Coming in close to 3 hours. It's hard to believe we've come this far in this rock em sock em robot extravaganza since the 1984 cartoon series that I believe aired in syndication. The original cartoon series was cheaply made with limited animation and simplistic plots for kids, primarily young boys. It was all about selling toys back then.
30 years later this series is now a big budget Hollywood production although the plots are still about on the level of the cartoon series. 2007 was the first appearance of the Transformers directed by the master of large scale action, Michael Bay. Bay has now invested about 7 years of his life in this series but since the films have made so much money I can imagine he has been well paid. Come to think of it, I've been watching these films for 7 years now and nobody is paying me for my time.
Sick at home with food poisoning of all things, this seemed like the perfect non think film to watch while my temperature climbed to 102. However after about an hour of robots throwing each other around I grabbed my laptop and spent the rest of the running time of the film wasting my time on the internet while the computer generated robots constantly bashed and smashed each other.
It seems like these big robot movies have kind of worn out their welcome but this latest Transformers movie has made a lot of money guaranteeing that there will be a Transporters 5. But let it be said this is not a good popcorn film.
165 minutes.
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