Review of Bumblebee (2018) by Moviereviewer15 — 21 Dec 2018

Having seen #Bumblebee two weeks ago, here’s what I’ll say without spoiling it. I’m happy right now. Travis Knight has made the greatest Transformers movie since the 1980’s Transformers movie. He got rid of everything that made Bay’s movies complete trash and did something human with this movie. He gave it heart, he gave it a soul, he gave it a great cast, but most of all he gave it a great..... STORY. And, he wasn’t kidding around when he said “The Iron Giant” was a main influence on this.

Movie. I really think Travis Knight gave the relationship between Charlie and Bumblebee a lot of thought to make it work and it did. This movie also made me really care and love Bumblebee even more. I won’t spoil how, but, you’ll know as soon as the movie starts. I will say, and this is not a spoiler, but, I think Dylan O’Brien IS Bumblebee. I really think Hailee Steinfeld, being the Academy Award nominated actress she was 7 years ago, did a really good job playing Charlie and making us care for her as we learn about why she is the way she is and what connects her to the friendship she has with Bumblebee. And, I will say this about John Cena, coming off his most interesting year yet, he made a great human villain for the Transformers movies with Agent Burns. I think you really get why he doesn’t trust the citizens of Cybertron when they come to Earth, yet he doesn’t see that they’re not all bad. Also, Angela Bassett And Justin Theroux really deliver on the menace and muscle as Shatter and Dropkick. It’s also got a lot of 80’s references including callbacks to “Alf” and “The Breakfast Club” and a lot of really great 80’s songs. Also, the scenes on Cybertron with the autobots in their G1 form are very action-packed. But, you know what the best things are about this movie? No oversaturation Of product placements, no sexualization of underage women and best of all, NO F—-ING MICHAEL BAY. Though he produced it, it doesn’t feel like his hands are all over this movie and it turns out Paramount learned from their mistakes and limited his input on this movie. I really hope more people see this movie because it’s really great and worth seeing over Christmas vacation. And, I hope Paramount makes more Transformers movies that are as good as this movie, because, I think they have learned from their mistakes and will make great Transformers movies again as long as they don’t involve Michael Bay. So, go see #BumblebeeMovie. It’s great. Loved it. 10/10. 5 stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

P.S. I think Travis Knight, regardless of whether he takes the job or not, is very capable of directing Guardians of the Galaxy 3 for Disney and Marvel Studios, should this movie do well, critically and financially, given it’s fair but cheaper $137M budget.