Having grown up with Sci-Fi and anime often featuring giant robots, transforming or otherwise, I had been eagerly awaiting this live-action adaptation of the Japanese/American phenomenon known as Transformers.
Well, I've seen it several times by now, and I LOVE it! Seeing screenshots of the movie doesn't do it justice; you have to see these things in motion. There's lots of action, lots of humor - even though not always to my taste, to be honest - and we meet up with some of our favourite childhood characters.
Speaking of which, returning to his role as [the voice of] the iconic Optimus Prime is veteran voice actor Peter Cullen (http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=peter+cullen). I'd go to see this movie just to hear him talk. According to one reviewer, he "sounds like a cross between a badass action hero, the guy who does the movie trailers, and God" (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:322407~T1) which I think is a rather good description.
The story revolves around an artifact called the Allspark. This "allspark" has existed in various TF continuities meaning different things or concepts accordingly. In this movie it is a device that... Well, maybe you should find out for yourself.
In the mean time, there's some really nice toys out, such as the one featured here:
http://powet.tv/2007/06/11/powet-toys-transformers-movie-leader-class-optimus-prime/
In fact, I got him myself! Blame me.
Well, I've seen it several times by now, and I LOVE it! Seeing screenshots of the movie doesn't do it justice; you have to see these things in motion. There's lots of action, lots of humor - even though not always to my taste, to be honest - and we meet up with some of our favourite childhood characters.
Speaking of which, returning to his role as [the voice of] the iconic Optimus Prime is veteran voice actor Peter Cullen (http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=peter+cullen). I'd go to see this movie just to hear him talk. According to one reviewer, he "sounds like a cross between a badass action hero, the guy who does the movie trailers, and God" (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:322407~T1) which I think is a rather good description.
The story revolves around an artifact called the Allspark. This "allspark" has existed in various TF continuities meaning different things or concepts accordingly. In this movie it is a device that... Well, maybe you should find out for yourself.
In the mean time, there's some really nice toys out, such as the one featured here:
http://powet.tv/2007/06/11/powet-toys-transformers-movie-leader-class-optimus-prime/
In fact, I got him myself! Blame me.
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