Transformers 4 – Skip the Movie But Don’t Forget the Cookie!

Much has been said about Transformers 4: Age of Extinction. Unfortunately what has been said about the movie is that it’s a big disappointment and that Micheal Bay should never ever be allowed to remake another beloved cartoon franchise ever again (well at least after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?) .

I attended the Oreo Trade Event two Fridays ago. Dan and I were excited to bring David and have a proper family movie date night. I was really fortunate to have been tapped as part of the moms who are promoting Oreo’s Do It Together App. It’s a free app  that has awesome family bonding activities and completing them will allow you to gain badges to claim a memory book of all the memories you built with your family with the app. There’s also a list of fun events that you can bring your family too that will alert you. If you want to check it out click here 

We asked our driver and Yaya Ann to bring David to our office after classes.

When Yaya texted me that David is downstairs at the lobby. Ay naku I left my PC, grabbed Dan (we work in the same office) and we went straight to David! We left office at 5 (maaga na yun for us) and we made our way to Resorts World.

As soon as we got to Cinema 2, we were transported to Oreo Land! The highlight of the evening though was meeting Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. I love ’em both but busy si Optimus so Bumblebee na lang nilapitan ko. Here was our conversation:

Me: Uy Bumblebee, nakakaintindi ka pala ng Tagalog!

Bumblebee: Filipino po ako

Me: Wahaha sige picture na tayo.

Di naman ako masyadong excited 😛 Pagbigyan na, I’m just reliving my childhood haha

But what really brought out the kid in  me was this:

Oreo’s super dessert buffet! It was a dessert lover’s dream come true. Imagine chocolate cakes baked to look like Oreos (complete with special fillings), candy apples coated with oreo crumbs,  a mini tiramisu with oreo cookies and so much more.

These Oreo sofas complete with a giant milk bottle and Oreo cookie were raffled that night. I thought Cai and I would win but it was Fleur who took home the grand prize!! Ang saya! The milk bottle was larger than David!!

Before the movie started, this commercial was on loop the whole time. Michael Bay directed it and it was a cool tie-in of Oreo and the movie. If I were that kid though, I would have given Optimus my whole pack of Oreos. Baka bitin ang isa e 😛

Do you know Optimus Prime has his own Oreo flavor? He has Prime Berry Cream, which tastes like Blueberry ice cream. The special flavors are available everywhere so grab a pack (or two) for snack time with the family.

So everyone’s mood was up when the movie started (I assume it was from the sugar rush haha).

And then the movie started. Dan kept shaking his head the entire time. I have to admit it was amusing seeing Dan so POed at the movie. When the lights came up and the move finally ended (after 2 hours and 45 minutes) Dan told me”Michael Bay is ruining my childhood cartoons”.

Oh boy…Psst Michael Bay, tigilan mo na kasi. Although I am not as emotionally invested in the franchise unlike Dan, I have to agree that this latest installment of the Transformers movie is the worst!

Here’s why:

The human characters were not clearly thought out. Mark Wahlberg is an inventor (I know right) who is supposedly broke but apparently has money to buy junk he could upcycle. His lines all throughout the movie were about how much he loves his daughter. His daughter on the other hand always tells him how she’s the one who’s actually taking care of him and running the household. I figure Bay wanted to be ironic with all the dialogue (there was even a character at the beginning who remarked that he hated sequels) and he was deliberately trying to be corny with some of the lines but it all fell flat. Nakakainis lang pakinggan.

The story had huge holes that the filmmakers probably thought they could fill up with more inane action. Optimus Prime needed only 1 scan of a semi to get fixed?? Ganun lang? And in the end…nakakalipad pala sya?! WHAT IS GOING ON!!

Also the Dinobots….why did they need to be tamed by Optimus Prime? Diba they were enslaved and then freed by Optimus and then they need to be subdued? Where did that come from? Was Bay trying to create his own mythology?

Also Michael Bay I have questions:

1) Bakit umuubo si Optimus Prime? He’s a robot…

2) Why do your robots have eyelids and why do they need to blink? Shouldn’t they have wipers instead?

3) You took your robots to HK and China Michael Bay…do you know who else is in Asia? Daimos, Voltes V, Mazinger Z and Gundam…

4) So after destroying Hong Kong, saan pupunta yung mga Dinobots and Autobots? Will they do a concert tour of Asia, with 3 nights in the Philippines (Manila, Cebu, Davao)

5) So after everything, nakakalipad pala si Optimus? Whuuut?

 

I give up.

The loudest cheer came when  a scene from the movie showed two Oreo vending machines in a cameo. I cheered on too because the Oreo cookies I was eating throughout the movie kept me entertained the most (ang sarap ng Prime Berry Cream promise). Also I have Oreo to thank me for the movie night! I was really much more excited about spending Friday night with Dan and David more than anything else. My day job takes so much time from the kids so  I grab any opportunity for us to be together.

 

So Oreo, thank you so much for the fun night out. Even if Dan left the movie house scratching his head at least we were scratching our heads together. David was fine. He saw the movie for what it is, a great action flick with lots of cool robots and special effects.  To the movie’s credit naman the effects were amazing and seeing the Transformers transform in mid-air is still one of the best movie memories I have in recent years. Also, astig din pakinggan to hear Optimus roar “Autobots transform and roll out!”

If you want to check out more fun things to do together with your super fambam download the Oreo Do It Together App here

Also, I’ll be posting about an ongoing online contest that Oreo has. I’ll write about it as soon as I get the mechanics! Stay tuned 🙂 But you can check it out and actually start playing here.

 Better Together!