this is how the transformers movies should be made
& what's even crazier is that we have to wait this extremely f***ing long to get here, since 2007.
@@wayneshobbygallery 2007 is better than this
@@keslerjenkins9683 I grew up with the 2007 movie. It's that, Cybertron & Animated that brought me into Transformers. As much as it's nostalgic for most of us, but I personally don't think so.
Still, I respect your opinion.
There’ll be a trilogy
@@EiFartedgod, I hope so
First Godzilla Minus One, Now Transformers One. This is awesome
It's always the ones
@@commandergoji886Rogue One, Capricorn One, The wild one
But not Xbox One
Now watching Air Force One
The One with Jet Li.. well the last scene with Papa Roach's Last Resort playing
Chris’ gradual transition in his voice from Orion To Optimus throughout the course of this film was simply genius. Same can be said for Megatron bravo to the voice acting.
When the one complaint for a movie or game is that it’s not long enough… you know they are on to something
I thought the length was fine. Just long enough to tell a really good story, but not too long to lose the younger members of the audience. This film would be a perfect candidate for an extended cut on home video.
I too, love the way they used the incredibly rich lore of previous continuities. And not just a superficial way. They built those refrences/inspirations/lore elements into the story.
For ex, Megtaron's low caste miner origin is taken from thr IDW comics. Starscream's backstory was inspired by his Aligned continuity one. The cogless bots unable to transform during the rule of the Quintessons come from the G1 series.
It's just so cool.
Also I agree with you on your hot take. This movie is better than the 86 one.
The 86 movie was terrible, im not trying to be negative but lets be fr. Anyone saying 86 is better that One is an old head holding onto nostalgia.
@@R1ckyWithA1The Transformers: the movie (the one from 1986) was LIGHT YEARS better than the garbagefest that was Bayformers!!!!
@@R1ckyWithA1No way bro is hating on The Transformers The Movie
Bro is rage-baiting@@tyrannomon267
@R1ckyWithA1 As someone who doesn't have much reverence for the 86 movie aside from the music and some elements that have become mainstays in TF lore, it's definitely going to be much more iconic but I wouldn't say it's terrible. One is better as a story, but the 86 movie is a decent popcorn flick. I just kinda have to be in a mood to watch it whereas I don't for something else held in high regard like the original TMNT movie which I can watch whenever
I saw Sentinel and he is like a mix of DOM, WFC and Animated including the personalities. I think this might be a definitive version.
I feel a lot more Animated vibes from him than the others, surprisingly. He just had that absolute dickhead energy.
@@necr0danc3r29yeah, the personality and color are from TFA but the design (with those "wings", pointy shoulders and double sword) are definitively fron DOTM, a great mix of designs
Zeta Prime died a hero in wfc. His design is definitely similar to Zeta, which was also a character within the movie.
Yeah. While people are talking about the parallels between One’s Sentinel and DOTM’s, I see them more with Animated’s, who’s a massive prick for little reason, and WFC’s, who while noble was pretty sadistic when you were playing as the Cons.
The way sentinel killed alpha trion was so brutal
Sentinel got ripped in half in front of Iacon, I'd say that's more brutal
I knew there would be no blood or gore but I still had to turn my head away like damn
@Wulabaloo it was at that moment sentinel knew he f-cked up
@@HaNgan-oo5ivactually, the lack of blood is what allows them to be so brutal. You can get away with a lot more carnage with mechanical creatures than not
Justice for jazz
I almost forgot the sentinel death brutality because seeing that HUGE chest wound on Orion was way more impactful
I think that brutal death was the final nail for the creation of megatron at that moment d16 was dead and megatron killed him the minute he ripped sentinel in half
I thought it was a kids movie so I took my kids. They were bored and I was engaged lol
It’s not a kids movie
How were they bored by a dude getting ripped in half😭🙏
@@Hazel_TheOne my son didn't make it that far
@@Hazel_TheOneThat's at the end of the movie. First half was the race, then the 13 primes, then the plot, then Megatron becoming power hungry, then the clash.
