a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

In hindsight that's the most significant comment I could make about this movie. If you compare Transformers the Movie (1986) to the Transformers films they made from the mid 2000's and onward, you've got it all laid on a silver platter for you: the difference between the 80's/90's golden age period and the sort of bland disposable pop culture that is the bread and butter of today's world.Transformers the Movie wasn't just a cult series cartoon turned into a full-length film. It had a number of things that made it totally distinct and memorable, which couldn't be said about the later iterations on the silver screen. It had a monumental soundtrack with Vince Dicola and his superb atmospheric 80's prog-metal composition, it had superb style visually with a very realistic plain thick color filter with incredible detail. It had some of the most bad-ass memorable scenes from any film of that era, a good 6 or 7 scenes are absolute hair-raisers. It had an engaging powerful plot at the center of it, with a great moral (the Matrix) and a powerful grave, epic tone to it that made what was a mere cartoon into a realistic experience. Add a little bit of cheesy but likable humor to give characters depth... also it introduced some very creative characters like the Sharkticons and Quintessons or the Junkions, not to mention Unicron that helped forge a most unique, distinct universe for the film.Transformers the Movie was an experience that nobody will ever get to enjoy again. It had all the wonder and spirit and inventiveness and pop-culture genius of the 80's where everything that comes out today is political formulaic and disposable imagery.

Plot; In the year 2005, the war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons comes to a head when Unicron, a planet-sized Transformer, intervenes seeking the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.In the late Summer of '86, with my interest in toys waning and my interest in girls increasing (couldn't bring myself to say waxing in this context), I ventured into the air-conditioned comfort of Cinema North Five and watched what may just have been the denouement of my childhood as Optimus Prime is killed in favor of the next wave of Transformers toys. Over the years I've -rewatched a few episodes of the daily animated series, and as a collector of 80s toys I've recently purchased a G1 Sideswipe and Optimus Prime for my collection, but I had never re-visited Transformers: The Movie. My memories of the broad strokes remained, but the finer details (such as they are) were vague. I obviously remembered the death of Optimus Prime, I had been spinning the rock-infused soundtrack since the earliest days of MP3s and I knew that at some point Orson Welles showed up and ate a planet. What I didn't remember was that the 85 minute movie is almost non-stop action, that Prime isn't the only beloved character sent to the scrap heap and that the movie is a lot of fun.Not merely a standard episode blown up to feature length, the animation here is quite strong and of cinematic quality. The tone is also decidedly darker than the weekday series, with death and destruction on full display with no cheats. There's even a swear word or two. Adding additional gravitas are some familiar names (and their accompanying voices) such as Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Judd Nelson and the aforementioned Orson Welles. Set to the tunes of its rockin' soundtrack, Transformers: The Movie is a fun, fast-paced film whose original intent may have been to push the next wave of Transformers figures, but is in retrospect so much more. And it's better than any of Bay's increasingly nonsensical action catastrophes by a mile.

There are no words to describe how awesome this movie is. Me and my brother have grown up with the Transformers toys, the Michael Bay movies and the cartoons and we remember watching the movie for the first time around in either 2006 or 2007, when the first live-action Transformers movie was released. Nonetheless, this is the first animated Transformers movie from 1986, which was 30 years ago.One of the things we love about this movie is the stellar voice cast, especially for the great Orson Welles in his last film before his death in 1985 (rest in peace) and Leonard Nimoy as the almighty Galvatron, who is, by far, the best performance of his career since he was Spock in "Star Trek".Probably the emotional scene in the whole movie is when Optimus Prime dies earlier in the movie, which had my brother in tears just by watching it the first time. And here's the best part: the soundtrack. The soundtrack was phenomenal. Lion's rendition of the Transformers theme song, Stan Bush's "The Touch' and Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid" are all great music we can listen to.Overall, Transformers is a great film, and if you haven't seen it, shame on you because me and my brother highly recommends it to anyone who is a Transformers fan like us or just a fan of animation like I am.I would give this a 10 out of 10, but since this is more than meets the eye, I'm giving this a 11 out of 10. To quote Nick Fury, "'Nuff Said!"

The Transformers The Movie is a loud attempt to reboot the series, but destroyed the originality and spirit of the original show. SPOILERS: The Transformers Movie manages to kill off almost every notable character from the show in the first 30 minutes. Actually, the Death count in this children's movie is so enormously high, it's insane. To top things off, Optimus Prime (The Flagship Character of the Franchise)is killed before the plot really gets going, a choice that haunted the franchise for years to come. It's completely obvious that the filmmakers and studio execs wanted to eliminate as many characters as possible so that they could sell new ones for new toys. In this way the film is defining, as it shaped the series for better or worse, but at the same time completely destroyed it.