Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
"I would have waited an eternity for this"... movie!
I was constantly ridiculed as a child because my favorite character on "The Transformers" TV show, wasn't a Transformer at all - it was Spike. So you can imagine how excited I was to see Spike all grown up in, "The Transformers - The Movie"."Look, it's Unicron!"The movie opens with our introduction to the devastating, planet-eating robot, Unicron. Voiced by the legendary Orson Welles (in his final performance), Unicron proves to be no match for any Autobot or Decepticon."Roger me! Wilco me! Anything! Hello! Hello! Earth?!"Fortunately, it doesn't take long for Spike and his son Daniel to make their appearance. I'll admit, seeing Spike as an adult, took some getting used to. Especially, during the scene when Spike's spaceship is being attacked by Unicron, and Spike yells, "Oh, s**t, what are we going to do?!" If my mother knew that there was profanity in this movie, I don't think she would have been so anxious to drive me to the movie theater."One shall stand, one shall fall!"This movie contains many epic battles, including the fight between Prime and Megatron. I still think this is one of the best action sequences in motion picture history. Watching Optimus Prime fall to Megatron was uncomfortable for me, mostly because Spike and Prime always seemed to be the closest of friends. If it was painful for me to watch, I knew it would be painful for Spike.I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but I will say that the Autobot Matrix of Leadership is the only thing that can destroy Unicron. Once Megatron is reborn as Galvatron (that's right, I said "reborn"!... you'll just have to see the movie to know what I'm talking about), he will stop at nothing to get the Matrix of Leadership. Can you blame him? When a robot the size of a planet tells you to do something - you do it!You might want to take a nap before you watch "The Transformers - The Movie", because the climatic battle at the end of the movie will leave you exhausted. Total chaos, and I loved every minute of it!I have but one thing to say to people who don't like this movie - "Spare me this mockery of justice!"This movie is beyond good, beyond evil... it's beyond your wildest imagination!