Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Thank God For Nephews
I was talked into spending some quality time with(i.e. babysitting)my five year old nephew a few days ago. It was raining that day and he didn't want to watch Shrek again, so I took him to the video store to find a DVD for us to watch. To my suprise, there on the shelf was a title I had not thought of in over 15 years, The Transformers: The Movie. We rented the movie, brought it home, and not only did my nephew love it, but it made me nostalgic for those days of my sophmore year in highschool when I'd doodle images of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Soundwave instead of taking notes during those boring economics classes. Yes, sad to say, a fifteen year old kid in highschool enjoyed the Transformers then, and this 32 y/o uncle, along with my nephew, enjoys the Transformers now. The storyline is great, the voice acting is topnotch, and the animation, though is looks dated by todays computer anitmation standards (remember, even Southpark is done with computers, The Transformers was all handdrawn), is still astounding in its attention to detail.