Transformers 4 - How a Franchise Destroyed a Filmmaker | Anatomy Of A Failure

[@Filmento]

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[@abhishekvaru]

Trust me.... don't do anything... You are just going Smooth... Let it be as it is.. Its Coooool 👌

[@abhishekvaru]

Headphones... .. .. .

[@Filmento]

@@abhishekvaru Thanks. I've been wondering if my voice over has been too quiet in my previous videos, so I tried to make it a bit stronger here compared to the other audio.

[@AndrewAce.]

@@Filmento I caught this on TV for the first time on Sunday, lmao.

[@jonsitron11]

@@Filmento Compared to your really old videos, your audio is fine now. I’m watching on a tv, it’s well balanced for my part at least.

[@sonictheaccursed]

The boyfriend character is a professional car driver... ...in a movie where the cars drives on their own.

[@rcarlom9882]

It was rumored that his car was actually a transformer, and all his "skills" are actually the transformer doing it. He finds out its a transformer eventually. This is just collective rumor anyway but i like it. I think theres an official toy that came out that his car transforms with the name rollbar.

[@Kurayamiblack]

So the girl falls in love with a COMPLETE fraud and coward who successfully asserts his presence against her father and neither gets punished for it nor proves himself worthy of her despite being at the center of life-altering, world changin, and character developing events? Ugh...

[@emotionalsupportostrich2480]

Oh and his character carries a Texas Romeo & Juliet card...

[@livinirony385]

That would actually be a interesting relationship; a professional driver and a transformer, where they have to trust each other to get out of sticky situations. They’d both share driving n stuff

[@sonictheaccursed]

@@livinirony385 you know what else would be interesting? Mikaela as a protagonist. She's a car robber for christ sake, it would be awesome if she stole a transformer and then start a relationship.

[@Buccallmann456]

Michael Bay is the emodiment of " The movie sounded better in my head "

[@victorzimmerman7566]

Have you ever seen a Disney film.

[@jptcw2635]

@@fauzahfauziah8328 wat

[@MountainBearOfTheDew]

Nah, he’s the embodiment of “the movie sounded better in my head and sounded even better when it was made into a worldwide film”

[@stephamein3545]

@@jptcw2635 what the fuck? How the fuck is this comment translatable?

[@mlgamings6110]

Michael Bay is NOW the embodiment of "I don't give a fuck."

[@ksander1779]

the musical score is still amazing tho. i dont know how steve jablonsky does it but he outdoes himself in every movie

[@etam8099]

That's Jablonsky for ya

[@Limbogummy]

Yea the score slaps

[@shankzula6332]

Good example. Of someone with passion and someone without passion for what they do.

[@shankzula6332]

@UCj8_nQQVHAt2BtIBztMHfsQ what? That jibonsky has passion for his work while Michael bay doesnt? Yah ur right it's my opinion

[@etam8099]

@@shankzula6332 i can't post the link cause apparently KZbin strikes my comment down...for whatever reason...anyway if you think that then check the behind the scenes from AOE so you'll know how much passion not only him but everyone put

[@lynngatrell7965]

I love what Cinemasins said about this film: "Wow! If the writers and producers had put as much thought into the plot as they did on how to legally score with an underage girl, this could have been a great film!"

[@800Ms-k6n]

It seems on set, the script was rewritten many times, someone hold up new pages, it has nothing to do with the movie but they're just gonna perform it on camera

[@_somestuff]

@@800Ms-k6n And they probably had multiple scripts. There's no way the original drafts/scripts was just this one mish-mash, there had to be multiple and Bay just picked which ones he liked and then Kruger had to cobble it all together somehow. Just like the next one.

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@_somestuff I mean that's what literally happened when shooting Revenge of the Fallen. The movie was filmed in the middle of the writer's strike so legally Bay and Paramount couldn't hire a screenwriter until the strike was over so instead Bay and the actors just come up with something that has nothing to do with the movie but still gonna be in the final cut for some reason. They started filming without a complete script and i guess that happens with the rest of the movies

[@1968jrt]

the sad thing is this the ideas, visuals and tone of the film are great but then again its a modern michael bay movie

[@dangerousdays2052]

But how is she undreage if she's legal? That's a contradiction that only ignorant Westerners could come up with. 😂🤣

[@SteCollects]

Lockdown was so wasted in this, he was a brilliant villain.

[@thecomic2731]

He really was. As bad as this movie was, I can't deny that I love everything we see of Lockdown in AoE. Everything from his ship, his dogs, his accent, his ideology, to his theme all builds him up to being a truly threatening bounty hunter, and an incredible one at that. Honestly, if we could just take some of the villains straight from the bay films, (DotM Sentinel, DotM Megatron, and AoE Lockdown), and put them into passion-crafted Transformers movies, it would be incredible, in all the best ways.

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

I loved this movie as a kid😭 Not because of the plot but the action and chase scenes

[@alimations5226]

Would have loved if him and Ratchet showed a bit of hateful history like in TF: Animated, it would have been- Oh wait.

[@maxmocs5008]

​@@thecomic2731 If you're interested, Lockdown was introduced in the Transformers: Animated show, in which he is also a bounty hunter, and still a formidable threat. He isn't quite as evil, but it is an appearance in a passion crafted piece of TF media. Plus he got voiced by Lance Henriksen. Bay's version of Megatron and Optimus were also really well rewritten in the show Transformers: Prime

[@thecomic2731]

@@maxmocs5008 I absolutely agree. TFP was incredible, and it's probably my all-time favorite tf series. Animated is also really good! I love almost every TFA character except for Soundwave. Dont get me wrong, I think he's cool, but he's just not for me, which is weird, since Soundwave is my favorite character in general. Both shows are wonderful examples of how good a TF series can be when there's a true passion for it.

