Transformers (2007) Review and Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- It has been 15 years since the release of the first live-action Transformers film! These are my thoughts on this film as well as some history of the production, release, and how this film impacted the franchise and me personally. I hope you enjoy!
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sad it got buried under the “not g1” argument
It was happening before the movie was even revealed lool
Agreed! It sucks how many in the fanbase want to compare it constantly to other versions instead of just letting it stand on it's own merits.
It’s bs bro, back then tf was known for getting reboots every other year. Hell you can even see it with prime and megatrons designs taking elements from previous incarnations like cybertron, rid even bw to an extent
@@Talon_Productions Yeah it's constantly compared to g1 most criticism and hate wasn't even about how good or bad the movies where it was mostly bias. Bay was original.
It was how it should have been done: its own thing, but with references to past iterations. If only current versions of transformers was the same. So many new things just feel like whats come before in one way or another instead of being truly new and creative.
I swear the hate that Michael bay gets is really not even a logical hate. People have nothing better to do but hate. I loved this movie and Michael Bay's vision for the transformers that we still see rhe amazing fruits to this day. I personally I'm not a fan of the designs of the bumblebee movie, Always preferred the more realistic alien complex look the robots had.
Agreed on all points! I love the designs and aesthetic of the Bay Transformers.
I was into it since energon and one thing I’ve noticed is a lot of the new fans would just mimic what they heard online to where it’s almost like an echo chamber, it kinda took the fun out of it for me ngl and then the prices of figures now, idk maybe I’m just old.
Yeah I totally get that. A lot of people really do seem to parrot others just to sound cool, especially since hating these movies seems to be a trend more than anything. The prices of figures are definitely getting crazy too.
Meh, good thing now that Rise of the Beasts is announced that I'm only seeing Rise of the Beasts for the Maximals more than the Autobots since I've always been a Unicron Trilogy and Beast Wars fan more than a G1 one lol.
I got to experience this in the theater again for the first time in 15 years, and it’s still enjoyable!!! The audience cheered when Blackout transformed, when Prime transformed for the first time, as well as when Optimus entered Mission City.
I grew up with Transformers. Armada Unicron was my first transformer. My brother’s was Beast Wars Scorponok. Never got into the shows that came out at the time such as “The Unicron Trilogy”. However, the first movie blew my 11 year old mind to bits, and this movie (and Godzilla Final Wars) made me want to be a filmmaker. Without the live action movies, I wouldn’t be a full blown Transformers fan like I am today, as well as me following my dreams to being a filmmaker. And people can say all they want about Michael Bay, but the man brought a nearly dead 80’s IP back.
@@MrGojira95 what a figure to start on wow
Yeah that's quite the one to start off with!
I STILL LOVE THIS MOVIE, 15 YEARS LATER!!!!!!! IM ACTUALLY GOING TO EXPERIENCE WATCHING TRANSFORMERS 2007 IN THEATERS THIS SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!! I WAS 8 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS CAME OUT, HOWEVER I DONT RECALL OR REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THEATERS, BUTS THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE!!!!!
I swear you should get more love because you are an absolute legend for being a bayverse fan just as I am
I appreciate it! I like to offer another, and more positive, opinion on the Bayverse. I love it and theres so much negativity out there on it that I would prefer to be more positive. Doesn't mean that I don't have my issues though lol.
And not being a shill to appeal to the socal degenerate fans
I was born the same year of that movie's release date ! (2007)
Dang, thats kinda nuts! I was 12 at the time.
This is gonna be a long essay because you don’t know how much this movie means so much to me and still to this day it’s still means so much to me.
Rewatching this movie and I still get upset when people telling me Im not a fan of Transformers just because I grow up with these movies.
I guess the nonstop hate the Bayverse has gotten over the years.
I don't understand why it's such a hot topic, almost every day.
People will write giant comments on why they hate the movies, people will directly challenge your views when you say you like the movies, and it's just weird to me how negative people can get.
