Transformers The Motion Picture

Pulling in an absolutely unbelievable gross revenue of over $700 million, Transformers was the movie to watch in 2007. 

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Based on the toy line, the motion picture stars big names such as Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel and was expected to be a success long before it was released when it was revealed that Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay had their hands all over it.

Transformers The Motion Picture is one of those movies you have to watch at least a dozen times, just to take in all the action and appreciate the outstanding effects.  Already on a budget of $150 million, Michael Bay actually reduced his fee that he typically requires by 30 percent, just to keep within budget.  That’s how much he believed in the film!

Plot

The homeworld of Optimus Prime and the Autobots was destroyed by Megatron and his Decepticons in his quest to gain control of All Spark, a cube-shaped artifact with attractive powers.  The Autobots also want All Spark so they can rebuild Cybertron and end the current war.  Megatron at one point had All  Spark but had to make a crash landing where he ended up freezing in the Arctic Circle.

Transformers begins in 1987 when Captain Witwicky found Megatron and activated his navigational system accidentally which ended up imprinted on his glasses.  This also left him unstable and blind.  When the All Spark was found in the Colorado River, the Hoover Dam was erected around it to contain its energy and Megatron was transported to a nearby facility.

Transformers fast forwards to present and a group of Decepticons have landed on Earth in disguise as vehicles to find Megatron.  Through battle, the military discover only high-heat sabot robots can fight the Decepticons.  They also try a blackout which is unsuccessful.

Frenzy (one of the Decepticons) tries to hack into the military’s computer network in Transformers and finds Captain Witwicky’s glasses with the imprinted map online, his grandson Sam is planning to auction them off, not knowing their full worth.

Sam buys a 1976 yellow Camaro which he doesn’t know is an Autobot named Bumblebee who helps him try to woo  his long-time crush, Mikaela Banes.  Later that night, Sam chases Bumblebee when he sees him pulling out of the driveway, assuming someone is trying to steal him and soon discovers he’s actually a giant robot.

The next day in Transformers, Frenzy attacks Sam, asking about his grandfather’s glasses but Bumblebee comes to the rescue and the two of them battle.  Mikaela tries to help and severs Frenzy’s head however, he simply transforms himself into her cellphone and tucks nicely in her purse.  They meet up with the rest of the Autobots who have landed on Earth and they go to get the glasses from Sam’s house.

The Defense Secretary orders that Sam and Mikaela be brought to the Hoover Dam while in the meantime, Megatron is set free by his Decepticons.  The Decepticons and Autobots engage in a long-intense, action-packed battle and Sam puts the All Spark into the chest of Megatron, destroying it for good.

Transformers ends with Optimus Prime sending a message to space to any surviving Autobots that Earth is to be their new home.