After seeing multiple summer movies and continuously seeing trailers (the same trailer by the way) for the movie, I kept thinking, 'This movie looks ridiculous' and 'How the hell are robots (controlled by two people) going to fight against monsters?'
I was against watching this movie all the way up to the week the movie was supposed to debut. However, after watching a BRAND NEW trailer (which really helped since it was different than all the rest) and reading a synopsis of what the movie was about, it changed my mind.
In the end, if you liked robots when you were a kid, you WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!
I mean ANY kind of robots:
Transformers
However, this is a movie about robots that are fighting 'monsters'. I was cringing how this was going to work from what I saw from the trailers. Two people who are hooked up to a giant robot and their movements control what it does? Really? Yeah, it happens. How does it happen? I won't ruin it for you. I'll let you go watch it and figure it out. It's not as crazy as it seems. Okay, it's a little crazy, but I guess plausible.
So the premise is this, monsters are attacking cities and humans forget their old rivalries and band together to make these giant robots who defend these cities. The good news is that you don't have to sit through the 'origins' as some movies might make you do. They explain in a great way what is going on and then fast forwards years into the future where the story picks up.
I won't ruin anything, but let's just say the action is great, the CGI/special effects are great, and the acting is, 'eh'. Not the greatest, but not the worst. Definitely some cheesy lines and definitely ONE great line! The next time I get use it, I am so using it. I think when you hear it, you'll be like, 'Oh yeah, that line was awesome!'
Overall it was a great movie and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I would definitely check it out if it's still in theaters.
Three out of four stars (***)
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