about ten minutes later Transformers OneIn this computer-animated prequel to the entire saga of Hasbro’s robots in disguise, Scarlett Johansson’s mining-focused manager Alita tells idealistic worker Orion Parks, played by Chris Hemsworth, “You don’t Touch ability.” or power. This is a clumsy, forced reference cheesy power ballad Original animation from 1986 Transformers movie, that seems like a bad sign Transformers One This would be a movie more concerned with fan service than telling a compelling story. Thankfully though, while it’s ultimately uneven and lacks the creativity or visual brilliance it needs to be truly great, T1 Managing to have more intelligence and depth than initially appears. Now that all the “origin story” premise is no longer an obstacle, it can lay the foundation for better movies to follow.
There’s no doubt this is an origin story from start to finish, and we know how it’s going to end before we even start. Chris Hemsworth’s character may be known as Orion Parks to everyone around him, but from the moment we first laid eyes on him, we knew he already had his signature blue and red colors in everything Before the dust settles, he will become Optimus Prime. You might say that this movie exists in the context of all the movies that came before it, so invest in your own Transformers It will inevitably bring color to your experience. As far as I’m concerned, when that 1986 cartoon came out, I was old enough to watch it, and if late great james ear jones Darth Vader’s incredible performance defined malice and evil for me as a kid, as did Peter Cullen’s performance as Optimus Prime, who defined good and virtue. In his performance, he conveys many things: warmth, compassion, decency, thoughtfulness, concern for the greater good, a reluctant willingness to sacrifice if that’s what’s necessary to do the right thing.
When we first meet Orion Parkes, who recklessly infiltrates a facility housing classified archives in hopes of learning something to help solve the precious energy shortage plaguing Cybertronian robots, it’s hard to imagine him growing up. For a temperate person. Sure, he wants to make the world a better place, but he’s also a little silly and a little impulsive. To his credit, however, Hemsworth found a path in the voice acting that reflected how Orion’s experiences changed him over the course of the film. The script deftly takes him through such an exciting, radical experience that we believe he will be forever changed.
The origin story ultimately works because it’s all very personal to Orion and feels personal because of the relationship at its center. Orion’s best friend is his fellow mining droid D-16, voiced by one of the most exciting actors working today, Brian Tyree Henry. Just as we knew before the end credits rolled that Orion would become Optimus Prime, we also knew that his best friend D-16 would become his eternal nemesis Megatron. Together the two of them – along with Alita and Keegan-Michael Key’s B-127 (who will one day become Bumblebee, but now prefers to call himself Badassatron) – embark on a journey to discover something that will shake Seber the truth about Tanzanian society. It helps that some of this truth comes from the wonderful voice of Laurence Fishburne, a popular robot named Alpha Trion. For a moment, as he sheds light on the long-lost reality of Cybertron’s past, he suggests that the true meaning of “Transformers” may have less to do with being able to change a person’s shape and more to do with being able to change the world. This is a cool idea.
But how do we work to create this change? How do we react when we learn difficult truths, when we learn that something we believe is a lie? Getting angry is natural and sometimes even a good thing. Anger can fuel our desire to strive for something better. But it also consumes us. The most attractive thing about the plot is that Transformers One This isn’t the deep, dark secret Orion and his friends discovered. Orion learns and decides what kind of leader he wants to be by observing how D-16’s anger at these discoveries affects him. No Want to be.
It’s heartbreaking and a little scary to see D-16 changed by the truths he learns and the injustices he discovers. He’s more compelling as a villain because we understand why he’s so angry and we feel the pain Orion feels as he watches his friend become disoriented. Near the end of the film, the rage within him leads him to commit a shocking public act of violence against another robot, and sees him become a demagogue, using words of dominance and violence to appeal to those basest impulses. Man, this is tragic. While Optimus Prime becomes like a labor organizer, using solidarity to encourage downtrodden robots to throw off their chains and assert that “freedom and autonomy are the rights of all living beings,” Steve Buscemi’s Starscream expresses this Opposing Ideology: “A unified Cybertron is a myth. The only thing that matters is the power of one robot to dominate everything. Many people sometimes find this idea tempting, but it is nothing but rotten. (I think this Children’s cartoons are somewhat relevant to current events, but I’m not sure.)
Regardless, the climax of the movie is strong, with a showdown that crystallizes the identity of these two friends-turned-rivals and left me eager to see more of them, as they are the Optimus Prime and Megatron we’ve known for a long time sky. (To my delight, it even pays homage to Optimus Prime’s long history as a Christ figure.) But that’s not enough. Transformers One A great movie in its own right. For most of its running time, it’s moderately enjoyable, but seriously lacks the kind of originality a film like this needs to make it more than just another piece of corporate entertainment. No sequence here can compare to the stunning action. Spider-Manverse There’s also no image in the movie as memorable as 1986’s unforgettable planet-sized robot Unicron, for example Transformers Movie.
I watched the film in 3D, which definitely enhanced the film’s visuals and gave the central scenes of Iacon City a wonderful layering, but Transformers One It never quite figures out how to make the most of its vistas in the action scenes, which often feel like arbitrary diversions from the story rather than involving sequences that help the film or us understand the characters in a meaningful way. The early racing scene, for example, does this with lots of robots zooming in quickly, providing plenty of sensory transference, but it’s hard to feel invested in because the way it’s shot isn’t particularly exciting, with Orions and D-16s Just kind of feeling my way through it. It’s not until the final showdown, when each character fights tooth and nail for what they believe in, and the stakes are truly high, that the action really starts to hit the ground running. Against this backdrop of heightened emotions, callbacks (or, I guess, callforwards, since this is a prequel) another famous quote Transformers Movie Doesn’t feel like a clunky reference drop Transformers One It’s a little too much to dwell on, but like the real, defining moments in the relationship between these two men and men, it’s painful.
Like many origin stories, Transformers One There’s the problem of feeling like things are over just when they’ve really begun. Now that this dynamic has been established and we know that Optimus Prime and Megatron are two leaders with completely different ideologies and approaches, their idea is to make life better for those who have been wronged, I can see that The stronger film followed, a direct sequel that continued the story on Cybertron long before the robots arrived on Earth. If these movies come out Transformers One In retrospect, the setup we had to accomplish probably feels more important and necessary in order for these movies to dig deeper into the versions of these characters that were established here. But at least now, Transformers One Not bad, but not great, a movie that deals with relationships at its core and spends too much time attacking Competitor GoBots Toys and explain Why is Starscream’s voice always so annoying?instead of giving us great action sequences or really creative visuals. But, then again, this is just the beginning.
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