Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
by Michael Bay
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Actor: Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor, Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese GibsonDirector: Michael Bay
Brand: Paramount
Producer: Allegra Clegg
Producer: Brian Goldner
Producer: Don Murphy
Producer: Ian Bryce
Writer: Alex Kurtzman
Writer: John Rogers
Writer: Roberto Orci
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 144 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-02
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
DVD Review: Makes me wish I had a better TV.
Summary: 5 Stars
Awesome visuals. Looks awesome on a 26" LCD (720P). Makes me wish I had a bigger and better HDTV. Plus Megan Fox is realy HOT!!! DVD Review: Special effects bonanza gets four stars on visuals, less so on story
Summary: 3 Stars
Michael Bay's "Transformers" is occasionally a visual extravaganza, but one that is somewhat mired in a story that appeals to (only) the twelve-year old boy in all of us.
Based on the action figures and cartoons (which I admittedly loved when I was younger), "Transformers" tells the story of a civil war that devoured planet Cybetron and now has shifted to Earth. Why? Who knows? But it's terrific for the viewer that it did, because the evil Deceptecons and the good Autobots share the ability to morph into perfect replicas of America military and hot-rod technology. Watching a robot realistically transform before your eyes from 'bot to F-15, Camaro, or 18-wheeler is something not to be missed.
This civil war movie is aiming for massive blockbuster appeal, so it goes for a solid PG-13 rating. As a result, we get lots of explosions, some fantastic robot-versus-robot violence, and the occasional hint or two of double-entendre. Yes, a few people get squashed or blown up, but that type of violence is generally minimized (with the one exception where the evil Megatron, leader of the Deceptocons, flicks away a pesky human like a fly, smashing the poor sap into, well, sap).
This is one of those movies that relies heavily on such obvious humor as an Autobot speaking jive almost as bad as that used in "Airplane" by Mrs. Cleaver. For the most part, it works okay. Shia Labouef plays Sam Witwicky, whose ancestor made a critical discovery about the Autobots on earth. He conveniently falls for the local hottie, Maggie (Rachael Taylor), who is gorgeous and knows cars inside and out. So it's no surprise that she insults Sam's Autobot, named Bumblebee, who hides in plain sight as a '68 Camaro. Bumblebee gets insulted and transforms into a brand-spanking new Camaro, conveniently timed for a new rollout by Chevy.
And that's one of the biggest problems of the movie - it plays almost like a commercial for General Motors. I'm somewhat inured to product placement these days, but ever so often the filmmakers go overboard. One easily imagines GM getting credits in the movie for editing, screenplay, and production.
Your younger son may not worry about such things. He'll probably worry more about the fact that some of the action scenes are too muddled to follow. Yes, they are amazing, but like the recent Jason Bourne movies, sometimes the action is shot so close-in that you lose a sense for what's actually happening.
All in all, a fun movie with much to recommend it. But I can't honestly say it's one of the best big-budget extravaganzas I've seen recently. All in all, this movie is best enjoyed by those who won't wonder what the Autobot is thinking as Sam and Maggie hook up on his hood, with the Autobot helpfully providing the Barry White soundtrack.
DVD Review: Great eye candy
Summary: 5 Stars
Although it took some getting used to seeing the autobots as GM vehicles, I love this movie. Can't wait to see the sequel!DVD Review: HD?are you sure bout that?
Summary: 3 Stars
I've bought Transformers BD along with Constantine and V for Vendetta.
And I compared the quality of the movies, I was shocked about the color noise Transformers has comparing to V for Vendetta!
well, this is the source problem, maybe, as we know... Micheal Bay movies, huh. He probably left all his focus on bombing the set up and forgot to check the quality of the videography.
Let's recall what he'd said previously in his official blog, "This movie is BD worth and I'm pissed off for Paramount to make this movie HDDVD exclusive!"
LoL, with this quality?
I expected better...
so, 3 out of 5 is decent enough
DVD Review: Transformed!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Before this movie was released on blu-ray I bought it for standard DVD. I obviously still own a lot of standard DVD's and building up by blu-ray collection. Although, I was impressed with the standard version of this movie, the blu-ray edition is amazing. I first saw it at Circuit City being played on a Samsung with 120 hz. Wow! I bought it that day (along with the TV!).
Description of Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the heroic Autobotsr and the evil Decepticonsr. When their epic struggle comes to Earth, all that stands between the Decepticonsr and ultimate power is a clue held by young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). Unaware that he is mankind's last chance for survival, Sam and Bumblebee, his robot disguised as a car, are in a heart-pounding race against an enemy unlike anything anyone has seen before. It's the incredible, breath-taking film spectacular that USA Today says ''will appeal to the kid in all of us.''"I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?" deadpans Sam Witwicky, hero and human heart of Michael Bay's rollicking robot-smackdown fest, Transformers. Witwicky (the sweetly nerdy Shia LaBeouf, channeling a young John Cusack) is the perfect counterpoint to the nearly nonstop exhilarating action. The plot is simple: an alien civil war (the Autobots vs. the evil Decepticons) has spilled onto Earth, and young Sam is caught in the fray by his newly purchased souped-up Camaro. Which has a mind--and identity, as a noble-warrior robot named Bumblebee--of its own. The effects, especially the mind-blowing transformations of the robots into their earthly forms and back again, are stellar.
Fans of the earlier film and TV series will be thrilled at this cutting-edge incarnation, but this version should please all fans of high-adrenaline action. Director Bay gleefully salts the movie with homages to pop-culture touchstones like Raiders of the Lost Ark, King Kong, and the early technothriller WarGames. The actors, though clearly all supporting those kickass robots, are uniformly on-target, including the dashing Josh Duhamel as a U.S. Army sergeant fighting an enemy he never anticipated; Jon Voight, as a tough yet sympathetic Secretary of Defense in over his head; and John Turturro, whose special agent manages to be confidently unctuous, even stripped to his undies. But the film belongs to Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and the dastardly Megatron--and the wicked stunts they collide in all over the globe. Long live Transformers! --A.T. Hurley
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