Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
An excellent adventure for Transformer fans old and new!
This Transformers adventure is an epic blast worthy of the big screen, the way it was originally presented. The animation is incredible! Very much in the anime spirit, the images move along in lighting fashion, yet with all the detail and fluidity Japanese animation exudes. The plot is exceptional, moving the Transformers of the 1980's into the future (2005) and setting the stage for the multiple transformations the Transformers' key players Optimus Prime and Megatron would take over the next decade. (Can you say Optimus Primal??) The soundtrack is a blast as well--kudos to the music director for the inspired synthesized accompaniament, as well as the rocking original tracks such as "You've Got the Touch" and Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid" (As a side note, in Boogie Nights star Mark Wahlberg does a butchering rendition of "You've Got the Touch"--this may be the wrong name of the song, I can't quite recall). Regardless, the movie is a blast from beginning to end, and is an excellent romp for fans of the original Transformers as well as fans who have jumped aboard with Beast Wars and Beast Machines.