Review of Bumblebee (2018) by Moviemitch96 — 22 Dec 2018
I've always found the Transformers franchise to be so mind-numbingly ridiculous, that I initially had no desire to see this once I found out about it. However, when it started receiving some of the best reviews of the franchise, I gave in and decided to give it a go.
.. Ya I pretty much regret that. While it's nowhere near as over-the-top and ridiculous as the rest of the Transformers franchise, it's still pretty ridiculous, and like the rest of the films, it's attempts at humor are forced and cringeworthy at best.
The story also felt lacking and uninspired. A kid or teen befriending an alien or robot that can do great things and trying to a hide it from the government... Ya like we haven't seen that before enough times already.
The action is decent enough in some moments, but not enough to really make up for the rest of the film's clumsiness and weak story, and the acting just isn't that great, as expected from this franchise by now for me (not even Hailee Steinfeld or John Cena we're able to make it worthwhile.
) Overall, while I will admit it does have a lot more heart than the previous Transformers films, at the end of the day, it's still loud and dumb in my book and fails in its handful of attempts to bring in some humor.
This review of Bumblebee (2018) was written by Moviemitch96 on 22 Dec 2018.
Bumblebee has generally received positive reviews.
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