Your kids will appreciate the movie more once they get more older
My minor criticism is that it easily could have had another half hour if not hour, it's so fast in it's pacing it needed the relatively simple storyline so that audiences wouldn't get lost
This movie could’ve used another 30 minutes
Right lol? I got to them in Sentinal’s tower and thought “wait are we almost at the climax already?”
Facts
I think the pacing is fine. Sure its fast, but I think it helps with the eventual tragedy of Orion and D's friendship.
Like, they just realized that they were basically lobotomized at birth, casted into the lowest of the low to slave away in the mines probably for the rest of their lives, treated like dirt by everyone else above without any way of escaping their situation
and the person who caused all this is living like a king and admired by the masses. This person apparently also murdered the rightful leaders of their planet and sold off the next generation's future to the enemy
all in a span of a few days, with no breathing space or a chance to calm down and talk about it
Don't forget starscream voice was different after Megs chocked him to submit that minor detail was very cool 😮
Anyone else notice that Sentinel Prime's and Airachnid's soldiers look almost exactly like the nameless Decepticon soldiers from Transformers Prime?
Also, my only gripe with this movie is that it should have been about 2 and a half hours long, but I still love it.
Took the family to go see it last night. It was surprisingly good. You could tell the writers were fans of the franchise as they blended about 5 different storylines from various permutations of Transformers lore together. The only sad part was the theater was shockingly empty. Maybe 10 people in attendance. If the box office doesn't pick up, this might be a one and done.
Movies are doing badly in general. It doesn't help that most of the other Transformers movies were trash. Streaming is what will make or break this.
We went on the fan showing and it was full for us!
@@juanecheverria11 There were only about a dozen people in my IMAX for the Sunday morning showing. The movie deserved a lot better. Maybe good word of mouth will create a resurgence and give the film a respectable tail.
I went opening night, the very first showing and me and my roommate were the only two in the theatre :( I went again the next week and there was maybe 20 people besides us. Granted I do live in the middle of nowhere and a tiny town...so I am not the normal experience.
It was just me and my brother when I watched it bruh
When Megatron said he would not kneel for sentinel prime or anyone else ever again... my god gives me goosebumps thinking about it! (wonder if Unicron will get him to kneel in the future lol)
Even to Unicron, that was definitely a strategic surrender. He has always being thinking of turning his master to his slave
Bizarre how bad the trailers were it’s like they specifically chose the worst scenes in the movie
I agree the trailers didn’t help the movie at all until the final few in the final couple weeks
The marketing was definitely something to be desired. Like, the final trailer they put out on the 17th showed way too much and made me glad I managed to go to an early screening on the 14th lol
They wanted to market it to the younger fans, and then reward the loyalty of the older ones later.
Though if you ask me it was obvious there was more to the movie than the trailers let on, only the absolute petty fans would refuse to give it a shot
@@kennethsatria6607 This. I've actually recently seen fans who passed because it takes inspiration from the Aligned continuity lore rather than G1 which is peak petty to me
@@kennethsatria6607 it was advertised poorly and now it’s bombing at the box office
I got goosebumps watching this… I am a big Megatron fan just took me back
"Hey! Darkwing, My finger can transform guess which one"
the "Gobots"comment damn near killed me! 🤣
This is what I wanted the Michael Bay movie to be when it came out. In my mind as a kid Transformers was a dark story and not the comical mess that the live action movie I had waited 25 years for turned out to be . Well done ..... Awesome 😎
OH I ALMOST FORGOT....... STAR SCREAM WAS FINALLY THE RIGHT COLOR AGAIN
Exacly what i thinking Agreed at 999,999,999,999 %
This doesn't nake sense to me....your talking about wanting transformers to be dark and not comical but the live action movies were dark, particularly dark of the moon....and wdym by comical cause this movie and the live actions had comedy....also stsrcream was the right color in bumblebee....
