Talk about a 4th of July Movie! I have to confess to being a child of the 80s and am still amused by watching the cartoons of my childhood. Duck Tales, Tale Spin, Gummi Bear and Transformers are all in our permanent collection.
It was with some trepidation that my dear husband and I waited for the Transformers movie. For every Lord of the Rings there is the trauma of Spidy 3. But we had to see it just for the nostalgia (and the previews have been looking pretty kick ass) so see it we did.
It was amazing! I would have to describe it as 1/3 Black Hawk Down, 1/3 Independence Day and 1/3 fun with robots. They had enough homages for us big kids that still pull out the old cartoon from time to time,but the plot was such that even if you couldn't sing the theme song from memory you still understood what was happening. Since we do a family day for the 4th we saw it with a bunch of people ages 7+ and everyone enjoyed the movie.
We talked to some of our friends later who had also seen it and it was reported that one of them did a happy dance of joy on the way out of the theater. This will definitely be a welcome addition to our DVD shelves.
For a much longer and in depth review, check out this excellent posting from one of my other friends. And no, Movie Man didn't do a little dance, that was someone else...
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I'm still not so sure I did a true happy dance, but I was quite gleeful, I must admit!
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