My Bumblebee movie review

My Bumblebee movie review 

 

Intro: I was skeptical about giving this movie a chance because it has three things working against it. First of all this is a prequel to the first Transformers movie, Hollywood hasn't mastered the art of producing good prequels. Second the other movies are garbage, enough said. 

Finally this movie looks like it's going to be a knockoff of a better movie. 

   

The reason why I'm giving this movie a shot is because it's centered on Bumblebee, he's the only good thing about these movies. Like I said when I reviewed Transformers G1 I don't understand why Bumblebee is a fan favorite because he doesn't stand out they way he does in these movies, he's only known for being one of the smallest autobots. Also I'm interested seeing what kind of story the writers will tell in this movie. So do we finally get a good Transformers movie or is this as bad as the rest, let's find out... 

Bumblebee: This movie takes place twenty years before the first movie. It focus on an autobot name Bumblebee leaving Cybertron during the war between autobots and the decepticons. He crash lands on planet earth and manage to keep a low profile. That change when he's discovered by a girl name Charlie, Sector 7 becomes aware of him and two decepticons follow him to earth, so he has to avoid them to protect what the decepticons are looking for.   

This movie is a breath of fresh air! It doesn't have things that plagued Mr. Bay's film's like racial stereotypes, animals humping each other and cameras up a woman's butt. This film feels more like a reboot then a prequel, you'll see what I mean when you watch this movie. I appreciate the little things in this movie like when the transformers transform it's simple, it doesn't look like a million pieces are moving around. Also we can see the action scenes and we have an explanation to why Bumblebee is the only autobot on earth. The movie has a G1 vibe to it. People say that this movie is a rip off of E.T., I can't comment on that because I don't remember that movie.  

Bumblebee is like a child in this movie as far as being curious and timid. I'm not crazy about how he got the name Bumblebee, how he lost his voice and why he's a far cry from what he was in the later films. 

Charlie is a tomboy with baggage. It's sad that she's a tomboy because she's cute. Seriously I would nail her... ( My editor throws a book at me.) Picture! I was going to say nail her picture on my walk. I enjoy the relationship between her and Bumblebee because they help each other with their problems. My issue with her is that she kind of overshadows the transformers stuff. 

I don't have much to say about the rest of the characters 

Memo ( Charlie's neighbor.) is a supporting character who's shy. 

Agent Burns is typical soldier. 

The decepticon's Dropkick and Shatter are nothing to brag about they do what deceptions do. 

One of the many gripes I have with this movie is the lack of action in this movie and some of the jokes don't work. If you think Optimus Prime is an idiot in G1 you might feel the same way about Optimus Prime in this movie. The Sector 7 Agents are dumb dumbs I mean one would think that working with giant robots who are called decepticons would be a bad idea but that's not the case. This movie has continuity flaws if this is a prequel. I wish Bumblebee would use the radio to communicate sooner and more often. 

Overall this movie is a step in the right direction for this franchise. I would recommend this if you like family films. 

Rating: Rental