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Film Review by Alex Hartley

Transformers
Released 28th June 2007
Shia LaBeouf
Megan Fox
Josh Duhamel

In the simplest of terms the best part about transformers is the huge robots that fight each other and end up destroying loads of stuff. For the most part everyone is aware of the basic story of Transformers. In short it’s a film about two races of robots the Autobots and the Decepticons who come to earth and end up in battle over its ultimate fate.

Derived from the famous 80’s cartoon series it was the dream of many young child to befriend a real transformer, or even be one themselves. Yet the closest fulfilment of this dream most likely resulted in laying on the ground pretending to be a carpet or having someone sit on us while we pretended to be a chair. While there isn’t much depth in the actual story, robots come, robots fight, robots win it’s not the story which audiences are there for. Rather it’s the culture which comes along which the Transformers ethos.

Director Michael Bay, who previously worked on films such as Armageddon and Bad Boys isn’t particularly recognised for his meaningful story lines so much as action sequences don’t let this be a deterrent. There is just the right amount of action coupled within the original cheesy dialogue, of Optimus Prime in particular, which makes this movie a worthwhile activity.

It is the typical battle for the fate of humanity we see so often, but looking more closely we can draw similarities to our own Christian lives. Like in Transformers the humans were helpless to the Decepticons weapons and tactics. Without the help of the Autobots it is likely they would have been ruled or ultimately destroyed by the Decpticons. We too are helpless without a relationship with God, yet this has been possible through Jesus death on the cross. We too would be living a life apart from God without this sacrifice, one which because of our sinful nature would lead us to eternal death. It is important in our Christian walk not to become apathetic and take Jesus death on the cross for granted. The grace we receive through the cross is something which we should be thankful for and reflect upon daily, as without it we would be spiritually dead.