[@BrianSpurrier]

Even though it’s overused, the CGI of the transformations has always been really good with all of the moving parts. It looks like the transformer could actually turn into the car, and then this movie just decides to go with weird cg cube clouds for basically all of the new characters

[@cuckoonut1208]

Time saving shortcut.

[@concept5631]

@El Tomate Mutante Terrible name too.

[@rovanajean9550]

man ive just rewatched the 1st 2 movies, considering how they're made in 2007 and 2012 those are real legit cgi

[@thomasscott6146]

Only thing i didnt like were faces bc they just look like metal scraoing bjt overall they look good always have

[@wolforcabros8016]

CGI models Take awhile dude

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

And to imagine even this would pale in comparision to how terrible the Last Knight was. Yeesh.

[@mitchellneu]

I actually view Age of Extinction and The Last Knight as equally terrible. And I don’t just mean terrible, I mean GODAWFUL.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Good observation from the glorious Balalaika.

[@josiahstoehr1297]

Maybe it's just me, but I thought that TF5 was much better than TF4? Still not good but I had a better time with it than TF4 or TF2.

[@friendlyneighborhoodasianm912]

I remember my younger, child self watching it, and even that dumbass didnt like the last knight

[@redinho1994]

The editing in The Last Knight was so unbearable...two more fast cuts and I would have got a seizure

[@brinerix]

The thing that’s sad, is that Lockdown is a genuinely great antagonist.

[@HEHE-to3tp]

he's my second favorite villain next to megatron dude have evil dogs and a big ass ship for fuck sake

[@dontkickmychick6076]

@@HEHE-to3tp and ship sounds like drip

[@mr.breadman4181]

Yes whenever he appears he steals the show

[@thedarkemissary]

One of the few transformers that could transform.

[@ALJ9000]

Why must great villains be wasted on movies like this?

[@nicklyskawa3504]

I thought half of this franchise was a fever dream

[@dmua9551]

Only half?

[@afanofmoodyblues7941]

You are not wrong

[@sonicdash9652]

The whole Bayformers was a fever dream

[@TheWorldsBiggestFan89]

My face is my warrant Cringiest quote of the franchise

[@treyl3022]

And the other half is product placement

[@Gebunator]

Not sure it is a direct quote from Bay himself but basically, "I'm making money, not movies" and yep, that's what Bayverse transformers were, moneymakers.

[@cyberdelicxp9125]

He actually being honest.

[@kin-3877]

It's not like the original cartoons were entirely created to make money by selling merchandise like gangbusters

[@TheMattTrakker]

@@kin-3877 25 minute commercials with small amounts of education tossed in to get around laws...And yet, they were still better than Bay movies.

[@joshuacameron3370]

@@TheMattTrakker The original cartoons had a plot too and were interseting and the transformers looked cooler

[@kennethha416]

@@kin-3877 Hey but at least they had some damn soul, bad concept with decent execution. The Bayverse is a bad concept with bad execution

[@grfrjiglstan]

"The central government will protect Hong Kong at all costs." Isn't it messed up that this is the most unrealistic part of the movie?

[@Alikaoz]

Oh, they'll protect the landmass and tradehub with all the blood it takes, specially HK blood. But no one will take HK from them.

[@budsak7771]

Like the video said the director did not give two squats!

[@normadgarmez7026]

Well they could unless HK surrenders their political system to PRC ways of communism.

[@camhedmr_5593]

@aussiebear22 They wanted to. But People of Hong kong preferred to be kneeling under colonizers. What can they do?

[@olivergrayread]

It's interesting isn't it. With hindsight it's obvious that the ruse is too use funding of Hollywood blockbusters as leverage to force in the hokey and crude propaganda messages of the doting motherland protecting its furthest flung provincial children from the corrupting external menaces, it's just in this case the message fell on deaf ears

[@lazybobby2404]

bee saving sam, and being best friends with him, in general, makes so much sense, they have such a big connection. Optimus is only really friends with Kade because he didn't sell them out, which is barely valid because let's be honest no one would give away a transformer.

[@naquingreen1603]

@LazyBobby240 True BUT the thing with Sam and Bumblebee friendship is it became Toxic in the 3rd movie where Sam turns into a glory hound/douchebag who is obsessed with wanting to be recognized as a hero and he treats bumblebee like complete garbage, it's hard to find Sam remotely likable or sympathetic in the dark side of the moon it's like the writer's said screw it and made Sam so unlikable Sam in the Previous movies was a I Don't want to say good character BUT Least he was likable and he and Bumblebee felt like friends

[@dombak0531]

@@naquingreen1603 your point is majorly invalid! Sam asked Bee “how come I don’t see you anymore?” And he literally cried when Optimus and Bee left with the Autobots. He wasn’t a douchebag. He literally earned the right to be recognized as the guy who saved the world twice before; literally he saved the world.

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@dombak0531 Details like that really do make the difference, even if I dont like his stuttering goofy character his connection to Bee was genuine.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@naquingreen1603 Wrong 100%

[@themasterjay7189]

Lockdown had it all: A Spaceship, a Badass name, his Wolves, and a FUCKIN BADASS THEME SONG. So, WHY DID BAY THROW HIM OFF A CLIFF?!

