Sean’s movie thoughts

Early reviews of Bumblebee have surfaced. The reviews are pretty good. Maybe this will work out. Previews have looked good. I made jokes and wisecracks about this movie when it was announced. (“As you know, we all love Bumblebee.”) I guess the joke is going to be on me if this movie as good as it looks and as good as the early reviews look. I guess I can live with that.  I heard or saw rumors about this rebooting the Transformers franchise. (The franchise changes its history with each new film from I’ve heard, so I guess it is possible that the whole franchise could be rebooted.) I don’t care about the Transformers franchise but I am open to the possibility of caring about the franchise going forward.  Dylan O’Brien is the voice of Bumblebee. That is good. I am not sure this is the movie teaming him with Hailee Steinfeld I wanted but it is better than nothing.

I think I might want to see the Bumblebee movie. I saw the first two Transformers movies and then skipped the rest. I liked the first one well enough but the second one was a bit of a chore.  (I am not sure but that might been the movie that inspired my feelings about too much comic relief.) Well, the trailer for the Bumblebee movie came out and it actually looks interesting. I am surprised. I was making jokes or snide remarks about this movie. “Bumblebee is getting his own movie because, as you know, we all love Bumblebee.” The trailer looked good. Maybe having a teenage girl in the lead role makes the film seem different than the other Transformers movies. Travis Knight directs this movie. He might be best known for directing Kubo and the Two Strings. This is his first film in the franchise and this his first live action movie. (This is the first film in the franchise not directed by Michael Bay.)Hailee Stenfeld has the lead role. She is usually good. So I am considering go...