Transforming and Rolling out...

So I'm an proud unabashed genuine Transformers' fan! Many of you know that and embrace it ever if you may think I'm too old for it. I like many took many of life's lessons care of the Optimus Prime monologue that ended many an episode of the 6 frames per second cartoon series. I've been psyched at the thought of the movie in a way that I really didn't imagine I could be. When the first leaked images appeared I knew it would never meet the expectations I had. Too many liberties taken with the classic characters and the design of some of the bots - Decepticons - in particular, just looked wrong. Then something happened this trailer was released and showed us for the first time how cool the film could be

I'm HOOKED!!! And after getting way too excited at seeing the film, I'm just happy I enjoyed it as much as I did. Yesterday a group of us went to see the movie, many of them serious VFX artists and others - girls! And the verdict from the Bayhem - Big grins all round! I swear I had no idea just how cool this movie is. The moment Optimus starts talking you know it's going to be good, but it's really funny. So the occasional gripe about the nonsensical human caharacters aside, the action between the kids and the bots was amazing, like everything I'd hoped to see from the comics and TV show. The moment Prime puts the kids on his back and runs from the bad guys, you're right back to being an 8-year old and suddenly the theater chair seems a little bigger.  I don't use the word Awesome much in fact at all, but good bless you ILM you've only gone a done it, made those robots look so damn believable!

A word of caution for those fans who have yet to see it. Suspend the disbelief at the plot holes whilst watching and concentrate on the action. Also, get use to Megatron not being, well Megatron. You get a Megatron, and he is one evil bastard but he's not our Megatron. Once you do that you're in for the most memorable, exciting and genuinely fun cinema experience of the last 10 years!

Already chomping at the bit for the sequels and just hope that the humans take more of a truck cab backseat. Bring on more carnage Mr Bay. It can't come fast enough!