[@samarthgour3026]

Because I Micheal bay like to fit in 4 extra side stories.

[@andim.8788]

@@samarthgour3026 and blow up all those stories literally

[@samarthgour3026]

@@andim.8788 the triple b is the way my friend

[@thedarkemissary]

More importantly, Lockdown had a name, could transform and had actual dialogue. Not something you could say of the dozens of other robot things in this movie.

[@Symasas225]

Money

[@kamikazekricket7746]

When you played the ad I got scared, had us in the first half ngl

[@chosenofkhorne2951]

The fall of transformers

[@timeee2kill]

same lol i was like “damn i just found this channel don’t tell me you’re done already 😭”

[@merajmasuk]

He built up that emotional anchor and later tarnished it, just like Michael Bay. What a guy!

[@jesusFMA]

I was getting ready to make that PayPal transfer; this was a very effective ad

[@waltercomunello121]

yup but... I wouldn't do it too many times if I were him. Or else I wouldn't believe him anymore.

[@silastipton735]

“Okay guys the transformer we want to look like Optimus keeps looking like Megatron.” “Well should we stop using Megatrons head?” “Nah whats the worst that could happen?”

[@rcarlom9882]

Yea like at least when they eventually obtain ratchet's head, knowing he's one of the good guys, like use him instead for a revision?

[@etam8099]

@@rcarlom9882 what?

[@rcarlom9882]

@@etam8099 what i mean is, when they eventually obtained ratchet's head, they should've at least used him and scrapped megatron's project. Maybe with ratchet, they could've made him look less menacing

[@etam8099]

@@rcarlom9882 Megatron was still online plus what's the point of "hacking" Rachet's memory when you have already Megatron who just tells you everything about the Transformers's secrets? Galvatron looking menacing wasn't cause of the humans, they tried 5 times with him, he still looked like Megatron despite Optimus was the model they used, why that? Well Megatron was the one who decided everything he manipulated the humans by telling them the secrets of how to build them in exchange for a new body....of course only Megatron and Brains knew that but Brains didn't wanted to tell anything cause of how the humans treated him

[@markzofcin9003]

@@etam8099 megatrons head had an axe wound through the center of it, ratchets on the other hand didnt, logically they should've used ratchet, but the stupid ass plot said galvatron so...

[@GrayCatbird1]

I would say that while Optimus' and Cade's relationship is hollow and underdeveloped, Optimus choosing to help Cade says a lot about Optimus as a character. I'm of the opinion that through all the chaos of the franchise, Optimus somehow ended up with a pretty consistent and solid character arc spanning all the movies.

[@concept5631]

@El Tomate Mutante That can be chalked up as PTSD imo.

[@rovanajean9550]

@@concept5631 i mean he's not human.. but the question is can transformers have mental illness lmao. they do have a sense of morality, which is an ingredient.

[@rovanajean9550]

@El Tomate Mutante damn i love it when he cusses during fights against decepticon. man really be learning the language from the internet xD

[@kayzee3595]

The character was well developed in the first movie and remained the same across all the movies. This is what he is. We already know who he the character is. So what’s the point of focusing on his character? It’s more interesting other characters’s relationship with him.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@kayzee3595 All facts

[@PossumReviews]

10:27, why are those monitors just showing solid green? Did they intend to CGI something onto them and just forgot?

[@dreadnaughty2604]

It's an easter egg of the production process

[@misterunusual7490]

@@dreadnaughty2604 is it?

[@Majestic_King_Hunter]

I will be honest, I didn't notice that. Granted, I didn't watch the movie but it shows that the director and the audience was just like "yeah sure whatever" lol

[@allenmurallo3730]

It's essentially the latter: it was intended to be something else, but everyone pretty much forgot about it. Although, this and the guy randomly appearing in the explosion shot at the climax is basically representative of how messy and careless Michael Bay movies are.

[@charmandyorton006]

Maaayyybe they were meant to greenscreen in some more ship schematics or -Energon readings- heat sigs? Whatever was intended, this was still a baffling oversight to leave in the final cut.

[@Ginko_Sakata]

Depends on my Mood how I feel about this movie But the fact that Prime or Bumblebee don't mention Sam is a sin

[@lolstuffenjoy9880]

Agred

[@_-ghost-__4999]

Prime acualy says, “Sam run!” When he’s transformering for the first time in the movie just search up, sam run transformers aoe

[@_-ghost-__4999]

@OmegaCollectorG bruh, are you saying that the dude in 4 and 5 is superior???

[@pryma1604]

@OmegaCollectorG I think what he's saying is that compared to the human characters we got in TF 4 and 5, Sam is the more likable character. I too found it weird that there was not a single direct mention of him. He's obviously not the best, but he has likable qualities.

[@pryma1604]

@OmegaCollectorG It’s not really an argument... more like a discussion. I never said Sam/Shia was the best actor in Hollywood. Lol

[@MrGamingANDfootball]

And that promotion, boys and girls, is how to properly subvert expectations.

[@majorearl12]

Sorry Rian Johnson

[@kiencancap]

What a twist. M. Night Shyamalan couldn't have done better.

[@raulviii60]

It's a master piece

[@jayesh1212-i3d]

It was too good 😂

[@quatelquandor4803]

😭😂😭😂

[@misternathanfowlkes]

Throughout the entire movie I was waiting for the inevitable scene where Cade builds the dinobots. He is an inventor and we see a giant metal t rex skeleton in the beginning, it seemed so obvious. His character ark was wanting to make something that matters, and he never does?!?!?!

