Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
Excellent animation, good plot, but Optimus Prime dies?!
I've been a trans fan since I was a kid but never watched the movie until years after its release. I was missing out. I heard that movie ticket sales weren't good at the time, but it seems to now be popular due to 80's nostalgia.As stated, the presentation is very well done. Great animation (That first panning shot of Unicron is top-rate Anime quality), great voices, lots of action, and even a cool soundtrack to boot. Some of the fight scenes (like ones in Autobot city) were superb, but I have one major gripe:Optimus Prime dies yet Megatron (turned into Galvatron) lives?! This did not make trans fans happy (and partly explains why the movie didn't sell well upon release). Ultra Magnus was pretty cool, but when I found out Hot Rod (later Rodimus Prime) became leader, it just made me think, "This sucks, no more Optimus." It's replaced by this lame guy who doesn't fight much, doesn't project himself like one of authority, and shorts himself out just so he can have a pow-wow with the Matrix. At least they kept Galvatron acting/looking pretty much the same as Megatron.So if you liked transformers or like Anime, this one is a must-get.As a sidenote, they eventually brought him back in the 2 part episode "The Return of Optimus Prime" (thank you!).