Transformers: The Last Knight is the fifth and final installment in the "Bayformers" film franchise. There comes a point in time where all franchise hit a wrong turn, and this is no exception. Plot follows Marky Mark and the Autobots as they try to prevent a rogue Optimus from ending humanity.
One thing that almost instantly took me out of this movie was the inconsistencies, in the end of the fourth one, the Autobots were told they weren't being hunted anymore, guess what happens here then, another is how to Decepticons themselves get captured instead of being killed like in the fourth movie!! Worst offender is the goddamn aspect ratio, which changes every scene, it goes from 1:85:1 to 2:39:1 and ten different ones in just one scene! Theres tons more but I'm not gonna run you through it. Action is so unfocused and clunky that it's hard to keep up everything that's going on and ends up feeling like a massive headache.
The Transformers movies weren't high art but here, the script is godawful, there were three writers working on this movie and this is the best they could come up with?! Shame on you Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down). Acting is nothing special, only standouts are Cogman and Anthony Hopkins, the latter of whom gives a wildly maniac performance.
The Transformers themselves aren't even in the movie that much, "Nemesis" Prime is just in the movie for 5-minutes and was the most advertised thing about the movie, Bumblebee gets his voice back but sounds like a crackhead, Megatron is back, with a Suicide Squad-type team and they get obliterated in their first brawl, Grimlock and all established Autobots are wasted throughout the movie and the main villain, Quintessa, isn't something to remember.
I'd say that the Third Act is always entertaining and the changing aspect ratio slows down towards the end, the third act takes place in Cybertron which has grass on it which on first viewing, made me think they were in the moors. Only thing that isn't bad in any way is the score by Steve Jablonsky in which this case the film benefits from.
Overall, theres not much to say here that hasn't been said about this movie it has some interesting concepts but they're either forgotten by the or given an unsatisfying conclusion. I'd say skip this one, even Bayformers fans struggle to defend this one.
One thing that almost instantly took me out of this movie was the inconsistencies, in the end of the fourth one, the Autobots were told they weren't being hunted anymore, guess what happens here then, another is how to Decepticons themselves get captured instead of being killed like in the fourth movie!! Worst offender is the goddamn aspect ratio, which changes every scene, it goes from 1:85:1 to 2:39:1 and ten different ones in just one scene! Theres tons more but I'm not gonna run you through it. Action is so unfocused and clunky that it's hard to keep up everything that's going on and ends up feeling like a massive headache.
The Transformers movies weren't high art but here, the script is godawful, there were three writers working on this movie and this is the best they could come up with?! Shame on you Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down). Acting is nothing special, only standouts are Cogman and Anthony Hopkins, the latter of whom gives a wildly maniac performance.
The Transformers themselves aren't even in the movie that much, "Nemesis" Prime is just in the movie for 5-minutes and was the most advertised thing about the movie, Bumblebee gets his voice back but sounds like a crackhead, Megatron is back, with a Suicide Squad-type team and they get obliterated in their first brawl, Grimlock and all established Autobots are wasted throughout the movie and the main villain, Quintessa, isn't something to remember.
I'd say that the Third Act is always entertaining and the changing aspect ratio slows down towards the end, the third act takes place in Cybertron which has grass on it which on first viewing, made me think they were in the moors. Only thing that isn't bad in any way is the score by Steve Jablonsky in which this case the film benefits from.
Overall, theres not much to say here that hasn't been said about this movie it has some interesting concepts but they're either forgotten by the or given an unsatisfying conclusion. I'd say skip this one, even Bayformers fans struggle to defend this one.