So. I have watched most of the Transformers movies by now, so I was pretty interested in seeing this movie…and was able to see it only one day ago.
The opening scene of this movie did a really good job of setting up the tension. I was really confused about why there was an ape transformer called Optimus Primal, since I know that Optimus Prime is an autobot who changes into a large vehicle…but things did make sense towards the end of the movie.
I liked the initial scene that showed Noah and his family. The relationship he had with his brother, Kris, was especially sweet…and I liked the fact that Kris insisted on using the codenames of Sonic and Tails from them.
It was good to see Noah and Elena’s characters developed outside of their interactions with the Autobots. I didn’t know as much about Elena’s history as I did about Noah, since I only saw her interacting with her boss and not any of her family members. However, I did see enough to feel that Elena was clearly being used by her boss in identifying items in the museum. It just wasn’t clear why Elena, as an intern, had that knowledge that her boss claimed for her own.
One of my favourite characters in this movie was Mirage. I loved his interactions with Noah and the friendship that formed between them, along with how Mirage later interacted with Kris. I have to say, though, I’m a bit confused by the fact that Optimus Prime keeps on reverting back to his ‘humans aren’t to be trusted’ phase. It seems like there’s little development each time Optimus Prime appears in a Transformers movie. It has been a while since I saw the other ones, though, so I could be misremembering a good reason for this.
There were a lot of really good action scenes in this movie, and I really liked the fact that both Elena and Noah had different motivations and reasons for what they were doing.
I also really liked the Maximals, especally Airazor. I would have liked to see more of her history, especially as it’s made clear she’s the only one of her group of Maximals left. I would have liked more details about the Maximals all round, to be honest. No one seemed very surprised to see them, but what was their history with the Autobots?
This movie is really good for an action science fiction movie that includes the Transformers and Autobots, but it’s definitely not a complicated storyline. It was a lot of fun to watch and I did really like the friendship between Mirage and Noah. Plus, I always think Bumblebee is a really great character…despite only being able to communicate by using different voices through his radio.
So yeah. If you enjoy Transformers and lots of action, you will definitely enjoy this movie. It was a lot of fun and easy to watch.
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