Transformers
July 31, 2007
Movies often release later in the UK, so finally I went to see Transformers.
It seems that each summer now the latest action movie effects and stunts raise the bar from the previous one, and the ones which follow later will have to beat this one.
The effects in this film are better than any I remember before, and this helps make the movie a real rollercoaster.
While I was watching, the film made me think about the money and effort involved in creating the military hardware and the scale of it all.
Just as we can see in a film like Apocalypse Now, there is a certain kind of beauty in destruction which can be fascinating.
I don't really follow developments in military technology, so when the Marines or USAAF were involved in the story, I wasn't sure as to which bits were real and do exist or which bits were fictitious.
Days earlier, I had been checking out bionic developments for humans. I had no idea just how advanced they were, and was quite shocked to see how far we have come. I hope I don't ever have to use any, but maybe I can seek solace in knowing that if I do, there will always be people pushing technology forward.
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