Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen first published by EyeforFilm, 15 June, 2009 A title baldly declares that the film we are about to see has its origins in Hasbro toys. Over images of a one-sided battle between men and mechas in a rocky landscape, a booming voice-over declares: “Earth – birthplace of the human race…
Transformers first published by EyeForFilm “Cool, mum!” says the little boy in the passenger seat of a car as above him two towering robots fight each other, in the process destroying anything (vehicles, pylons, the freeway itself) that gets in their way. The mother, needless to say, looks less pleased.Little boys are certainly one target…
Transformers: Age of Extinction first published in Sight & Sound, September 2014 Review: “Sequels and remakes, a bunch of crap”, complains the old timer who is dissolving his beautiful film theatre after ’79 great years’, and expressly blames films just like Transformers: Age of Extinction (which is both a sequel and a cinematic reimagining of…