Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Optimus Prime: RIP.
I saw this movie in theatres when I was 11 years old. Needless to say, it was rough. One of this movie's greatest strengths is that it transcends the original (and somewhat cliched) animated series and became something more. This was the moment when the Transformers became more than a mere toy-line, but an actual Science Fiction saga.I had never before seen a hero I cared about die before. Optimus Prime had been one of my idols for a long time, and to see him wounded--to see him die--was something I would never forget. Yeah, it's easy to say he was just a cartoon character. But to an eleven year-old kid, he was one of my role models. Kudos to voice actor Peter Cullen (the voice of Prime) for making his sacrifice poignant and real. See this movie.