I loved how Star Scream's voice was damaged after his engagement with Megatron ;p
Wdym right color-
I don't think there should be any "right color" for him
It's called reinventing, a completely different universe at it too
For once not a human in sight it felt nice seeing transformers as transformers
couldn’t agree more man, i go in with very low expectation.. came out speechless by how amazing it is.. i went to see it again the next day and i watch it 3 times now.
i really hope people will set aside all that early comment about oh the movie didn’t look good etc and give this movie a chance to see it while in theaters, cause i think transformers movie we’re meant to be experience in the biggest screen possible and this one was the one to be watch in theaters
💯💯💯💯
I would not call this a kids movie. It's typical because it is animated. No, it is a family movie. I love the 86 movie, but more for nostalgia and how it is part of the things that shaped my geekdom. But this One is objectively much better movie in all aspects. I mean Optimus Prime IS the hero. As an OG fan. The moment before he became a prime, got me nervous haha. Fantastic movie.
Couldn’t agree more. You said it best, it’s not a kids movie…It’s a family movie that has enough in it for literally everybody sitting down to watch it to enjoy. The kids will enjoy the whole ride, while the older fans will be able to appreciate every little bit that is sprinkled throughout the entire movie that will go over many of the casual viewers and kids heads
That's exactly what I said . Definitely for the whole family 😉
I don't know why people don't watch movies because it's targetted to kids, it's transformers. It's like complaining about not having enough stamina while there was literally a skill tree to upgrade it (looking at you IGN)
You know what I love?
the fact that they don't destroy Bee's voice box. it's been done so much, I am glad they haven't done that.
Instead gets the _Badassatron_ voice
I was fully expecting Bee not being able to shut up and annoying everybody to lead to his voice box getting ripped out
@@blakesteele1344 SO glad they didn't do that.
💯💯 towards the end when elita and bee try and subdue Megatron and Megatron grabs bee and slams him by the throat before Optimus surges back up I thought for sure they were about to do it to him again 😂
Honestly, this is the one movie I wish they had, the movie would have been so much better without him.
"I'm done saving you..." The line that made our hearts drop. The line that let us know that D-16 was no longer D-16. The line that told us that D-16 and Orion were no longer brothers, but Cybertronians that were upset about Sentinel's betrayal, but had two different mindsets. One wanted change, while the other wanted revenge on the bot that he thought would look down on him after the many mistakes him and Orion had made, only to find out that he already looked down on him since birth... D was betrayed, and Orion having separate views on what was happening wasn't making it better. D was *forged* into the Megatron that we knew from 1984 to now. And God, does this movie prove how depressing the story behind these two enemies is...
He stopped as soon as he could transform. He was super aggressive from that point onwards.
We loved the movie, even my wife who is not a transformer nerd like me. We did the 3d experience and ill be going back to watch in the vip theater next
Sentinel Prime never got the better against Megatron in any media. Frankly, he deserves what he got
The Quintessons are like always the 3rd party villains
Sentinel prime is Donald Trump, and the Quintessons are the Russians.
sentinel prime got the jazz treatment LMAO
Megatron setting a pattern 😂
Justice for jazz
The trailer did this movie dirty. LOVED it, the drama, conflict. I also love that D-16 was straight out a villian. For a lot of people he would be seen as a hero, he dethrones the one who decived them for so many years. His only downfall is being in mind of absolutes and restarting everything with him having control. I hope they keep it that way. Megatron can be evil but he is also a leader who got his people to protect.
All I'm sayin' is that if they took this movie and used it as the basis for a remake of "More than Meets the Eye" part 1 - 3 as a feature length film, it could be the most awesome Transformers movie yet.
I brought my kids (6 and 9) to see this and we were all entranced. It was fantastic. Sadly on a Saturday afternoon of opening weekend,the theatre was almost empty. Personally, I was looking forward to this and would have thought it’d be a packed house. The only con for me (pun intended) was D-16’s dark turn. He seemed genuinely good and I appreciate the trauma of learning the truth, but he went bad a little too quick for me. Overall I can’t wait to watch again.