Like, I personally don't like a lot of TF media. I personally don't really like G1, the animated movie, the shows in the Unicron trilogy other than Armada, netflix, etc. but I have NO reason to go out of my way and type up incessant hate on any posts regarding those continuities. Like so what if I don't enjoy it?
Other people can. No one is right or wrong.
So why can't it be like that with Bayverse? It's ridiculous how many people start their comments with "I know the movies are terrible, but I like them" like bro just like them! You don't have to appeal to people hating on things you like. It's the basis of a healthy community, and even fandoms like Star Wars have learned that, but the TF fandom is still way behind.
If anything, people like to gaslight Bayverse fans by stating their opinions as facts.
I can't believe how many times someone has replied to me saying I like the movies with something like "but those movies are objectively bad movies" like sure, in your eyes, but I just like the movies. Full stop. I see them as good movies, and the Devastator scrotum joke didn't ruin the 2 hour movie for me.
I don't attack anyone for liking G1 or Netflix or whatever. That's ridiculous. But this fandom cannot help itself, and sometimes it's a straiaht war in the comments over a 15 vear old movie.
I don't attack anyone for liking G1 or Netflix or whatever. That's ridiculous. But this fandom cannot help itself, and sometimes it's a straight war in the comments over a 15 year old movie.
Transformers is one of my oldest interests, and I love that there's a community for it on here, but I have to admit.. as a Bayverse fan, I feel like a complete outcast in one of the least welcoming fandoms I'm currently in.
Imagine how the movie could have went if Barricade asked politely for the glasses
Definitely would have been different! I've wondered what would have happened if the Decepticons just bid on the eBay auction.
@@Talon_Productions yeah DIDNT BARRICADE HAVE A LAPTOP IN HIM!? When frenzy searched for the glasses on the net and finds sam in it
Yes he did lmao
17 YEARS AGO TODAY TRANSFORMERS (2007) premiered in theaters!!!!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!! I saw this back in 2022, for its 15th Anniversary in theaters which was amazing!!!!!!!
I have to tell you, going from Energon Ironhide to Bayverse Ironhide was quite the shock to young child me.
Oh lord I bet so lmao
TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!!!!! TODAY IM GOING BACK IN TIME TO THE YEAR OF 2007, BECAUSE IM GOING TO SEE TRANSFORMERS 2007 IN THEATERS FOR ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!
Same here! I'm so hyped.
@@Talon_Productions YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PETER CULLEN IS AWESOME!!!!! That is one of the best decisions they made about this movie and this franchise, how they got the ORIGINAL OPTIMUS PRIME VOICE ACTOR!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, definitely one of the best decisions that they could have made
Did you know that during the casting process of this movie they were almost gonna choose Liam neeson to voice Optimus prime instead of Peter Cullen
One of my favorite movies of all time, my Jazz always rest in peace
A truly great summer movie
Agreed! It's one of my go-to summer blockbusters.
I remember I was 6 years old when I first saw this movie and I watched this 3 times in theaters it was so good I loved it
Man, I remember watching commercials of this movie while watching the Cybertron (Unicron Trilogy) marathon on Toonami when I was a kid before watching the movie, my favorite part about the 2007 movie's toyline was the commercials and the Unicron Trilogy repaints.
Even when I'm still a Unicron Trilogy and Beast Wars fan? I'm still also glad to grow up with the 1st Bayverse movie too since Jazz and Barricade were my favorite characters in the movie.
Hey do you think that jolt is wasted potential?
Oh for sure! I'll cover him in my ROTF review.
Every time I watch this movie, for the life of me, I just can't understand a lot of the criticisms. I think the humor works for the most part, none of it makes me roll my eyes, anyway. Megan Fox's acting is overblown in my opinion. People treat it as like the worst performance of all time, which I've never understood. By extension, I don't mind the human characters. I find myself invested in what they're doing throughout the films....except TLK. It would've been nice for more screen time on the Transformers themselves, but I understand why we have what we got.
