Seriously man...that Bumblebee movie is going to bomb hard due to TLK. I feel really bad for Laika dude.
Transformers: The Last Knight review thread
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Seriously man...that Bumblebee movie is going to bomb hard due to TLK. I feel really bad for Laika dude.
How can it be that this movie starts in North Korea?
That's...way lower than I expected!
Frozenprince
Banned
Caaaaaaaaaaalled it.
Dash_Riprock
Member
At this point I look forward to the score more than the film itself.
Poor Steve, his music is excellent buy he'll never be recognized since its attached to this garbage.
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Are you sure they have a hand in the production? I know one of their directors is helming that project, but I don't recall the whole company participating.
The Sum of Zero
Member
I miss the rock albums that used to come out with the first three movies. I think for AOE it was only that Imagine Dragons single? And nothing for this afaik.
I'd rather watch three hours of this than ten minutes of that new movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLL22lWy8pI
You poor bastard.
Messofanego
Banned
Since there are loads of Steve Jabrony fans here, can someone tell me if the music in the mood trailer (no dialogue) is from his score? If so, which tracks?
Thanks Monocle. As long as it has good action scenes. That's about as much as I expect out of Transformers.
And that make me sad to say.
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GLORY TO BAY!
GLORY TO BAY!
I'm already there.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
brandonh83
Banned
Thinks it's terrible but not the worst. Personally disagree, I had by far the worst theater experience with this one.
There are bits of the others that I like. I actually REALLY like the last half of Dark of the Moon, the prologue, and when they leave on the shuttle. The first half of the original is decent up until Sector 7 shows up and it's a shit show after that. Revenge of the Fallen mostly sucks but not as bad as this. Age of Extinction is bad but the most forgettable.
The Last Knight though felt like it was actively trying to annoy the piss out of me and it succeeded. It also felt like it was making fun of me and trying to tell me that I'm a dumbass for having paid money to see it, which, I mean, I guess it isn't wrong.
I don't understand what's so great about the "action-half" of DoTM
The building falling apart was cool, and thoe last 45 minutes are technically stunning, but it's not like there's a single second of memorable fight choreography or anything. It's just noise.
The small scene with Rosie talking to Megatron has got to be one of the worse scenes ever filmed in history
The building falling apart was cool, and thoe last 45 minutes are technically stunning, but it's not like there's a single second of memorable fight choreography or anything. It's just noise.
The small scene with Rosie talking to Megatron has got to be one of the worse scenes ever filmed in history
Oh where she called drunken hobo megatron loathing in self pity in the alleway a bitch?
and where he's like "by golly you're right"
and then this happens to him
also
Suck it Bay and Paramount
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/transformers-5-box-office-michael-bay-1202477000/#respond
Zoloft Sonic
Member
I love that Rosie manages to 'hear' what Megatron is talking about from twenty blocks away. While watching him through a telescope.
And I'm awed that they literally manage to collapse a skyscraper, the biggest most expensive set piece of the whole movie, and it makes zero fucking difference to the plot. The script could have read "everyone is chased by Shockwave until Optimus kills his plumbing snake, then Sentinel does some stuff."
Seems like bad buzz is finally catching up. It can't keep this going.
Optimus flying into the battle after getting untangled and doing that amazing killstreak before knuckledusting Shockwave.
DOTM is the GOAT
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
Kermode has spoken
It's AoE backlash. I gave zero fucks about TLK because of how awful AoE was, and only gave it a chance because of the $4 T-Mobile tickets.
Blueingreen
Member
Pretty much why I look forward to a Transformers movies, His Revenge of a Fallen will always be Kermodes Magnum opus review though.
CloudyTuba
Member
Saw this movie yesterday because tickets were $3 and my girlfriend thought watching robots smash each other might be a nice way to relax in the afternoon for cheap, even though we both expected it to be poor. She was just in the mood to see some dumb fun and relax in air conditioning. Even under those terms she regretted it.
She had an almost constant look of disgust on her face the entire time while my eyes were wide. Baffling is how I would describe this movie. I expectations were already low and this went even lower. Bay always did his own thing but now he seriously does not give a fuck very transparently. Nothing has context, things just happen for what feels like 5 hours. The end.
The only ones that matter to me continue to be 1 & 3.
She had an almost constant look of disgust on her face the entire time while my eyes were wide. Baffling is how I would describe this movie. I expectations were already low and this went even lower. Bay always did his own thing but now he seriously does not give a fuck very transparently. Nothing has context, things just happen for what feels like 5 hours. The end.
The only ones that matter to me continue to be 1 & 3.
starchild excalibur
Member
I caught this earlier today. It was interesting to go through a set of emotions as I watched:
"This is dumb" ... "Well, this actually isn't too bad if you just embrace its stupidity" ... "Ok, this is just stupid" ... "God, this feels long. Are we sure this is the same length as the first?" ... "Yeah, I'd be okay with this getting rebooted with a different director."
I think the main problem is the inconsistent tone. I've accepted - and have even grown to somewhat appreciate - some of the dumb aspects of his Transformers movies... the robots that act like poor ethnic stereotypes for unexplained reasons, the fact that there are baby dinosaur robots in this one, the characters that get introduced and then forgotten about, the unexplained continuity problems, the lack of logic in explaining why things are the way they are, its transparent attempt to create a "strong" female character by making her a professor. But what I can't abide by is just how long this film felt even despite its frenetic pacing.
It's like watching something that's surprisingly engaging when viewed in a very specific light, but then having its few good qualities ruined by the fact the film is never willing to fully commit to its stupidity and is always 45 minutes too long.
There's a solid version of this film that's 1 hours 40 minutes and either eschews its broad caricatures for solidly written humans or embraces these caricatures and doesn't try to include "heavy" moments from time to time (little orphan Annie girl, Optimus Prime monologue at the end, etc). The film is caked in bathos of the worst kind and I'm not even sure if it knows it - often shifting from dumb humor to SERIOUS MOMENTS with the flick of a switch.
But yeah - I agree with those who say this isn't the worst one. I'd put this ahead of the last one and TF2 for sure. But TF1 still remains the only truly enjoyable one IMO.
"This is dumb" ... "Well, this actually isn't too bad if you just embrace its stupidity" ... "Ok, this is just stupid" ... "God, this feels long. Are we sure this is the same length as the first?" ... "Yeah, I'd be okay with this getting rebooted with a different director."
I think the main problem is the inconsistent tone. I've accepted - and have even grown to somewhat appreciate - some of the dumb aspects of his Transformers movies... the robots that act like poor ethnic stereotypes for unexplained reasons, the fact that there are baby dinosaur robots in this one, the characters that get introduced and then forgotten about, the unexplained continuity problems, the lack of logic in explaining why things are the way they are, its transparent attempt to create a "strong" female character by making her a professor. But what I can't abide by is just how long this film felt even despite its frenetic pacing.
It's like watching something that's surprisingly engaging when viewed in a very specific light, but then having its few good qualities ruined by the fact the film is never willing to fully commit to its stupidity and is always 45 minutes too long.
There's a solid version of this film that's 1 hours 40 minutes and either eschews its broad caricatures for solidly written humans or embraces these caricatures and doesn't try to include "heavy" moments from time to time (little orphan Annie girl, Optimus Prime monologue at the end, etc). The film is caked in bathos of the worst kind and I'm not even sure if it knows it - often shifting from dumb humor to SERIOUS MOMENTS with the flick of a switch.
But yeah - I agree with those who say this isn't the worst one. I'd put this ahead of the last one and TF2 for sure. But TF1 still remains the only truly enjoyable one IMO.
This is true, 2, 4 and 5 are trash!