Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Whilst there have been some major improvements from the end of the Mark Wahlberg days of Transformers this filn didnt hit the heights of Stansfields Bumblebee.
Ramos was great. Mirage was an excellent addition and stands out above all other transformer additions. Bays production company Bayhem continues to develop the design of the bots to make them cleaner, clearer and sleeker and again this is much more akin to the animated cartoons of my childhood.
This lacked a little bit of fun, that level of self aware comedy that presents the ludicrous as serious and because of that has a lot of irreverential fun along the way. This didn't have that. But replaced it with heart. 711
Which was lovely but made this film about a planet eating robot just a little bit less fun than it could have been. Also, whilst the soundtrack had flashes of greatness this filn didnt put the music front and centre as it has before and the film is weaker for it.
Its ok. Its encouraging. Im looking forward to see what they do next. But its no Bumblebee. 596