Two things that I don't like about this movie, though; this also extends to the sequels. I don't like Prime/Primal with a mouth. I much, much more prefer they talk through the faceplate. But that's a small thing. The other aspect 'm not a fan of is how easily the Transformers can be torn apart. They feel so fragile, like they're toys with the loosest limbs imaginable. Not helping is that the Deceptions get this treatment the most, which just kills some of the tension for me.
But all-in-all, I love this movie. I may not have seen it in theaters, but I remember how big it was in my kindergarten class. I said this for your DotM video, but thank you for making positive videos on these films. They don't deserve all the hate they get, not even close. Too many people I've noticed only view TF as a bunch of toys and a 80s cartoon/film. They understanding of it as a franchise is limited to a detrimental degree. Yeah, many of the characters look different than their G1 counterparts, but Hasbro was pulling that long before 2007. There's a lot that can be said about this fandom, so I'll stop there.
Great video and I can't wait for the next review.
It really is overblown, and I think that is true of all of the movies except for maybe TLK. They're not the best sure but they aren't the crimes against cinema that many make them out to be.
I understand those two issues, Prime's mouth doesn't bother me but I can understand while some don't like it or find it weird. How easily they get torn a part is definitely weird and that issue seems to get worse with the sequels.
I appreciate the kind words. While I have no problem talking about my issues with these movies, I try to be more positive because I do genuinely love them. Plus there is just so much hate on them, mostly find to be unjustifiable, so I want to add another perspective on the opinion of them. The movies are just another iteration and the fact that so many people want them, and every other version of the franchise it seems, to just be G1 again is crazy. I love how different a lot of versions of transformers used to be.
@@Talon_Productions Agreed. I miss when we could go from say the Unicron Trilogy to the Bayverse, while having Animated airing at the same time. I understand the desire for brand cohesion, but even as a kid, I liked the idea that Megatron consistently had these radically different designs. I just don't feel that much desire to experience everything that's coming out now. Fiction wise, I should make clear; I never was much of a TF toy guy.
@@captainhenson41 See I always liked that too. I'm a toy guy, and I lvoe being able to show off different versions of Megatron or Optimus and highlight how different they are depending on which version it is.
@@Talon_Productions Certainly helped differentiate which version you were talking about. Good times.
@@captainhenson41oh yeah! Maybe it'll go back to that one day instead of the constant "G1 but slightly different" we've had lately.
Your rival is definitly PerspectiveEnd
A rival??
Lol but I haven't seen any of their stuff, I'll have to check it out!
Well he is a michael bay hater so he is most likely your rival
Ahh gotcha!
@@Acidstormstudios Keep this in mind he doesn't care if the movie designs don't look like the ones he grew up with he just doesn't like the designs.
Plus he's is open to new ideas and new designs they just have to be good.
Great video I’m so excited for your ROTF video.
I'm very excited to cover it! I was hoping to have covered it already but just didn't get to it
Talon Productions could you please send me a link to image of Blackout you used @ 15:55 for this video.
I believe it was this one:
images.app.goo.gl/UhUKMKRdJ76bSWv3A
@@Talon_Productions Thank you.
No problem at all!
While this movie has a lot of negative criticism, at least this movie is still remembered and still talked about it to this day while the newer movies got forgotten real quick😂
This movie was my Star Wars & Jurassic Park of the 2000s❤
Brings back memories
Sorry G1 Fanboys but this will forever be my favorite Transformers movie.
This movie is, simply put, one of the Early-2010s Internet's most overhated and unfairly bashed movies, right up there with Spider-Man 3, the Star Wars Prequels and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. And it isn't worthy of that hatred at all.
People who hate on this hate it because 1. "It's not G1", and 2. "There's no substance", which is utterly stupid.
The movie wasn't trying to be based on a specific incarnation of these characters, but on the characters _themselves,_ serving as a new depiction a la the Unicron Trilogy and Animated which came out the same decade. And the whole "there's no substance" criticism is utterly preposterous because it's _okay for films to be nothing but escapism for escapism's sake._ And in that field, Transformers delivers on the escapist fun.