My daughter and I were lucky enough to see the movie a few months back in the UK and my daughter also happened to be the first kid in the world to see it, ( thank you so much Lorenzo) and we both thought for different reasons this movie is going to be the smash hit of 2024. I’m in total agreement with you it’s knocks it out of the park. Emily loved all the action and Sentinal scene she was fine with. To flip Galveston’s line “this is” good “comedy” ;) just the right level of humor gravitas action and oh my Cybertron looks more like how it was original though of from the 86 movie. Can’t say enough good things about transformers one and can’t wait to see it another 20 times to take it all in. Great review sir:)
Thank you! That’s awesome to hear how your daughter was the first in the world to see it and I’m glad you both enjoyed!! Totally agree with you in loving how they flipped the bad/good comedy line😂
i watched it to it was beautiful. shoot man i didnt cry at marley and me but this brought a tear to my eye. it actually felt like transformers.
Marley had no reason to cry except if you really care about Shasha. It was more shocking and unique if anything
As a hardcore G1 fan, I agree. ONE takes the top spot now as the GREATEST most accurate TFs story ever told. The '86 movie can now rest and guard the 2nd place with honor. My 10yr old self can now have peace.
In Transformers One Starscream was once the leader the High Guard before D16 tookover the leadership, becomes Megatron and called themselve Decepticons. What D-16/Megatron did to Sentinel Prime is brutal by tearing up his body into pieces but to be honest he definately got what he deserved anyway since Sentinel Prime is the main antagonist of this movie.
And this folks, was a lesson on how to include as many major spoilers as possible in one comment ;)
@@scott-richardsonI know wtf bro 😂😂😂
I hope they explore the dynamic between Megatron and Starscream in the next one a bit. They really set things up for some strife to come up between them.
@scott-richardson 😂
Where did the extra Prime Cog Core go ? StarScream as he does make it in Beast Wars ))) ???
Saj Productions I know Peter Cullen is your childhood hero and all since he’s a legend among the greatest voice actors of all time. But this is like a teenage Optimus or Orion so they got a younger celebrity actor to voice a younger Optimus.
Totally agree and I think Chris killed it!
Cullen is in his 80's and his voice is not as strong as it once was. Plus, he's expensive.
@anthonylogiudice9215 I think he still has a couple more live action movies in him before they go down the James earl jones Vader route and begin working with him to preserve his voice forever with AI work. I know it’s controversial to some but for characters like this it’s honestly essential, and Star Wars has been doing it with Vader for about 3 years now so it can work. We’re not there yet tho, as Cullen has expressed his desire to do voice work has not ceased
I actually thought that Hemsworth did a really good job. He’s close to Cullens sound…
Optimus using that hammer like thor 🗿
This is like the perfect transformers movie. Like literally perfect. I REALLY hope we get another one. Same writing team same choreographers, same animation team, same vision, same voice actors, same passion!! This movie is incredible i wish i could have experienced in a really nice theater.
This movie is fucking insane. Nothing else needs to be said.
im seeing this today thank you for doing breaking up the spoiler and nonspoiler section! can’t wait to see it!!
I have never been a HUGE fan of transformers. I definitely enjoyed the movies, but I’ve never been into it like I am with Star Wars, Harry Potter or even Marvel. This movie. Holy fucking shit. THIS movie changed that completely.
Ditto... If one wasn't a Transformer fan before seeing this movie they will be after. That's what I said to myself after having watched it. I haven't been a follower of this series, but this movie was great!
ive seen it twice,
Every time i heard even a snipit of the TFP music, it was a literal gutpunch.
Went to see it earlier (second time) and picked up on D-16's eyes, slowly changing.
also wish optimus had a sword instead of an axe but thats just me
i noticed the eyes on my first watch it was kinda sad 😔
The sword is amazing but the axe pays respects to Animated
@@castleguard_of_xbox360 yea i know that, I started with the bayverse, then went back to waatch tfp and to me it just seems more fitting for optimus to have a sword. but i get where your coming from.
@@atomicrc_8303 I do agree that the sword is cooler. This movie did a great job including lots of different things from other continuities into it, though. Maybe he gets a sword in the sequel?? 😄
though the energon axe gave justice to the original movie d'TF'86 but where is megatron's mace btw ?
SPOILERS
Optimus got a fatality in when he grabbed a trooper and used his transformation waist swivel to rip a guy in half!
That was so unique and I’ve never seen that before in a TF movie!!
Optimus became jobby the hong for a second and swiveled him to death
That was actually brutal. I'm surprised the Bayverse never came up with something like this.