[@firemaker1258]

Now that I think about it, why didn’t they do that? The dinobots were built in the original cartoon, and it’d show that his obsession with being an inventor actually led to something.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@firemaker1258 because it make no sense

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

@@firemaker1258 so you guys want a quack inventor who can´t build a beer servant robot to build giant transforming dinosaurs?

[@izukumidoriya8600]

@@r.a.fgattaiguy845 Maybe similar to Sam touching the spark Cade could have all the knowledge of the ship burned into his mind including the biology/mechanics of the dino-bots and with that he works together with Hound maybe to build them from the records of some of the oldest autobots/decepticons in existence

[@dr.boring7022]

Building the Dinobots is a bit of a stretch. Plus, they're only in the movie for the 4th plot, Galvatron and his army. A plot that only existed for the action.

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

Your veiled Surfshark ad was more emotionally investing than these Bayformers movies

[@diersteinjulien6773]

I was thinking "sigh, ok, I NEVER do that, but for filmento I could send him $5 through paypal", but it was a bait for sirfshark. I feel like my feelings have been betrayed.... which is proof of great storytelling, I guess. Good job.

[@ShinGallon]

Popup ads for shady porn sites are more emotionally investing than Michael Bay's entire filmography combined.

[@Majestic_King_Hunter]

@@ShinGallon At least they TRY to connect with their audience :)

[@blackagent4754]

But the first and third film were good, tho.😟

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

@@blackagent4754 they were less shit than the other ones. Doesn’t make them good.

[@BlueRoses345]

Filmento: Michael Bay has lost his intergrity Me: Michael Bay had integrity?!

[@lonestarr1490]

Well, at least he had something somewhat closer to integrity, than he has now.

[@Vesperitis]

He made The Rock, which was legitimately a great film.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Literally my reaction. It's not that he has never made good movies. It's that bombastic action and sexy young women are basically all he's ever carried about as far as narrative. So of course he'll pander to the CCP if China will make his terrible movies money.

[@gg829]

@@MusicoftheDamned No one was bothered when Bay was pandering to the US military, you know, people who literally blow up kids and enforce global capitalist hegemony.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

@@gg829 I am pretty sure people were bothered given I know I was bothered by it at least, though I tend to see patriotism as a bad, mostly blind thing in general. I am bit confused about what this has to do with I said at all though.

[@vagary1926]

The worst thing about Michael Bay is that his success spawned “Michael Bay knockoffs”. Studios saw that they could film idiotic action movies and still make lots of money.

[@terrylandess6072]

Bayhem - The Dictionary continues to grow.....

[@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09]

I would also like to blame Avatar for a lot of this.

[@okagbasuna246]

It is okay those studios never cared about the audience to begin with it.

[@Real_MisterSir]

the real question is, why do such massive amounts of people keep paying for those shitty production movies? How many sequels did fucking Sharknado get, when in reality it should have made 22.8 dollars on opening week at most. How do these studios keep receiving funding? It's honestly beyond me. Hollywood as a whole has turned into the biggest collection of amateurs who think they're professionals.

[@sonicdash9652]

@@Real_MisterSir This is why I gave on Hollywood crap because of that.

[@bigj1905]

I actually heard that Bay didn’t want to direct any more movies after Dark of the Moon, but Paramount and Hasbro forced him to because of its high sales revenue, so he really lost his passion and interest in the films, and it shows.

[@josho7138]

So sad😞

[@cvrriculum1322]

Yea think he said so himself he just did this cause he had to

[@Croftice1]

@@cvrriculum1322 It still doesn't justify, why he made the movie the way he made it. Even if he lost his passion for the franchise, he's still an A list director, it's his job to do the movie right, even one he's "forced" to do against his will. Doing it wrong still falls on his head nontheless. Imagine you'd be a CEO in a corporation, that would restructualize and decide to come up with a different product (maybe the directorate outvoted you, or something), so while the new product wasn't your idea, it still falls on you to make it properly, else your corporation will suffer the consequences, am I right? So M. Bay doing the movie poorly falls really on him, not the decision of Hasbro, Paramount and whatnot.

[@cvrriculum1322]

@@Croftice1 I didn’t say it wasn’t all not his fault yea sure he should’ve tried the movie was ok the visuals were good primes lines were memorable but he should’ve left

[@justthatmoviedirectorguy85]

He accepted it if they financed pain and gain

[@alpacahome]

China in Movie: "The central gov't will protect HK at all costs" *RIIIIIIGHT* 🙄

[@jkblohm9899]

EveryonesPal well that aged poorly

[@aSinisterKiid]

gotta bend the knee to the CCP

[@CEO_Of_Racism-fk3qv]

The Hong Kong govt is far worse then the Chinese govt

[@rikumajumder1558]

@@CEO_Of_Racism-fk3qv Hello there Chinese boi. How's Winnie the Pooh doing nowadays?

[@mayonotes9849]

@@rikumajumder1558 He's not wrong with the Hong Kong government being bad, but he's wrong about the other part. The biggest reason for the downfall of Hong Kong is due to that person in charge of governing Hong Kong. She's the main reason why Hong Kong is failing. Not to mention the CCP is trying to kill Hong Kong's economy so they can come in and act like a hero where they: "Gonna save Hong Kong from economic crises." when they were the one that created it. They want full complete of Hong Kong before moving their main focus to Taiwan.

