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We have Cineworld unlimited passes which are about to expire so the wife and daughter are dragging me to see as many films as possible before they do expire.
Hence Bumblebee.
I enjoyed the first two transformers films. They were overblown kitch of course, but who doesn't like a bit of overblown kitch now and again.
But Bumblebee is just bad.
It is a terrible film. Yes it is overblown kitch but of a very desperate kind. It is sentimental and shamelessly tries to hug at the American target audiences's heartstrings. You can imagine the viewers in Topeka, Kansas crying into their popcorn because the young girl only wants her dad back, and then chanting "USA... USA..." when the girl becomes "empowered" and "beats her inner demons" (which is that she can't dive into a pool anymore because she wants her dad back - cue tears!) and she and Bumblebee beat the baddies.
Yes, the good guys beat the bad guys. I don't think anyone going into the film who is over say 6 years old, will see that as some kind of spoiler. You know how the film will pan out after the first ten minutes. Unfortunately you then have to sit though another hour-and-a-half for it to actually pan out and get to the end of the film, where there is just time to squeeze in a little more sentimentality (she still wants her dad) and empowerment (she gets a car to start without her dad).
The most horrific and frightening part of the film is that they have left the ending open to allow for another film, or - God forbid - a franchised series of films.
Seriously, don't go and watch this unless you have to take a group of junior school kids to keep them occupied for an afternoon whilst their parents go out Christmas shopping. Just go and buy a Haynes manual for a 1976 Volkswagen Beetle. It will give you the same information for a lot less money and is probably better written.
When I saw the trailer before Creed 2, I had no idea they were in it. I was grinning from ear to ear when they appeared.
Can't say I'm surprised to hear it's not a great film though!
No doubt we’ll be heading straight to the toy shop on the way home to spend their Xmas money on more slighlty different versions of Bumblebee.
Good write up though, I can pretty much imagine every frame of the film from your description.
How long have you had a Cineworld pass for? I had mine for a few years and in that time I watched a lot of great films and a lot of shit ones. Eventually the shit ones wore away at my soul and one day I saw a Paul Rudd film which sent me over the edge.
Not 80s but she loved napolean dynamite too.
80's films for 15+
Purple Rain
Pretty In Pink
St Elmo's Fire
Sid and Nancy
Poltergeist
After Hours
Blade Runner
Desperately Seeking Susan
The Lost Boys
Flashdance
12+
Stand By Me
Mannequin
Footloose
Coming To America
There won't be a second. We felt that the number of films we really wanted to watch was far lower than the number of films we were watching. In other words we were going to watch any old rubbish just to make the passes worthwhile.
We will go and see just the ones we want from now on and it will be cheaper.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Back to the Future trilogy in the 80's film diversion. War Games was pretty good as well. In fact let me add my own list...
- Back to the Future trilogy
- War Games
- Who Dares Wins
- Superman (with Christopher Reeves)
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Return of the Jedi
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Die Hard
- The Terminator
I like my action movies.As a piece of nonsense, distracting entertainment, try out "Bad Time at the El Royale". Apart from a not terribly convincing plot line with a not terribly convincing Chris Hemsworth, it's a barrel of laughs.
"Blindspotting" is a great film. Worth every penny.