A great use of the elements in their posession, and a very nice display of how versatile it can be
They could have easily accidentally made him overly weak and indecisive like Netflix WFC, thank god they gave him such cool action scenes even before becoming a Prime alongside the gentle scenes
This movie was MEANT TO BE!! It’s amazing and everyone should give it a try! It’s what fans ALWAYS have wished for!!
“a lot of stuff kids won’t pick up”
my 14 year old ass catching every single Easter egg and reference:
Reminder IGN gave this peak film a 5/10...
IGN been unserious for a while 😂
Because they’re idiots
Ignorant starts with IGN, don’t give their opinion any value
Never give a fuck about IGN ratings.
its gotta be rage bait, i swear they give the most outlandish opinions on stuff which makes people click to watch
Just came back from an early screening! Damn near jumped out of my seat the moment I heard Bryan Tyler’s transformers prime theme too! ❤
What a time to be a Transformers fan !
I KNEW I WASN'T HEARING TJINGS!
ME TOO I WAS LIKE THERES NO WAY
My favourite part of this movie is the atmosphere of the city and those trains with transforming train tracks and the creative use of the character transformations used for momentum or battle. Best movie I’ve seen since Across the spiderverse!
I SAW IT THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND NOW ITS MY NEW FAVORITE TRANSFORMERS MOVIE!!!!!
5:00 The TF prime score is in there because the original producer of the TF prime music worked on the music for the movie, which is super cool
Alex Kurtzman? He produced Transformers Prime and surprisingly his only work that was pretty good.
@@anthonylogiudice9215 he was talking abt brian tyler(TFP music composer), known for composing Fast and furious movies, Ironman 3, etc
@@megatron9183 Thanks. Solid composer.
Me my dad and my brother watched TF one today. My dad grow up in the 80s and watched G1 and we all watched TF one. it's so good that my dad loves it and he likes some references of G1
The movie debuted last week in here in my country and I already have saw it twice, just as you say man, as someone who already saw the film 2 times, still I have the itch of go back and watch it again this weekend, that how much I loved this film man.
I'm 44. I was 6 when 'The Transformers: The Movie' came out. I watched the show every day after school and played with the toys. I survived Generation 2, Beast Wars, RID, Armada, Bayverse, and all the rest. None of it captured the essence of The Transformers that I grew up with. I watch the '86 movie still to this day at least once a month. Having said all of that, I watched this out of morbid curiosity and was blown away. I've since watched it 5 more times to take it all in. I verified the Director is my age, and I can tell you youngins for certain, that he was a Transformers fan back in the 80s too. Nothing this good has come from Transformers since the Summer of '86. If you love G1, you need to see this.
I’m glad Brian Tyler composed the music, he’s such a great composer for this movie
Spot ON, this review just earned you a subscriber
🙏🏼🙏🏼
They gave Sentinel his double edged sword
Peak
Transformers one was perfectly made it had so many references and little details made for the old fans yet still was a amazing story that even someone who’s never heard of transformers could love it was the perfect blend between story and fan service ESPECIALLY megatron being D-16 as 16 was his number on the original toy and I loved how megatron’s fall into evil wasn’t because of his own ego or some random ohhh megatronus T-cog made him evil!!!! You can actually genuinely see him developing even without the big rage moments I’m not even a old transformers fan my only toy is a weird Optimus prime with no articulation and I still LOVED IT I just hope it does better in the box office or else this might just be a one shot
I am pushing 51 this year. I was 13 when the 86 movie dropped, and yes, I considered it the greatest transformers movie, discarding the Michael Bay rubbish. But this movie... it was wonderful. I still have a cozy spot in my heart for the 86 movie, however, this new one is my new favorite :)
Saw it in 3D yesterday. Going back 4 more & taking my students with! Totally worth a double shot!
