Fellman's Movie Reviews

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a 2023 science fiction/action film based on the Transformers toys. It is the seventh movie in the Transformers franchise, and serves as a sequel to the “Bumblebee” movie that came out in 2018. Rise of the Beasts is based off of the “Beast Wars” cartoon from the mid-90s.  

I liked this Transformers movie. Despite it being called a disappointment at the box office, I think this is one of the Transformers movies that is actually worth watching. All of the previous Michael Bay directed movies are typical Michael Bay movies. They didn’t make any sense and there was practically no point to anything except for the special effects. 

Not that this movie is going to win any awards for its script or anything. The special effects are easily the best part of the movie. As far as the plot goes, it’s pretty basic. Meet the Transformers, meet the human, Transformers meet the human, there’s a problem, Transformers have to fight the bad guy to save the world. And, we’re done. But before we get there, we have to go through all kinds of stuff and overcome some personal demons and tackle some team building exercises or something. Pretty generic for a movie like this. It’s almost a trope at this point. I think the fact that it is the Transformers probably made it easier to write because you already had the characters to run with. 

You gotta give it to the special effects people though. The CGI in the movie is really good. That’s one thing that I will give the Transformers movies. The writing may be lacking. And Michael Bay gets no respect from me, ever. But as far as the animation goes, it’s really impressive. And paired with the camera angles, it really makes for some nice fight scenes. Which I think are really well done in this movie. I’m a big fan of the “zoom-in-while-sliding” thing that this director does in his fights. It reminds me of the first Iron Man movie. 

I also liked how they tied it in with G.I. Joe at the end of the movie. I think that would be cool to see. But it’s been three years now and nobody’s heard anything yet. But three years isn’t really that long of a time in the movie industry when you think about it. So, that’s not really saying a whole lot. Still, I’d like to see a Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover. God knows I used to play with my Transformers and G.I. Joes at the same time as a little kid. Why not watch them on the screen at the same time? 

So, yeah. Go and see Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. It’s not anything special if you want the truth. It’s really just some robots beating each other up. But, they’re cool looking robots. And it’s an alright story to go along with the cool robots. It’s certainly worth watching, at least once. And as always, keep on watching, with a smile on your face…