Following a debut score of 100% at Rotten Tomatoes, the final verdict for Transformers: Bumblebee now rests at 94% with a ‘Certified Fresh‘ rank.
This is the first Transformers movie (live action or otherwise) to receive this ranking.
The new movie sports an Average Rating of 7.1/10 from 149 reviews (Fresh: 140, Rotten: 9).
Critics Consensus is as follows:
“Bumblebee proves it’s possible to bring fun and a sense of wonder back to a bloated blockbuster franchise — and sets up its own slate of sequels in the bargain.”
A chart depicting the new ranking was also issued by Rotten Tomatoes:
transf0
There is also a cassette floating around that was used in promotional materials but…it's blank. Just has a Spotify code to the album on the cover.
Worf
Well, the soundtract is available digitally at your usual places.
A CD release is planned by La La Land records, but later according to Bumblebee: Motion Picture Score by Dario Marianelli – Transformers News – TFW2005
You can find CDs at your local record shop (who are basically all independents now), or online through Amazon. If La La Land records is releasing it, then the best bet is online through them. I'm sure there will be a news item here when the CD version is available.
blaine71274
Kind of off subject. Does anyone know where I can find the soundtrack? Wanted get it for my wife. We’re 80’s kids and we still use cd’s in our cars. Most stores have thinned out or stopped selling cd’s all together.
Ash from Carolina
It's tough to say.
People have crunched a lot of numbers and there doesn't seem to be any sort of direct correlation between a film's Rotten Tomato score and it's box office. It seems that factors such as marketing and pop culture relevance may play a larger role in how a film does at the box office than if it is labeled fresh or rotten.
Of course it doesn't hurt the marketing of your film if you can put a high Rotten Tomatoes score in your ad. It's not clear how many people check Rotten Tomatoes when picking out a movie but the site has been in so many ads over the years that people have heard of the site even if it's not on the favorites list on their browser.
Perhaps for a film like Bumblebee it might be a huge help. It's not clear if the trailers and ads got across the idea that this time is different. But the review scores say this time is different. Perhaps news of the good reviews will win back some of the people that felt like they were done with the Transformers film series.
SPLIT LIP
Oh sorry it's because the general anti-RT sentiments usually stem from "don't listen to what others say!" mantra of any aggregator is bad, and RT specifically as it's the most popular.
But yeah, there's others like Metacritic and the like.
transf0
Your comment just made it seem like RT is the only review aggregator, just wanted to mention that there are others.
SPLIT LIP
Is it not also a review aggregator like RT?
transf0
Metacritic?
SPLIT LIP
It's pretty much the only way to easily gauge critical responses to a movie without compiling hundreds of reviews yourself. It's just a tool used to aggregate reception to a film in one convenient place.
KnightHawkke
*clears my throat*
Unicrons Herald
Well, can you blame them for thinking so when many critics complained about that humans were always in the background in the movies? There even was one article by a critic comparing Pacific Rim and Transformers, and said the former was better because it never took the focus away from humans.
So true.
Unfortunately some people think it measures how good a movie is, not how many of those reviewing that liked it. And it does affect how many of GA, the majority of the audience, will see it.
Edit: Bumblebee Movie Review & Film Summary (2018) | Roger Ebert
Some errors here, like this one:
It's a homage to G1, which the animated movie was a part of. And from day 1 they have had Earthlike alt.modes even before visiting Earth. So this critic does not have much knowledge of G1.
Septimus-Prime
I hope you're right!
DarkEyes
After a decade, the studio understood there is a good thing to have Transformers designs closer to the G1 esthetic. Really good interpretation.
Thanks Primus for Marvel Cinematic Universe, they teach so many good things to the other brands.
DJW107PRIME
Saw it. Enjoyed it alot. Hope we get more like it.
Azuzu98
That's me, lol. Gotta be honest, the movie doesn't really feel like a transformers movie, because the focus of charlie arc overshadow the conflict between autobot and Decepticon. But what makes me doesn't really enjoy it is because it didn't meet my expectations. I've posted about it in spoiler discussion thread the things I'm disappointed about so I'm not gonna write it here.
Shizuka
Is RT really that important?
transf0
I don't think so. The Metascore is 66 which seems fair. Critics don't really like it, it's more that a lot of them don't dislike it. Personally I think WW is better than Bumblebee, though.
TCJJ
Guess they must have paid off a bunch of critics again~
Seriously though, I wouldn't take a lot of these "critics" too seriously. They're usually so far off the mark that it's ridiculous.
The movie was decent but man is it overhyped and overrated. Even the news staff on TFW have been saying it's way better than it is. This reminds me of Wonder Woman (though it's better than that film, I'd say) – not that bad but way overrated.
I realise it's ultimately subjected, but seriously, this movie really is way overrated, and I think there are going to be a lot of people who go into the movie expecting it to be way better than it actually is because of these reviews and reactions.
marktron
who is roten tomatos? nostalgic old 80 guys buyed by a soundtrack with no knowledge in mechatronics.
Runamuck86
Honestly , i don\'t really care what Rotton Tomatos rates anything .
That said it is nice to see a Transformers film recieving more positivitiy .
For the most part , i enjoyed Bayverse but Bumblebee is amazing and i loved everything about it .
I couldnt be bothered to go and see Aquaman .
Whatever critics say about the first 5 live action Transformers movies , at least they weren\'t as depressing as almost everything DC has churned out in its half assed universe .