This is a rare animated movie, where the animations have not aged much. Watching this movie in HD still rivals most non cgi animations from today.
I wish more animated films would utliiza the serious tone that went into the transformers movie. I truly believe it is why it worked so well. The contrast between the cartoon series and the movie is baffling. I'm sure the impact of primes death has alot to do with this, but even the dialogue was a departure from the saturday morning cartoon world.
i'll never forget primes death though, it came out of left field, I was not expecting it all as im sure most fans werent, and the death of cemented characters like ironhide was awsome. I think the death of ironhide was better than primes. It was quick and without warning, no heros ending there, just how death works.