Update – Today, June 9th, is the big day!  After you see the flick, let us know your thoughts via the links below.  Original story follows…

Today is the first BIG day for the general public to see Transformers Rise of the Beasts in the US market.  Early showings at various chains begin later today, and continue tomorrow leading into the official launch on Friday June 9th, 2023.  We encourage anyone who’s seen the film to let us and all the TFW2005 members know what you thought!  There are two ways you can do this.  1 – Leave a text based review with your thoughts, long/short, as you see fit.  2 – Just vote on the poll attached to the review thread, rating the flick from 1-10.  You can do both of those things here (contains spoilers).

We’ll update over time with a running average over the coming days to see what you all thought.

You can keep up with various online ratings below (as of June 9, 4:30 PM)

TFW2005 – N/A Critic, 7.3/10 Fans

Rotten Tomatoes – 54% Critic, 88% Audience

IMDB – 6.6/10 Critic, 7.2/10 Audience

Metacritic – 42/100 Critic, 7.4/10 Audience

Remember, what’s good for us as fans isn’t always in tune with what the movie critics think!

In addition, keep an eye on BoxOfficeMojo.com for daily/weekly numbers.

Enjoy the flick this week/end, ROLL OUT!

Composer Jongnic Bontemps‘ score for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is out now on various digital platforms.

In addition to that, fans can listen freely to the same via Spotify (check it out after the jump).

The score consists of 26 tracks and the titles may be spoilers for those who are yet to enjoy the new movie.

Couple of links to purchase the score:

• Amazon Music
• Apple Music

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Speaking to Collider, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura explained a bit about the creative process of Transformers: One animated movie.

“I don’t know about when we’ll see [the first footage]. It’ll be a while. I can’t tell you how excited I’m getting about it. It’s one of those things that like, it just keeps progressing in the right direction, you know? You never know, sometimes when you’re making a movie, you’re, like, ‘Well, I think it’s working.’ Everything I’m seeing is working and it’s exceeding my sense of what it was gonna be, so I’m really excited about it. It is a very fresh and different look, I would say different than any animated movie you’ve seen, which is a high bar to set, but ILM is capable of delivering it.”

He also spoke highly of the voice cast:

“Also, it’s the imagination of our artists and our director, and one of the great things is, as you actually put the voices to the characters– When we first listen to Chris Hemsworth’s voice, you’re like, ‘God, is he gonna be a good Optimus!’ Obviously, he starts as Orion Pax and you don’t become Optimus for a while, so he’s not playing, for most of the movie, what we think of as Optimus, Peter Cullen. So it’s that transition, and Chris’s voice has a timbre that… it’s logical that Peter Cullen would take over that voice, if you would, which is really great, the fans are gonna really feel great. But Scarlett [Johansson] is amazing, and it’s just coming alive in a way that it’s really rewarding, and we had confidence in our director, and all he’s doing is giving us more and more.”

Transformers One is currently slated for September 14, 2024.