2018 Directed by Travis Knight
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
Hailee Steinfeld Jorge Lendeborg Jr. John Cena Jason Ian Drucker Pamela Adlon Stephen Schneider Ricardo Hoyos John Ortiz Glynn Turman Len Cariou Kollin Holtz Gracie Dzienny Fred Dryer Isabelle Ellingson Mika Kubo Felicia Stiles George Anagnostou Brandon Wardle Lenny Jacobson Megyn Price Krystin Goodwin Nick Pilla Sachin Bhatt Tim Martin Gleason David Waters Antonio D. Charity Courtney Coker Edwin Hodge Jake Huang Show All…
Michael Bay Lorenzo di Bonaventura Steven Spielberg Chris Brigham Stephen Davis Tom DeSanto Brian Goldner Mark Vahradian
Hasbro Paramount Allspark Pictures Bay Films Di Bonaventura Pictures Laika Entertainment Tencent Pictures Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production
Трансформеры 6, Transformers 6, Brighton Falls, BumbleBee
hard to believe that john cena is going to get *two* nominations for Best Supporting Actor this year but you can't argue with the facts (he'll win for BLOCKERS, of course, assuming that Hugh Grant continues to get snubbed).
convincing proof that every single movie franchise — no matter how miserable — can be redeemed by firing Michael Bay and moving to the 1980s. when the shapeshifting alien robot learns to love the Smiths… i felt that.
"I'm sorry, old friend...now you have to go hang out with Shia LaBeouf." -- Optimus Prime
If you've seen The Iron Giant, The Water Horse, How to Train Your Dragon, ET: The Extraterrestrial, or any other variation on the "kid befriends beast" premise, you've seen this movie pretty much beat-for-beat. But yet, Bumblebee works. And bizarrely, the movie doesn't work *despite* its familiarity and cliches and simple plot-structure; it works *because* of it. The only word you can use to describe a film like this is "charming", because that's what it is. Hailee Steinfeld is charming, Bumblebee is charming, the 80s are charming, and the humor is charming. It's just a pleasant, heartfelt, sweet movie, even if it's not revolutionary. Not everything has to be. Nuff said.
I thought it could never happen, but it did: for the first time in my life I had an actual emotional investment in the well-being of a Transformer.
“Rather than try to aggro up the old cartoon, Bumblebee leans into the nostalgia; the soundtrack is littered with ’80s radio hits and for the first time on the big screen, the Transformers themselves look like they did on the vintage show. Rather than blow up everything in sight for 165 minutes, Knight only blows up select things while telling a sweet coming of age story.”
Full review at ScreenCrush.
Entretenida entrega que reinicia la saga Bay. Una mezcla de Gigante de Hierro con Transformers. Decente actuación de la actriz principal, pésimo John Cena y un padre MUY hostiable. Unos diseños de los robots maravillosos. Más Cybertron plis.
NOTA: 6,5/10.
An incredible return to form for a franchise that I love watching anyway, despite all the mindless, often difficult to discern nonsense thrown into the action sequences.
Me when Bumblebee breaks a dam resulting in a flood: oh so that’s why they gave her a random backstory including being on the diving team
Would you believe me if I told you I watched this again?
Because I did. And I will watch it more times to come in the near future when it comes out on DVD gotta see that Megatron deleted scene. 2018 was officially the year of the Bee suck it Thanos.
I mean... Charlie didn't even show Bumblebee the other John Hughes classic Ferris Beuller...
So who is really the villian?
This is a heart warming tribute to the classics of the 80s that both takes the franchise in a better direction as well as providing one of the most satisfying cinematic experiences of the past few years.
The direction by Travis Knight is impressive. He takes a somewhat familiar story and injects new life into it, all the while saving a franchise on the brink of fading into obscurity.
Knight clearly had a vision for how he wanted the film shot to make us feel closer to Bumblebee as a character as well as how those awesome action scenes should…
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