With the exception of Travis Knight's Bumblebee (2018), I have found all of the other movies in the multi-billion-dollar Transformers franchise somewhat if not fully execrable, which is why it was such a pleasant surprise to find that Transformers One, the first fully animated theatrical film in the series since the widely derided Reagan-era Transformers: The Movie (1986), to be quite enjoyable. As with Bumblebee, this is undoubtedly related to the absence of Michael Bay in the director's chair (he remains a producer), but it is also clearly a result of a smarter script, better characterization, and more ... Read More