Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Greatest film ever shunned by the public?
When I was a little kid I used to be entranced by clips of a Transformers flicks messily recorded to a low quality beta tape. It was an obsession of mine. I recall being engrossed by the animation, the music, the battles, and the overall drama of it all. It's been over ten years since I lost that tape and my memories of it became increasingly blurred. But the awe I felt whenever the movie was switched on never left me. A part of me felt just slightly empty in the duration of these numerous years, and I always gained a slight satisfaction whenever I tried to conjure up the memories of this enigmatic Transformers film.Well, after all these years of emptiness, I suddenly had an epiphany: "Why not search the Internet for that cool Transformers movie I saw over 13 years ago?" One click lead to another and the tape soon thereafter in my possession. Let me tell you this: Transformers: The Movie is a great movie. The rock score, the heroism, the drama, the anime-style action and battle sequences... it's all there and it's even better than I remembered. Oh, there's definitely a seminal quality to it, as the animation ranges from plain ugly to beautifully fluid. It's also a little hard to appreciate if you're not a Transformers fan. But the more you watch it, the more you realize the true beauty behind what first "meets the eye." This animated flick was ahead of its time when it saw its release in 1986. Transformers: The Movie dared to aim at a more mature film back when Disney was still doing movies with dragons and castles. It's kind of like what Don Bluth did with Titan A.E. in trying to revolutionize public perception of the animated film with more mature themes, except Transformers: TM came out much earlier. First-class tale of heroism and destiny with a "so cheesy that it's cool" rock-score, and a dramatic, well-organized plot make this one of the most underrated movie in recent memory. A classic that deserves a look by those who didn't see it when it came out.