Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Trip down old memory lane...
I remember when I was a little kid, just getting into action figures. I stuck mainly with G.I. Joe (I recommend the G.I. Joe movie as well), but my brother was a huge Transformers fan. Just stepping into his room, I could see walls filled with figures. Seeing huge, detailed mechs transform into beetles and cars just made G.I. Joe seem so plain. I was hooked on Transformers (good thing my brother and I had a pretty good relationship, because when he got tired of toys and cartoons, I got all his swag! HA!). Then the movie came out...What can I say? It's a classic. The animation has aged pretty well, the dubbing still holds up today (I just found out that Eric Idle was in this movie... weird), and the story is deep and weaving to top it all off. Looking back on it now, I'm really amazed that a movie like this could make a PG rating. Death, destruction, violence; everything animation companies put out now is pretty tame compared to this.Also, if you're picking this up, spent the extra ten bucks on the Vol. 7 - Return of Optimus Prime, since it ties up a lot of confusing loose ends in the movie.