[@jackofhearts1067]

"Tips for Bay to improve as a filmmaker?" ......Skillshare.

[@Roadblock213]

No point in saying this now he retired after he made the last knight

[@laisy961]

@@Roadblock213 Apparently he is coming back to direct a sci-fi film based on a novel called Robopocalypse. I only heard about this when Spielberg passed this film to Bay after years of delays.

[@matchalatte5415]

No love for the great courses plus?

[@jackofhearts1067]

Oh wow thanks for the likes lol Even Filmento has graced my comment with his like! I am forever honored!

[@Roadblock213]

@@laisy961 wow are you serious i guess the queen of explosions couldn't stay down

[@heathern6737]

I went to this movie to see the Dinobots. After the movie, I was like "That's it? That's all the screen time they got?" What a waste.

[@turtleanton6539]

Did not even make a big one

[@Mediados]

Grimlock deserved better. They didnt even bother to give him character.

[@sakesithole6295]

Same bro I was disappointed beyond measure

[@King-bw3ne]

@@Mediados poor swoop :(

[@cylondorado4582]

I was lucky. I heard that ahead of time and I skipped the movie.

[@codycarney2311]

I laughed at the "oh my god" line uncontrollably while in the theater. Just because it's, for me, the whole culmination of how far the "Bayformers" ultimately fell

[@legendarystudioclips6018]

a bit more specific? when in the movie?

[@codycarney2311]

@@legendarystudioclips6018 the part where the shipping liner is sucked up into the sky and the wreckage missing our protagonists

[@legendarystudioclips6018]

@@codycarney2311 what?

[@mlgamings6110]

@@codycarney2311 really? I thought that part was fine. The legally scoring with a minor bit though... That's when I knew.

[@codycarney2311]

@@mlgamings6110 I honestly forgot about that minor bit. Until Pointless Hub brought it up in his latest TF review. Maybe it was my mind trying to save me from that horrendous situation.

[@silverblue73]

Why does every girl in subsequent Transformers er, "films" look like they're doing a cosplay of Megan Fox's character? Complete with the sweat lol

[@Quaronna]

Reminds me of Marilyn Monroe. Men were OBSESSED with recreating her. There were wannabes everywhere because of toxic masculinity and misogyny. I think the same goes for your comment. Megan was such a bombshell, men were offended to be rejected by her. That’s why she was blackballed from Hollywood. Jealous misogynistic men. Poor thing.

[@etam8099]

@@Quaronna say what?

[@WILLINGLYWILD]

Queen Of The Comments found the feminist, they don’t look alike other than they’re both attractive females which is obviously good for the sales of a movie generally speaking and the idea that just because they’re sweaty and attractive they’re copying the style of another actress in this BLOCKBUSTER ACTION franchise is a joke they’re running half the time and they live in Texas people who find excuses to be offended should keep their opinions to themselves

[@sirramic202]

@@Quaronna You sound alot like a reverse incel. You know you will have a much more fulfilling life if you let go of all that hate.

[@stellar3161]

@@Quaronna you lost me there

[@michaelagbeti5904]

I actually enjoyed the 1st & 3rd transformers movies. Took me years to admit that to myself though

[@wazopaio]

Well lucky you, the first and third are the best in the franchise.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

There's nothing wrong with enjoying things. Acknowledge their faults, but enjoy them nonetheless.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

I enjoy the Transformers series even if they're not masterpieces but I also enjoy Filmento tearing them a new one

[@drugmate9710]

I enjoy all 3 of the original trilogy.

[@ferderonhurgeron9263]

Sad. I liked them all. Openly. Proudly. And what of it?

[@parz1val783]

honestly, age of extinction was a wasted opportunity. i was so hyped that dinobots were finally getting in the live-action movies. bumblebee is definitely a step in the right direction.

[@stuffland4371]

You got the Dinobots doe

[@FakeJake5843]

@@stuffland4371 ya true

[@peeko_luxx2873]

Stanley Tucci saved the movie for me. If you could even call it “saved”. He is a good time in any roll he takes. Just my personal opinion, I understand if some don’t like him or think he was a bit much in this one. Cheers 👌

[@danielsgarden9283]

Yeah, bumble bee was f ing awesome, and no one will ever change my mind. It wasn’t a Michael Bay movie for starters (which is good), it’s set in the 80s (added bonus) and we had an actual wholesome relation ship between the main character and bee, like we had between Sam and the auto bots. It felt a bit like the relation ship between mando and groku; wholsome and I know I’ve said that twice.

[@danielsgarden9283]

Also, bays sets for ships and the place under water was amazing like why couldn’t we get more of the this architecture instead of generic and boring city scapes

[@josteinhenrique2779]

I always felt something was wrong with the movie. Now I know why I couldn't feel invested while watching this movie, despite the main plot having some dark and deep issues, like autobots being hunted down and Megatron's mind living inside a government weapon.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Agreed, it feels like they just tagged those concepts on to seem smarter or deeper that it actually was. Man I would've lived to see more Galvatron but he didnt even get to fight Optimus a second time or play any larger role.

[@_somestuff]

@@kennethsatria6607 Honestly, glad we never saw this Galvatron fight Prime again. That design was just absolutely horrendous.

[@Мөнхдөл]

you know your movie sucks when a 10 year old me found it boring even with all the cool cgi

[@masterpenguin8472]

Just goes to show that no matter how visually stunning your film is, it doesn't make up for how lousy your story, plot, and characters are.

