Transformers: The Last Knight fails in every aspect, proving to be an awful example of lazy film making.
Please stop making these films.
The writing here is appalling. Like every Transformers movie, the plot is needlessly convoluted. There are long scenes of exposition throughout this film, adding to the already bloated run time (we'll get to that later). I don't understand why the writers behind this franchise can't help themselves from over complicating a story line about fighting, talking robots. Every one of these films have convoluted plot lines, but The Last Knight triples down: giving a grand total of three convoluted plot lines.
Transformers is not a high grossing franchise because of it's plot, but because of the spectacle of giant robots fighting each other. With a budget of $260 million, it shouldn't be too hard to deliver on spectacle right? Wrong. Director Michael Bay finds a way to ruin the spectacle as well.
Action is sparse towards the first two acts of this film. In its place are long, painful scenes of dialogue (we'll also get to that later). When we are given action scenes in the first two acts, they are poorly done ripoffs of other movies, that focus on Mark Wahlberg and the other human characters. The action in this is unimaginative, poorly edited, and simply anticlimactic. This is not what gets advertised, this is not what sells tickets, but this is what Bay subjects us to for the majority of this film.
This film is inexcusably terrible in nearly every technical facet. The editing throughout is atrocious, with quick, sloppy cuts in nearly every scene. Even the CGI is laughable at points. The aspect ratios switch, not just from scene to scene, but during scenes. There is no reason for such a high budget film in 2017 to be this lazily executed.
There are a lot of poor aspects about this film, but they all pale in comparison to the dialogue. These actors are constantly spewing failed attempts at humor. Seemingly every other line is a swing and a miss, making these scenes truly painful. Even legendary actor Anthony Hopkins cannot save this dialogue. The script is written so poorly that it brings Hopkins down to it's level, making the scenes in which he is present infuriating.
Many big budget blockbusters are poorly written, but still end up being entertaining. Just a few weeks ago a prime example of this was released: The Mummy. The difference here is duration. The Mummy narrowly avoided overstaying it's welcome with a run time a little over 1 hour and 45 minutes. Clocking in at a cruel 2 hours and 30 minutes, The Last Knight steals precious time out of your life. There are so many better ways to spend your two and a half hours. Life is too short. Go spend some time with your family. Read a book. Exercise. Anything but going to see this movie.
The sad part is, none of this is anything new. Almost every major flaw (and there are too many to name) can be said about any of the other Transformers movies. The one thing that sets this one apart however, is the lack of payoff. At least the other films in this franchise had the decency to include spectacular actions scenes throughout. The Last Knight instead opts to fill this film with overly complex exposition and long stretches of dialogue.
Please stop making these films.
Please stop making these films.
The writing here is appalling. Like every Transformers movie, the plot is needlessly convoluted. There are long scenes of exposition throughout this film, adding to the already bloated run time (we'll get to that later). I don't understand why the writers behind this franchise can't help themselves from over complicating a story line about fighting, talking robots. Every one of these films have convoluted plot lines, but The Last Knight triples down: giving a grand total of three convoluted plot lines.
Transformers is not a high grossing franchise because of it's plot, but because of the spectacle of giant robots fighting each other. With a budget of $260 million, it shouldn't be too hard to deliver on spectacle right? Wrong. Director Michael Bay finds a way to ruin the spectacle as well.
Action is sparse towards the first two acts of this film. In its place are long, painful scenes of dialogue (we'll also get to that later). When we are given action scenes in the first two acts, they are poorly done ripoffs of other movies, that focus on Mark Wahlberg and the other human characters. The action in this is unimaginative, poorly edited, and simply anticlimactic. This is not what gets advertised, this is not what sells tickets, but this is what Bay subjects us to for the majority of this film.
This film is inexcusably terrible in nearly every technical facet. The editing throughout is atrocious, with quick, sloppy cuts in nearly every scene. Even the CGI is laughable at points. The aspect ratios switch, not just from scene to scene, but during scenes. There is no reason for such a high budget film in 2017 to be this lazily executed.
There are a lot of poor aspects about this film, but they all pale in comparison to the dialogue. These actors are constantly spewing failed attempts at humor. Seemingly every other line is a swing and a miss, making these scenes truly painful. Even legendary actor Anthony Hopkins cannot save this dialogue. The script is written so poorly that it brings Hopkins down to it's level, making the scenes in which he is present infuriating.
Many big budget blockbusters are poorly written, but still end up being entertaining. Just a few weeks ago a prime example of this was released: The Mummy. The difference here is duration. The Mummy narrowly avoided overstaying it's welcome with a run time a little over 1 hour and 45 minutes. Clocking in at a cruel 2 hours and 30 minutes, The Last Knight steals precious time out of your life. There are so many better ways to spend your two and a half hours. Life is too short. Go spend some time with your family. Read a book. Exercise. Anything but going to see this movie.
The sad part is, none of this is anything new. Almost every major flaw (and there are too many to name) can be said about any of the other Transformers movies. The one thing that sets this one apart however, is the lack of payoff. At least the other films in this franchise had the decency to include spectacular actions scenes throughout. The Last Knight instead opts to fill this film with overly complex exposition and long stretches of dialogue.
Please stop making these films.