When you
watch Bumblebee, you start to wonder what the hell the other Transformers movies
thought they were doing. The Bumblebee formula for a Transformers movie
worked, as the film is way more interesting than all the others.
This movie
wasn’t just packaged as a prequel to the 2007 Transformers movie but
as a chance to enjoy what the director (Travis Knight) could
have done with the franchise. That’s exactly what I felt when the credits
started to roll on this sixth installment of the live-action Transformers series.
The CGI, as
usual, was masterful, and Hailee Steinfeld pulled off an amazing performance as
Charlie, the girl who finds, fixes, and becomes friends with Bumblebee.
As usual, what I was looking forward to was a Cybertron showdown—a fight
between Autobots and Decepticons. What I got was two awesome fights. The first
was between Bumblebee and Blitzwing, which happened earlier in the movie. The
second was even better; it happened later on, near the end, and it was between
Bumblebee and Dropkick.
The movie’s plot
starts on Cybertron, with the Autobots getting their asses kicked. Optimus
Prime knows that losing is not an option, even though, at the moment, it’s
happening. He makes the best decision and calls a fallback, planning to
regroup. Earth is picked as the meeting point.
Optimus Prime then sends B-127 (Bumblebee) to Earth to secure and protect it
until he can call the Autobots to regroup.
His arrival led to a standoff between him and the military, led by Agent Jack Burns, played by John Cena. While Bumblebee was trying to get the humans to understand that he wasn’t there to harm them, the Decepticon Blitzwing showed up.
Blitzwing shoots up the place, killing many humans, but Burns survives. He and Bumblebee go at it, and during the fight, Bumblebee’s voice box is destroyed, and his memory chip is damaged. Bumblebee transforms into a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle to stay hidden as he shuts down.
All this happens
in 1987. Bumblebee is hurt and out of commission for years, until a girl named
Charlie asks for the Beetle as a birthday present.
She fixes him up, and he transforms back. Their introduction is something best
seen rather than written.
They form a bond, with Charlie helping him remember who he is since his memory
chip is damaged. She helps him get a radio, which he uses as his voice, and
together they stop the two Decepticons sent to kill him.
This is the best Transformers movie and is worth seeing this holiday.
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