![]() Here we are almost 20 years on from Jar Jar Binks and CGI characters are delivering truly human performances, with Bumblebee being the most soulful in recent memory. Great song choice aside, this Smokey and the Bandit-influenced moment also charts the course for Charlie and Memo’s slow-burn relationship, an example of the less-is-more approach taken by screenwriter Christina Hodson that makes Bumblebeefeel like something of a revolutionary would-be blockbuster.ĭue to the emotional baggage that the song “Unchained Melody” has in relation to The Righteous Brothers’ version being an essential part of Ghost, using the standard in Bumblebee was a dicey proposition at best. Read more – The Quirky Brilliance of Transformers: The Movie Sometimes on-the-nose musical choices are the best decisions to make, and the scene where Bumblebee, Charlie and Memo (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) outrun the cops incorporates this movie in such an adrenaline pumping way that it would even make the most reserved Mumford & Sons fan want to throw back shots of Cabo Wabo. ![]() (Speaking of that sequel, the tunnel Bumblebee rides through during this sequence is almost certainly the same one featured in the flick’s hoverboard recovery sequence). Not since Back to the Future: Part II has musician/tequila enthusiast Sammy Hagar’s “I Can’t Drive 55” been utilized in a film so well. ![]()
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