Bumblebee (I) (2018)
9/10
Not a prequel, a MUCH needed (Soft) Reboot.
25 November 2020
I would give this film an 8.5, rounded up doing my part countering the many poor reviews I'm sure exist, made by A portion of the people whom enjoy the Micheal Bay films.

If you're like me and let the film Bumblebee pass you by based on the previous Transformers installments, I urge you to see it. Not only is it an immense improvement for Transformers but it's quite good a film in general. A very smart move using the established and adored Bumblebee to craft the reboot.

This movie has a strong structure with conflict, action, sediment, relatability, and resolution without making it feel as forced as many films tend to do. The full circle moment at the end was still like,"Oh, of course that would happen" but instead of it feeling annoyingly cliché I heartwarmingly accepted it which speaks volumes of the method used by the director/scriptwriters.

The acting is solid all the way around, again even the cliché moments for the characters behavior is welcomed with a smile.

This film really shows how much the Micheal Bay Transformers movies looked like over-budgeted straight to DVD garbage with the exception of Bay's first attempt(which this film still exceeds). Yet the film Bumblebee still salutes the first installments with a nod at the very end which I thought was very humble and polite of them so I enjoyed that too.
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