More Than Meets The Eye

Kor-kor finally get to catch Transformers at the cinemas. The second movie watched at a cinema for this year. (movie tix are so damn expensive these days)

For those who intend to watch, stop reading this post as there are spoilers ahead.

I've heard many different feedback from those who have watched the movie. Some say funny lah. Some say draggy lah. Some say good lah.

U ask 10 persons u'll get 10 different opinions.

So here's kor-kor opinion and take of the movie.

As with any Micheal Bay's movie (the director), expect a lot of explosions, car chase scenes, comic relief and hot babes. These are the basic ingredients in his movies. The show is not bad. Plot wise. So-so lah. It reminds me of the Terminator movies where the good (aka Autobots) and bad (aka Decepticons) robots race to hunt down the lead actor.

And there's even a scene which reminded kor-kor of Batman movies as a logo of the Autobots was beamed into the sky using a very powerful light.

For those who are great fans of the cartoon might be a little disappointed with the characterization of the robots. Bumblebee for instance was a Chevy Camaro in the movie. He was a Volkswagen Beetle in the cartoon. As a consolation, the colour was still yellow.

The show shows a lot of detail for the robots. Too detailed i would say. It's like every joints, screws and moving parts are visible as compared to the cartoon ones which appear less detailed and blocky. Transformation from robots to vehicles and vice-versa seems to be so difficult and complex.

Before watching the show, Kor-kor was wondering how they would make the mouth move. In cartoons, they look like normal mouths. Employing that way into the movie would sure look corny. But it seems the movie had a different idea for the mouth. Basically it consists of different parts of machinery to portray the mouth.

The show also tells us that these transformers takes up the form of vehicles by scanning actual vehicles. I dun remember the cartoon version doing that. As far as i know, they are already in the form that they are in. Optimus Prime was already a trailer but in the movie, a trailer passed by him and he decided to shape himself as one.

Kor-kor was wondering if the transformers also took the form of animals as in the show there was a Decepticon which is shaped like a scorpion. I dun think there is a vehicle like that yet!

Another point which fans may be disappointed with the movie was that Megatron is some futuristic flying machine. Megatron was a powerful gun in the cartoons.

And i do noticed that the Autobots and Deceptions logos are not so emphasized in the movies. You can see lots in the cartoons prominently on their bodies!

It's probably due to the fact that Transformers movie was made from an existing show that makes people compare with the original. If the Tranformers movie was made from scrap or conceptualised from an original idea then this comparing thing would not have happened. There are some faithful followers from the cartoon series and are quite not happy with the changes.

In all, it's an enjoyable show to watch. Some wanted to catch it a second time. Plenty of action and fighting scenes between the good and the bad. And for two hours, it's worth your money spent.