Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Much More Than Meets The Eye(yeah, I know, not too original)
This is one of my four favorite movies of all time (the other 3 are Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Casablanca). This is a GREAT movie. I remember seeing it when I was 5 for the first time. It took me a year before I got the bright idea to check Amazon.com for it. The $17 or so (after shipping and handling) is very much a bargain for ANYONE who grew up watching the cartoons and playing with the toys. I still get chills during many of the scenes, 13 years later. However, the movie might be too intense for little kids (lotsa violence, death), which, along with some of the language (ie: d--n). Grimlock is as funny as he was when the movie was released, Starscream just as annoying, Optimus just as heroic, Unicron just as terrifying, Megatron/Galvatron just as odious, and Devastator just as monstrous. You simply CAN'T go wrong with this one. Even though the animation standards aren't exactly equal to the new Beast Wars or Beast Machines, it's still extremely fluidly animated in a beautifully done anime style. One negative I can find with the movie- the music is VERY dated and sometimes clashes with the action on screen. But that's a minor complaint, as far as I'm concerned. You will enjoy this movie.