[@realyoriginalchanel3218]

I seem the 4th movie as a 8 year old and I couldn't even comprehend how boring it is, this is the same person who loved star wars prequels for cgi

[@hotlinesanzensekai7084]

Lmao, took me 3 days to watch this movie. That's how boring it was.

[@p.h.i.lcongure9168]

I loved these first 3 movies as a kid and even this one bored me out of my mind for the most part

[@vanz681]

I thought the effects were cool, although I forgot about this movie

[@Dash101]

At least the fools behind Green lantern knew when to stop.

[@meduzarbuz7605]

that movie didn't even start out good tho

[@jessya775]

@@meduzarbuz7605 at least they didn't make 5 movies because "It mAdE M0n3y"

[@meduzarbuz7605]

@@jessya775 bruh they barely made more than their budget lmao what movies are you talking abt??

[@jessya775]

@@meduzarbuz7605 no idea. I was running on no-sleep for 10 hours, I think I was talking about transformers, lol

[@meduzarbuz7605]

@@jessya775 oh true first movies were good tho

[@VulKus117]

Lockdown: 9/10 Score: 10/10 Everything else: -5/10

[@naffo1314]

Action: 8/10

[@naffo1314]

Oh and CGI: 9/10

[@taptomast9211]

Story:3

[@enon8116]

@@taptomast9211 notice me

[@KainSpada09]

The Dinobots 9/10

[@gracz0unl]

Dude, I think that was the best tie-in commercial I've seen on KZbin. You're not only a competent reviewer, but also a competent filmmaker, and I have nothing but respect for You.

[@Reishadowen]

"The central government will protect Hong Kong at all costs!" Yeah.....that didn't age well. X'D

[@bradwhite5884]

Yep, and I hope free Hong Kong did not die in vain, now Taiwan is next

[@jonnyvelocity]

How are they not protecting HK?

[@etam8099]

@@jonnyvelocity i dunno

[@jeandane.6156]

@Gabriel GG lol you stupid or something?😂

[@DonkiDonkiDonkiDonki]

#FreeHongKong

[@LightningZetton]

AOE ruined the transformers movies. The first trilogy movie was the best. DOTM was supposed to end but due to Transformers prime being a very loved show the new writers said they will look into past TF series to use ideas for the movies. They looked at too much Prime. Animated should've been continued

[@sleepinggorilla]

Bumblebee was easily the best Transformers movie. Who would have thought using the characters and designs from the successful show would help the movie its based on succeed?

[@LightningZetton]

@@sleepinggorilla yeah no. Bumblebee was good but it's not the best. Heck 1st bayverse movie was better. The only thing that made me not like the bumblebee movie was just less fights and the characters were boring compare to sam which the jokes on sam made him more better than charlie

[@edmontonboy99]

@@sleepinggorilla I love Bumblebee first, and the first Transformers movie second.

[@dinoknight2012]

Transformers Animated, Transformers Prime, War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron and Bumblebee will forever be superior to the Bayverse. At least in terms of story and characters.

[@LightningZetton]

@@dinoknight2012 you can't compare animation shows to live action. G1 movie had so many characters that bumblebee and bayverse didn't have that much. Because it would cost them more money even Micheal Bay said that he wanted more robots in the 1st film but it was too expensive. Of course the series had the freedom to add a lot of robots because it was all on cgi or animated

[@st0rm3325]

The Micheal Bay trilogy ended with Dark of the Moon. They should have rebooted the franchise with Bumblebee a long time ago.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

They should of kicked out Bay from the third film onwards because he is a bad director or at least give him a co director

[@st0rm3325]

@@superomegaprimemk2 he knows how to direct action scenes, not whole movies.

[@_somestuff]

lol Bumblebee's movie was only planned during the production of TLK. They should have done just an aftermath with Unicron and that's it.

[@st0rm3325]

@@_somestuff The Bee film was planned during that time, yes, but it was the decision to make it a soft reboot after the dumpster fire of a film called The Last Knight.

[@the1onlyteagro]

Bumble Bee is another movie that should have just never been

[@GooblyWoobly69]

I remember watching this in theaters as a teen. I couldn't believe it kept going. Felt like 2 movies in one

[@brennur3731]

"The chinese government will protect hong kong" that one didn't age too well

[@sulkursell9130]

Since when has that ever been true?

[@Edax_Royeaux]

The blood will fade, the land will remain.

[@justsomeguywithaforeheadmu6209]

as Quoted by a not so nice el presidente "CHINA"

[@madensmith7014]

@Innocentious VHS You're asking an island nation from the other side of the world to defend a territory they effectively surrendered to the Chinese already. Might seem controversial but protecting Hong Kong hasn't been the UK's job ever since their empire collapsed.

[@juliantapia1407]

@@jakelee7083 not a white savior, but somebody. Because sadly they clearly Were incapable of protecting themselves from China

[@roberthipolito1351]

This what also happened to Paul W. S. Anderson, the guy who made the Resident Evil films. Like Bay, he too showed some talent and care when he started. His earlier films were among his best, and even through out his filmography you can still see some good competent filmmaking. But he too lost it at some point, and now he just doesn't care at all. He went from Event Horizon to Monster Hunter.