The effects are timeless, the action sequences are kinetic brilliance, the humour mostly works and the story is a fun, albeit flawed alien-conspiracy romp with likable characters and an earnest sense of awe to the proceedings which make it a cut above other intended crowd pleasers of the time.
Not only that, but in terms of "selling toys" (which is what Transformers media is all about), Transformers is successful; When you try to sell children a toyline, you have to sell the characters that the toys are built on. Children aren't buying toys, but rather _characters,_ ditto for adults who love these characters and want to show their love by owning them in a physical form, and the movie does well by portraying these robots in disguise with a respect and awe that the franchise after is still yet to match. In fact, though both movies are good, I'd dare say Transformers does a better job at selling Transformers toys than the earlier, more infamous The Transformers: The Movie, as TTFTM is all about killing off the old characters to make way for new ones whilst Transformers is a sci-fi action spectacle where the titular characters are intended to strike awe and wonder into moviegoers.
It definitely was, and in a lot of ways is, hated on way more than it deserves! I agree with the prequels and Pirates AWE but can't with Spider-Man 3. I absolutely despise that movie lmao.
I've always said the movies were based more so on the idea of the franchise, the concepts and certain characters and story beats, not anything specific. This film definitely delivers on the escapist stuff that you said, and I agree that it is fine for movies to be just that. Tbh I prefer it a lot of the time.
I agree with pretty much everything else you said! Excellent thoughts and views on this film.
@@Talon_Productions If it wasn't a good movie, I wouldn't have happily bought a 4th party version of the Studio Series toy of Bayverse Optimus Prime. If that doesn't prove I love this movie, I don't know what will.
Honestly glad we live in a timeline where this kind of video exist. I’m proud to have a fellow Bayverse fans here knowing I’m not the only one who find the transformers movie enjoyable.
Thank you for the ind words! It is awesome to see other Bay fans out there, part of why I made this channel was to have a sort of community for Bay fans.
JUST GOT BACK FROM SEEING TRANSFORMERS 2007 IN THEATERS FOR ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!! THAT WAS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I WAS 8 WHEN THIS CAME OUT BACK IN 2007, AND I HONESTLY DONT REMEMBER IF MY PARENTS TOOK ME TO GO SEE IT!!!!!! BUT NOW I CAN SAY I HAVE SEEN TRANSFORMERS 2007 IN THEATERS!!!!!!!!
I'm glad you had such an awesome time! I had a wonderful experience, it was a fun time and I loved seeing it again
Do I find it funny that on Reddit most forums that aren’t transformers fans actually like the bayverse but on the main Reddit transformers forum and transformemes hate the bayverse so much they bring it up twice a week and take their time in ripping the movies apart and then gets up voted as well.
I find it funny when the bumblebee movie drop, the transformers fandom hopes that the Bayverse film will be forgotten soon but after how many year since the bumblebee movie drop along with Rise of the beast, people still talk about the Bayverse films😂
@@RydellAggin12 yup I don’t get this fandom sometimes? Like if you hate the bayverse so much why bring it up from time to time. Like there’s things I dislike but I won’t care about discussing about it. The fans of this franchises can be nice people I know that but some I really don’t understand on the internet.
Really? I remember one time somebody posted a pic on the r/transformers, it was a pic of G1 Megatron obliterating Bayverse Megatron and deem as the “one and only one true OG Megatron” reading the comment on that post was hilarious because it was people who is commenting “what is this boomer stuff?”😂
@@0t3n4layf huh didn’t know that i just been seeing the most recent stuff. Thanks for the clarification.
@@isaiahhale6401Is the Transformers subreddit really that toxic?