"splicing it"
I see what you did there
Only thing is, i wish the final sequence was a tad longer. I wish Alpha Trion was used more. Maybe even in the next one, they could use the primes' parts to upgrade themselves or something. Idk the possibilities are endless, as for now the battle for resources is not the main plot, now its really political, vs battling for energon to survive.
sentinel the prime slayer ;)
must be embarrassing dying to sentinel xD
I have no doubt that if he didn’t trap them with the quintessons and betray their trust there’s no shot he could have taken them alone
Me and my sister were the only people in our theatre (kind of a late showing) and the “you don’t have the touch OR the power” line got me lmao
Shockwave was unironically so funny, he may not have had the most screen time but he was such an enjoyable character in all his scenes
Hemsworth's prime when he said "we could have rebuilt it together" to megatron.. sounds exactly like Thor to Loki
Paramount said that this was gonna be a prequel to the live action films, but that makes no sense if sentinel is dead, unless there finally confirming this has been a reboot since bumblebee
This is a brand new continuity. Never listen to paramount listen to the directors. Lorenzo is the head of all this and doesn’t know what he’s doing at all. He tried connecting every animated product and live action including this early on- but it’s a separate continuity
@@theonlysaj well thats good then, cuz that was bout to get real confusing
Gonna be new timeline, and I'm excited for the sequel tho I wish they didn't skip through the quintesson war and make it the/part of the plot on the sequel.
We need to spread the good news far and wide so they make a second movie. I saw it yesterday and I want to go see it again. Where I am it’s about $20 to see a movie but it’s worth it to go again.
Man, Cybertron in this movie is so cool. I wish there was a duology of games that took place entirely on Cybertron as well😔
I hope there is sequel. I am "old" G1 fan and I love this! As my husband and I walked out of the theatre, my husband wanted to watch it again. So we are seeing this again this weekend. I think its very telling how good something is by how rewatchable it is.
As a card carrying "old head," I'll say this: I love G1 for the nostalgia it brings BUT I also really liked the first few bayverse movies, beast wars and Prime. I'm okay with some changes being made to tighten up the universes to an extent so long as the overall feeling fits ..
This movie is so amazing, i was at the edge of my seat smiling and excited!!!
Big fan of transformers!!!! Is it weird i left kinda rooting for Megatron???
nope
They should have Peter Cullen come back for Transformers TWO. Have a battle in the next movie where everyone has injuries and Optimus Prime has his voice box messed with where the others help fix eachother and then Peter starts speaking. That would blow everyone's minds making their earth transition more fantastic.
I totally see why people would want this but personally I think and hope they just keep hemsworth in this continuity permanently. Let this be its own thing, and let this franchise STAY on Cybertron. We have enough earthbound stories
@@theonlysaj the cybertron trilogy
@@theonlysaj Cybertron was beautiful in this film and I think it's the best portrayal of it besides the Aligned continuity
Should've switch with him becoming a prime honestly. Like Hotrod.
My dad grew up with the original T.V. Show, and I can tell he's gonna LOVE IT.
I really like how the movie handled female transformers, I always had certain frustration of female transformers being underutilized
I've waited since 2007 for this. Got to watch it on my tube TV like back in the good ol' days and it was worth every millisecond
Just came back from the theater digging into all the spoiler reviews now. It was AWESOME! I wanted to watch it again immediately after it ended, that's how you know it's good.
I have to agree with some others here though, I still think the 86 movie is better but also like others have said, it had a whole lot of build up. Whereas this movie IS the build up for this continuity. The next two movies, which they hopefully get to do, could be absolutely incredible.
I’ve been a huge Transformer fan since 1984. The 86 movie is and always will be the best, but that’s my heart speaking. Cinematically? Logically? Analytically? This is superior even to 1986. They focused on the most important thing: character development. The respect shown for each individual. The attention to motives that people can identify with. I can’t wait for the rest of the trilogy. (Heard a rumor)
Btw, take a close look at the ship Starscream and crew are using as a base. Does it look like the Nemesis? The ship the Deceptions used to get to earth that became their base in G1? Maybe that’s just me.
Elita One calling them ‘go-bots’ as an insult. lol
Great review. I do have to point out though, that when Bumblebee came into his own, he was a complete and TOTAL problem! He was was a straight BEAST!
