One Good Time

Rating: 8/10 (23 June 2016)

A lot of people have problems with the Transformers series, including the running joke about the crazy amount of explosions. Critics savage this entire series, and just look at the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. There are two opposing sides for the Transformers line, that being the standard movie audience, me and you, and the critics. And these two sides just can't seem to get along. The point of these movies is to have a good time, and that is exactly what I did when I watched this movie. Now, I do agree with the critics in some certain areas, such as the more than obvious tie-in with Hasbro, some critics saying it is just a glorified Hasbro commercial. I can agree with that, but does that really matter?
First off, I do have some problems with Transformers, certainly. One of which being the run time. It is hard for a movie to stay very interesting for 143 minutes, and for a while in the middle it got rather stale. The variety of the camera tricks and action sequences can be considered at least somewhat lacking as well. That's for sure. Also, the camera work can be somewhat annoying at times as well. It was clear what was being attempted, but the execution was just a little off. Shaky action scenes and heavily repeated camera tricks can get a little old sometimes.
But never mind that, I'll move on to the good stuff, which was much more abundant. Most important, the movie was fun. That was what it should have been, and that is what it was. Big explosions, big action, and lots of fast-paced, adrenaline-filled scenes. The CGI was a big part of this, seeing as how it was near flawless. It's difficult to make giant alien robots turning into cars and back multiple times look real, but, there you go. And honestly, maybe that's the only redeeming quality of the movie. Acting is par-level, script has shaky legs at times, and the rest of the movie is generally average. But the insane action scenes and purely amazing cinematic rush, to me, is deserving of an 8/10.