Revenge of the Fallen, I also like, is it perfect: no, I understand the many problems including the infamous writers strike, BUT I LIKE REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, DARK OF THE MOON, AGE OF EXTINCTION, BUT I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE LAST KNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love, love, LOVE Revenge of The Fallen! Can't wait to do my review of it. I like all of them, except for The Last Knight. Even then I don't hate it, its just way more flawed than the others.
@@Talon_Productions But then again I don’t mind the problems, but I absolutely hate The Last Knight, it was the worst, I mean they totally ruined Nemesis Prime, he barely showed up in the movie even though they marketed him, The Quintessa Twist making her a human at the ending, Megatron showing up for literally no reason even though Galvatron was literally only in Age of Extinction, once again changing when the Transformers arrived on Earth and how long they been in Earth, BUMBLEBEE APPARENTLY HATES NAZIS is honestly the stupidest thing ever, I mean I could go on and on with it
@@Talon_Productions Oh btw I’m not hating on Peter Cullen or Frank Welker both in The Last Knight, because you know they are like the MVP in Transformers, but I’m just faulting the movie at the direction they went for TLK
@@devindubay7911 I don't hate TLK, but I totally understand if people do. It makes so many baffling decisions, its crazy. And I didn't think that you were hating on them, like all things even if TLK is bad there is still good stuff in it.
@@Talon_Productions Yeah that’s the thing even though most people didn’t like the sequels, I do, I like parts of those certain films, like ROTF is very divisive, but I’m not going to say that they weren’t cool things they did like the Shanghai battle is cool, Optimus Prime getting out of an airplane carrier transform to robot then back to vehicle, THE AMAZING FOREST BATTLE SCENE, DEVASTATOR COMBINING, Battle Over Egypt are some of the best parts in the movie
Steve Jablonsky was so good they had to bring him back for Rise Of The Beasts to make the most talked-about score fron that movie.
Facts!
This video was really good i appreciate your opinions and retrospective on the movie and not gonna lie this movie was my childhood it got me into transformers it got me into the toys this movie will always have a special place in my heart but still great video and retrospective
I really appreciate the kind words, thank you!
@@Talon_Productions no problem ^^
I’m not sure which is the peak of the bayformers this one or DOTM
If you think that the first Bayverse look of Megatron look like a huge chandelier then you haven’t seen steppenwolf from ZSJL yet😂
I adore this movie. Don't get me wrong, it will never beat the original 1986 movie, but god damn this movie is pretty great. Simple story, great cast, incredible CGI and hard hitting action. I totally understand how it might have pissed some Transformers fans at the time, but this is a genuinely well made movie. It's nice to hear someone gush about how great it is.
Also I've never noticed Ratchet trying to aim Ironhide's cannons into the Witwicky house, like bro I thought you were the medic...
For me it does beat the 1986 movie. Don't get me wrong, I love the '86 movie but I honestly feel its over-hyped and overblown. This movie did everything it needed to do and then some for the first ever live-action adaption.
Yeah, Ratchet being a psycho for a second is easy to miss and pretty crazy lmao
@@Talon_Productions I will say this, the 2007 movie did some brilliant work with blending digital and practical effects that still blows my mind to this day. Bay for sure knows how to direct action.
@@BraveBladeProductions Agreed! Its amazing how well it holds up still. I honestly believe this movie, at least in terms of effects, to be the Jurassic Park of the 2000's.
Dude where fans and viewers exited when they first saw the first film from Michael bay in 2007 what did they think of him before he made him did he like it
I wish Frenzy took off Mikaela’s pants instead of Sam’s. Michael Bay could’ve made the part where the girl love interest lose her pants
Mikaela was underage though.
@@Talon_Productions how?
Because she was lol in ROTF they had both graduated and are presumably 18 by then. ROTF takes place 2 years after this which would put them around 16.