This is a spoiler
Maybe
When they showed the primes I noticed they basically took the vector prime design from transformers cybertron
what touched me about this movie, was how, like. I completely forgot that D-16 was gonna becomes megatron. Seeing Orion and him be just two dudes with 9 to 5s, like actual bros. Was so fucking awesome. The thing ive seen so many say is during the seen where they figure out the truth and they are arguing "Yeah thats really how friends talk" and I felt that
My favorite joke is A-A-tron.
"You don't have the touch or the power." that moment sealed the movie for me.
See the stereo version - I was quite impressed with RealD during the early preview so I'm doing IMAX 3D on the weekend
Excellent 3D
The sneaky integration of the transformers prime music was amazing
IT… WAS…
…PURE…
…EXCELLENCE.
‘TIL ALL ARE ONE!!!!!
\m/, (*o*) ,\m/
I wish the movie was longer and I wish they'd stretch Megatron's progress of becoming evil a bit longer. Cuz damn, he had a heart when he tried to save Pax but then that person just turned 180° in a blink of an eye
I know this sounds bad but I can't wait for Bee to lose his voicebox
Well this movie totally tells us why bee lost his voice in the first place
I loved this movie, it had me gasping at every turn and beyond glad to have frequently binged _The Basics._ Might be number one Transformers movie of all time, but if it isn't, then it's top three. (Up there with G1 and 2007.) Obviously some problems, but very minor ones.
Airachnid: You are supposed to one of the most sadistic killers on the roster. Why are you so calm or an incredibly bland flavor of angry about everything?
Elita One: Speaking of angry... Can you please calm down!? I get it, your situation sucks, but all you do for half the movie is get pissed. But you did win me over the second half, and it was great. But for the love of god, why are you so small!? You are a giant in litterally any other on screen appearance, you have no buisness being half the size of Optimus! And why a bike? Bikes are very clearly Arcee's thing in the modern era. As one of the main Autobot leaders, you should totally being turning into some kind of transport vehicle.
Bee: Honestly, thought the humor would get old real quick. Surprisingly? Doesn't overstay it's welcome. Far more tolerable and badass in the second half.
D-16: The runtime _really_ screwed you over here. You needed just BIT more time to develop and truly evolve into Megatron. All the right boxes were checked just in a very hasty way.
Soundwave: WHERE ARE YOUR CASSETTES!?!?
Starscream: Too confident too early. Edging D-16 makes no sense giving what was going on and who you are. Needed a bit more dialogue.
Orion Pax: Not me preferred Orion. Not my preferred Orion, but that's okay. This version of your backstory works really well. The only thing I don't like is the axe design. Way too spectral. It looks more like a hologram than an energy blade.
I’m 48 and have been a fan of Transformers since the beginning in 1984. I saw this with my wife and the neighbor kid on Saturday and we all loved it. I agree with everything you said. The movie is great…but the marketing really let it down. It deserved better. I suspect it will do great on streaming and home video sales. The 1986 movie will always be my favorite…but this one rivals it. And to be honest, I enjoyed every other Transformers movie as well.
Sad cuz me and my son and family thought this movie was crap..and I'm 48 also .what a let down and I'm sure others were disappointed as to this woke crap they trying to push
@@jessiemartinez3056 Honest question, what did you think was woke about it? There was some kinda wishy washy stuff in there for sure, but I thought the DEI aspects were pretty tame compared to a lot of modern stuff.
@@frankschuler2867 the woke narrative stuff is so overdone..the whole Cain and Abel with some Roman empire crap..the original story was never like this. Read the comics ..so disappointing
@@jessiemartinez3056 by the original story and comics you mean g1 and marvel comics?
The movie itself takes a lot of inspiration from the aligned continuity (transformers prime, Highmoon games like WFC and FOC) and IDW comics. Those are the media where they took the story about cybertronian slavery during the plantet's golden age and lower class oppression.
Pretty much the aligned continuity is also the source where they took the idea of Optimus and Megatron being buddies before the war until their paths got separated.
@@k.guzhvin4952 yeah 👍 guess .don't like how they feel then can change stuff up and think it's alright...really sux imo..but it's whatever..I wont ever watch it again..I can only imagine what the gijoe n transformer crossover movie