Thoughts about Bumblebee

I don’t really care if this movie reboots the Transformers series. If it does and future movies in the series are this good, that would be okay. If it does not, okay.

Bumblebee is set in 1987 and a 18 year old girl named Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) is adjusting to the death of her father. Her mother has a new husband. Charlie finds the transformer Bumblebee who is disguised as a Volkswagen Beetle. There are Decepticons hunting him and the military is helping thhem.

Seinfeld carries the movie. She is very likable and the scenes where she talks about her dad are touching. (Her dad appears on videotape briefly.) Dylan O’Brien voices Bumblebee in the early action and John Cena is on as a military officer. The action is well staged but not great. However it is clear. The soundtrack is fun. I was not expecting to hear Sammy Hagar.

It might be slightly under 2 hours and moves at a good pace. This is really good. It might seem like a remake of the original Transformers movie but it is better than that film. There are a few Easter eggs but they never overtake the action.


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