That’s creepy bro😂
I want to tell you a story about how I discovered this movie so back in 2006 when I found my brother CD-ROM that came with the Armada Galvatron that we no longer have it was like a cool addition because the menu has like this robotic face that has like four icons you can click on there was paint where you can make your customized Transformer game which was basically a game where you had to defend Energon from the Decepticons and if you blow up the energon on you lose and then was the web when I clicked on that that was when I discovered Transformers 2007 and I saw the teaser trailer for it it was like a dream come true a live-action Transformers movie that sounds awesome then I remember some of the concept Arts coming out and the first time I ever saw Megatron was with a Lunchable and they had like those kind of weird looking I don't even remember what they were but it was cool to see what Megatron looked like before they redesign in which I say was a good call since the old design just looked scary and it just didn't work his head in the final product looks so much better anyways and I remembered not liking Starscream in that movie I just didn't like the way how he looked at first but after a while I really like his design for some reason ever since I became an adult if I were to make a list of what my favorite Transformers movies are in fact I'll do that right now I know it's generic but to those people who say don't make a list shut up
Transformers (1986) 9/10
Transformers (2007) 9/10
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen 7/10
Transformers Dark of the Moon 10/10
Transformers age of Extinction 2/10
Transformers The Last Knight 0/10
Bumblebee 8/10
And before anyone gets mad at me for giving Bumblebee a low score to be honest I did not give it a low score I gave age of extinction a low score but here's the thing I like bumblebee I think it's a good movie but I don't like it as much as I like Dark of the Moon I just think dark of the moon just did a much better job other than that this is the end of my comment have a nice day and remember stay cool
Smrirky starscream 86 yeh this move help pust trwnsfomeds to be more wel known by modern audiences a d nsde transfimers a billion dollar pekprty
15:20 bro is doing a funky pose
Unpopular Opinion but is it wrong that I enjoyed this movie more than the Bumblebee?
Not at all! I certainly do too.
@@Talon_Productions Transformers (2007) just feels very unique and cool and is not afraid to try anything new, meanwhile Bumblebee is only Praised because of the Cybertron scene (Tbh, I wasn’t really impressive by the scene and it's only used as a weapon against Bay’s design) plus the movie is filled with cliche and stuff.
@@0t3n4layfand Bumblebee is praised for having G1 designs
@@jross9553 That’s true
But wait, the movie says his name is Devastator
It does, but this was a confirmed mistake that, for whatever reason, was never changed in the film itself. Brawl was the intended final name for the character and the one used on all of the toys, comics, games, etc.
The only good one!👍👍
Oh I disagree there! But yeah this one is good.
I think people criticism regarding the films has to do with the fact people were expecting a on screen adaption of the characters they grew up with. Similar to how the marvel movies characters have accurate costumes to their comic book selves with a few exceptions. I have no problem with the character looking different but aleast maintain elements so I can tell who’s who otherwise I and people would be confuse. Also this mainstream audience first introduction to transformers so their may get the impression that transformers is this mindless action shlock when in reality in has a great cast,lore and mythology. transformers movie designs are garage their suppose to be more realistic alien complex design but instead look like junkyward pieces stitch together in fact it looks less advance then what came before. If anything the transformers should look like those jeagers from pacific rim.
To a point, I can understand some criticism coming from those expectations, but I feel like a lot of the trailers and promotional material made it very clear that this wasn't one of those type of adaptions. I personally have never understood the complaint with characters looking the same since they really don't, even ones that share a similar color. The movie designs aren't garbage, of course if you don't like them that's fine, but I think they perfectly how an advanced, mechanical, transforming race could look. All sorts of bits moving, rotating, etc. They truly seem like robotic beings that are alive! Not sure how you can say it looks "less advanced than what came before" when, at the very least, super boxy G1 designs exist.
@@clownypoundy6834 I don't know, it still works for me. They look like actually alien robots instead of just giant metal people. Don't get me wrong, I like that design style too and enjoy most other design iterations over the years, but the movie look is my favorite.
@@Talon_Productionsyeah I apologies. I mean this comment is old and back than I was getting used to the designs but now they don’t bother me as much tho I still have my issues with them but I wouldn’t call it garbage.