TRANSFORMERS... NO SPOILERS

Ok, it's 4th of July and the sky is gray, promising non stop rain. Anyways, you don't give a crap about the day in the sun because although you've lost enough weight, you are not yet in the tiny weeny yellow polka dot bikini crew... so what do you do?

Round up Michelle, Izzy, the great Ken-Ken and Lysandra to go see TRANSFORMERS. (Thanks Leo for sacrificing bravely and staying behind with Lysanelle)

This is a general disclosure... those who know me know that I'm not much of a girly girl. Although I had my share of Jem and the Hollograms, I also got the kicks out of Optimus Prime and the Autobots. Well, to be honest, mostly off the Decepticons, even at ten years old, I had that knack for bad guys... I am not a rabid fangirl though, so I could put up with the changes...Bumble Bee's Air Freshener, made up for the fact that he was not a VW Beetle, big time!!!

Our group was sort of evenly distributed... let's see

• Lysandra sort of remembered a certain Saturday Morning Cartoon


• Michelle remembered the cartoon, knew the good guys from the bad guys, but did not recall their names


• Kendra is barely starting to catch up with the sorta new wave of Transfomers that is trying to stick in the Cartoon Network


• I knew the characters and their motivations pretty well, yet somehow managed to stay off the hype


• Izzy just looked at us and said... "I'm the Cuban remember, when you were watching cool Saturday Morning Cartoons, I had to put up with Las Aventuras de Elpidio Valdes"

This is what we all agreed upon.

• The SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER HAS LANDED, it will probably crush all competition into smithereens and it will run for a long long time. This is not meant to be a profound movie, although several points of nobility are stressed for the sake of characterization...this is a people grab your popcorn type of film. However, it cleverly combines action, comedy and awkward romance, with the classic coming of age story involving a teenage driver entrusted with the salvation of the world as we know it.


• The actors bring cred to the movie... I mean John Voight as Secretary of Defense... damn Gina! Ahhh! Before I forget, to all of us , avid, rabid Indy fanboys and girls, rest at ease... given the right script, Shia Lebouf can carry his weight around Harrison Ford anytime. I just bought the kid...


• Autobots and Decepticons are a marvel of CGI. The transformation sequences have an organic feel to it. They are in fact living creatures. Their facial expression are priceless and although my only complaint is that they are not given enough screen time to be completely developed as characters, the personality traits and general attitudes are trademarks to each of them, making the good guys noble and the bad guys deliciously evil.


• Although I mentioned actors already I must point out that John Turturro Rocks as his own private version of a government wacko who belongs to a division even more secretive than the Men in Black.

I must say it was one heck of a joyride and we were not the only ones who left the theater believing our cars could be something, or someone yet to discover and feeling like ten year old kids. Kendra of course, felt like her self being the one and only legit ten year old in the group, sometimes calling to order these ridiculous adults...yipeeeeeee!!!

The Quote:

"Ironhide:A rodent has been detected in the vacinity. Shall I destroy it?

Sam : No! No! This is a chihuahua. We love chihuahuas.

Ironhide: He's leaked lubricant on me.

Sam: He did? Bad Mojo! Bad! "

Sam- disciplinig a very bad chihuahua, who dared piss an Autobot