Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Probably the best toy movie ever.
That's right, while other toy franchises have come and gone (and the sooner Pokemon goes the better IMHO)Transformers has kept its loyal band of followers through the years. What differentiates it from the usual cash-in movie, is the amount of effort which has gone in to make this simply a good movie. The writers and producers ovbiously had a love for the subject, as the quality of the script is superb. It ranges all the emotions, even giving saving private ryan a run for it's money in the "war is hell" stakes. Featuring the deaths of major characters and the erosion of hope in the good guys, the storyline is quite mature for basically a kiddy movie. The continuity is sometimes lax (where does Blaster go to after the battle of Autobot city?) and the animation quality is varied, but the voice acting is superb (Leonard Nimoy and Orson Welles both feature), which along with the script, fleshes out the characters and gives a good heart to the film. The essential good versus bad cartoon. Buy this (and Iron Giant ;) instead of a yellow mutant rabbit, and you won't be disappointed.