Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 4.0
Great retrofun and a particulary amusing soundtrack!
I never saw this when I was young but had the toys and saw the cartoon series on TV. If you're watching this for the first time in years, the first thing that you'll notice is the soundtrack. The famous "robots in disguise" and "more than meets the eye" sound and the transformation sound!Musically, the film has a typical eighties synth score with those hilarious digipad drums! Fight scenes between the robots are accompanied by a cheesy rock song! Ugh.The animation is reasonable but not what you'd expect from a feature film (even though it's a cartoon, it's not a patch on anything from Disney in the same era).The plot is okay but of course it has be ludicrous for the film - a transforming planet that eats other planets. The death of Optimus Prime and the re-birth of Megatron are both "classic transformers moments" and I especially think Leonard Nimoy as Megatron/Galvatron did the best vocals job!Go on, revisit your past!