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.

the edge of seventeen but bumblebee is woody harrelson

“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.

This is so authentic is hurts. If you would have told me Bumblebee would be a perfect origin story I would have told you you're wrong. My favorite part is that it totally stands on its own, no sequel teaser needed.

the Bible said adam and eve not florence and the machine

why they put this movie in every flight I’ve been on in the past 2 years?

Didn't have a shitty supermodel actress but did have John Cena plus a "I cant drive FIFTY FIVE" reference.

there were some pacing issues, but it was so cute and the music was great and who am i to dispute the 80s?

easily the best part of this movie was finding out that ron, aka “fuck you you’re not my real dad ron!”, is played by abbi’s crush from broad city. big stepdaddy energy

Gleich mal vorweg:
Der Film ist nicht fehlerfrei, ist voller Hollywood-Blockbuster Klischees, die Story ist simpel und emotional schiesst er auch hin und wieder über die Stränge.
Trotzdem strotzt der Film vor originellem Humor, gut eingesetzten 80er Jahr Referenzen und liebenswerten Charakteren. Auch inhaltlich hat man sich mehr an die original Zeichentrickserie gehalten, was vielen Fans gefallen dürfte.
Klar ist es eine Geschichte, über Roboter aus einer anderen Welt die sich in Fahrzeuge verwandeln können, auf die sich bestimmt nicht jeder einlassen kann. Ich allerdings hatte das Gefühl, dass die Macher den Film zum Teil selbst nicht ganz ernst nahmen und ihn deshalb hie und da mit etwas Selbstironie versehen haben, was der richtige Weg war 'Bumlebee' auch nicht Transformer-Fans zugänglich zu machen.

Bumblebee ist ein angenehm reduzierter Actionfilm mit einer herzzerreißend Wärme in seinem erzählen. Hauptdarstellerin Hailee Steinfeld besitzt zum eine erfrischende Natürlichkeit ohne die die zugeben fantastisch Tricks auch nichts wert wären.