[@waltercomunello121]

the last RE was horrible, cheesy, absurd and nonsensical. I've watched it once because I watched all of them before, so I thought, "let's do this". I think I kinda regret this, but at least I did it. And yes, the sixth installment ("Final Chapter", I had to look it up) is not worth it, it will kill some of your brain cells. also yeah, Paul W.S. "I married my own OC" Anderson lol

[@thekiller7994]

The only difference between Michael Bay and Paul WS Anderson is that Paul WS Anderson is actually nice to people on movie sets than Michael Bay, who treats people like shit on movie sets

[@Nafeels]

Not to forget he started with the original Mortal Kombat movie, when even back then any video game-to-movie adaptations were doomed to shit on the theatres. Even after seeing the Resident Evil movies, I still enjoyed his movies. These days though, there are a shitton of really good directors that even his work is just mediocre at best, and in the case of Monster Hunter, just pretty much shit all the way.

[@darwincity]

PWSA also has a wife to cast in all of his films.

[@mcqueenx75]

Only thing I liked about original residenr evil movie was the soundtrack. All the heavy metal bands with great tunes from mudvayne to static x. Depeche mode to Marilyn manson. Best soundtrack ever.

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

6:25 Wouldn't it have been easier to make the daughter older or the boyfriend younger instead of coming up with a convoluted reason for why it's okay for an adult to date a minor?

[@joseprofeta8159]

no body involve in this cared, get used to that sort of stuff for the sake of a joke.

[@bradwhite5884]

Chris Hansen should look into that law and this movie tbh

[@doge8825]

@@bradwhite5884 oh come on man just stop

[@slsthewriter1299]

Or even have it where it's an obvious morally not great situation, and the guy isn't that good and he teaches his daughter to treat herself better or somethin. You know. As a point as to why he didn't want her to date in the first place because he knew she'd be dumb.

[@WILLINGLYWILD]

It’s very sus this was even in the movie like I get the funny tension between the dad and his daughter boyfriend but why include him making a whole legally backed point as to why he’s with a 17 year old filmmakers are questionable for that one although I’m from the uk and 17 isn’t that bad unless they’re like 30 or some fucked shit

[@GrayCatbird1]

I'm not certain that Michael Bay really has lost his passion. It's true that as the Transformers franchise went on the movies became more and more blatantly sloppy. But at the same time he always has been about excitment before anything else, and that has remained true in his later TF films. It's very possible that he's not so much having a burnout as finally getting to do things exactly as he want them to be.

[@slimsolo1384]

remember when they were talking about rape laws.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

I swear, that shit has the worst influence in gullible stupid teenagers...

[@slimsolo1384]

@@DonVigaDeFierro tell me about

[@Stoopidxoolin]

Hehe guys edgy sexual humor lol

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

@@slimsolo1384 One dude tried to quote that shit once in my law classes at HS. And he did it with all seriousness. We're not even from America.

[@themccman]

Weirdest thing is he has the law in a laminated card 😕

[@dynamicdealer2378]

The part that confused me the most is that the over two hundred countries in the world are okay with taking out Optimus prime. Which technically in the world is pretty famous and probably considered a hero but they went full 180 on him and killed his friends.

[@MrHAH-cd9ku]

On one hand, there’s killing aggressive assholes like the wreckers. On the other hand, there’s trying to kill OPTIMUS PRIME, your SAVIOR. I think the big thing that got them scared was that they trusted Primes naturally, or at least thought “The Fallen” was the obviously evil and dumb prime. Then Sentinel came along, shot up NEST, killed fellow autobots, nearly beat Optimus, worked closely with Megatron, and got Chicago, and almost the world, completely obliterated with ease. And that was from Optimus Prime’s own mentor, and someone Optimus Prime told people to trust. The humans were used to fighting some obvious evil that disguised as tech, but Sentinel suddenly blasted through and caused more damage than both of the decepticon leaders by pretending to be a good transformer. Just like that, the humans looked for alternatives and killed the Transformers without care. They always seemed to mistrust the robots, and didn’t always get along with Optimus, so they didn’t want to be caught unaware if Prime followed his mentor’s footsteps and tried a weird cybertron strategy, no matter how many times he’d say he wouldn’t.

[@lisboah]

@@MrHAH-cd9ku Good point, though your point is ruined in the following movie when it's shown that they have been arresting Decepticons. So the humans go around killing the human-loving and peaceful Autobots, but they simply arrest the racist and warmongering Decepticons? "I lost a sister in Chicago. You'll not get any sympathy from me" a guy said before executing Ratchet. Oh, but the robots that actually commited the massacre and sought to enslave the entire world do?

[@MrHAH-cd9ku]

@@lisboah It is possible all those decepticons came after the whole KSI situation. Even otherwise, the scrap they get from Shockwave, Ratchet, and so on was no longer valuable for making their own robots, especially since Megatron came back because of said scrap (and damaged another city with all of it too) so what was left to do with them but beg for them to tell where the decepticon leader they just let back onto the world is?

[@wizardgaming6759]

@@lisboah I remember first seeing ratchet being killed, and I was like “why tf are they killing ratchet, he helped save earth lol”

[@hanhong2267]

@@MrHAH-cd9ku The thing is, they wouldn't trust Optimus but they're willing to trust Lockdown??? In the Last Knight, they're willing to trust Megatron and RELEASE his minions but have zero faith in Optimus?

