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Phantasy Star II ™ Classic

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Bumblebee (2018) in Movies

Jan 4, 2019

Bumblebee (2018)

2018 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

7.8

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It really is the Transformers film we all wanted

I had heard this called "the Transformers film we all wanted" and wasn't quite sure what that meant - I knew the recent few films had been slated but didn't think I was that big a fan as a child in the 80s. How wrong I was, I was almost instantly transported back to being a child again! Not only a true Transformers film, but an authentic 80s buddy movie as well!
The film opens with a battle scene between the Autobots and the ... bad ones. At this point I thought "oh not more of this CGI head-ache inducing nonsense". But within a few minutes we are back on Earth and there is a real Goonies/ET vibe about the film. Bumblebee has escaped ... the Transformers planet (meh) and made it to Earth, where he was pursued and badly damaged. After a few years he is taken from a salvage yard and meets his new owner. The next hour or so was good, honest family action film fun - gone was the overly complex, pseudo-science nonsense that most films have now, just simply disbelief-suspending funny action.
The plot was kept simple and it is to the film's credit - Bumblebee is tracked down and hunted by both the US Army and the ... bad robots
Simply and honestly, good family fun. It has been years since I have enjoyed taking the kids to see a film like this.

DECEPTICONS, THAT'S IT!!!