[@arkham9770]

Damn that surfshark ad had more emotional weight than this movie

[@bubblybobabubbles]

Fun fact, my parents never let me watch the second movie as a kid lol These movies actually drove me AWAY from the franchise, I hated these movies when I was little (still kinda do). There was too much talking before the action, and the action was too confusing, I didn't know what was going on or who was who and I was bored with it. I just hated it. But once I saw G1, Prime, then Animated? I was drawn in, and now I'm a proud member of this fandom.

[@citizenvulpes4562]

Ew

[@bubblybobabubbles]

@@citizenvulpes4562 Yeah I have a different opinion than you, live with it lol

[@Yanfei-gg4mm]

Ew

[@jeypi__]

The characters in the first trilogy was memorable, the characters after it just felt like substitutes just because Optimus and Bumblebee cant fight an army on their own.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Wrong.

[@vera2892]

@@PoIarisPrime not wrong.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@vera2892 it is wrong, in fact infinitely wrong

[@syasyaishavingfun]

Bumblebee movie is cute

[@Satire_Filmz]

@@PoIarisPrime It is not wrong, in fact infinitely not wrong

[@uptheworker]

"we will protect Hong Kong at all costs" Xi Jinping: sure... protect...

[@dawn8525]

More like destroy and milk its cash and worth dry.....

[@DonKrieg-382]

honk kong cant be protected its lgbtqeuejwowoekrhxu+++ city

[@JM64]

@@dawn8525 You got China confused for the UK and US

[@il100374]

I swear we have the same brain. Like, none of the Transformers movies are "good". But something about those first 3 movies... I do find enjoyment in them. Especially the first one. Good pacing, good enough character building, actual stakes, build up, and that end fight in the city is prettyyy badass (especially those scenes with Ironhide). After the 3rd film, it felt like Bay lost all his creativity...

[@MrHAH-cd9ku]

Bay frankly didn’t enjoy working on the movies after even the first one, but he really lost motivation when pals of his insisted on a fourth one after he killed Megatron, The Fallen, Sentinel, Starscream, Shockwave, and literally any other potential villain that he knew of. He didn’t want to make some shit like Galvatron, or even Lockdown, but he eventually decided to try anyways. It sucked, but China loved it, and China is an amazing moneymaker. Then he tried to quit, again. He didn’t care if Galvatron was still alive and Optimus had a whole new story going on. When he was to do it AGAIN, he was probably so very tired of transformers he didn’t bother following his own lore. Bay retconned himself into the ground, and scoff, he didn’t go for money. The movie was finally some sort of box office fail, and he immediately ditched now that even the money wasn’t worthwhile.

[@michiel1162]

the first and third were good imo. not extremely good but just good enough to be enjoyable. The second one was awful tho. i fuking hated that movie as a kid.

[@cvrriculum1322]

Yea bay was done he wanted out

[@cvrriculum1322]

@@michiel1162 second one is fine the fight in the forest and his jet mode fight were good also the chase scene

[@kzvnq]

@@MrHAH-cd9ku i just thought everything sucked right after the first two films when megan wasn't casted bc of her problematic behaviour and not having sam after part 3 it just all went downhill really.

[@ironsalmon784]

I can honestly understand why Bay just didn’t give a shit anymore. He wanted to end the series with a trilogy as the original ending for DotM had Megatron and Optimus come to a truce to rebuild cybertron, and that was it. However, paramount wanted more sequels, so he was forced to change the script to the ending we see today.

[@johnythefox100]

I'll never get over the fact that Bay actually wrote and filmed a scene explaining why it's okay for an adult to screw a minor instead of just aging her up one year and not adressing it.

[@MyZ001]

It's crazy! She could've even still been in highschool! When someone says "highschool girl" or "she's in highschool" they automatically think of an underaged girl. But, that could've played into it. Dad - "She's still in highschool!" BF - "So what, she just turned eighteen!". Boom! Creepy ass problem solved with 2 lines of dialogue. Also, as this video stated, Bay doesn't write the movies. He just tells the writers to make sure to include things in them. So, it might not've been his idea.

[@lartts7483]

@@MyZ001 A minor that just turned 18 is still weird, they could've just aged her up? At least 19-20 years old

[@g.d.graham2446]

Indeed

[@notjimpickens7928]

@@lartts7483 fr

[@stuglife5514]

@@lartts7483 I agree. Most of my friends are 21-22 and still live with family, I’m lucky at 23 that I’ve got my own place

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

Characters thrown together randomly behaving like they have had a lifetime of friendship even though they just met half an hour ago? Welcome to Disney Star Wars.

[@3Rayfire]

Which is interesting because the Finn and Poe friendship from Force Awakens was very good, I got invested in that instantly. Then...it got sidelined. Because of course it did.

[@travman3299]

@@3Rayfire Finn and Rey had a lot of chemistry in TFA as well. But like him and Poe, they barely ever interacted in TLJ

[@Marveryn]

@@travman3299 Rey! Rey! Rey

[@herrmiseria]

Blade runner 2049 is a masterpiece, change my mind

[@herrmiseria]

Thing is you cant deny facts

[@cjkalandek996]

I can't believe Cinema Snob calls this the best of the _Transformers_ franchise.

[@redmarvel1978]

What?? What the fuc...?

[@lukeman2554]

Was it serious or just satire? I'm genuinely asking..

[@leninin6880]

I think u mean the best of the worst

[@alexarcila7909]

I can’t believe that this is actually classified as a movie 😂

[@shaunjimbangan1166]

It's his opinion

[@RBsRealm]

_"How a filmmaker Destroyed a franchise"_ There fixed the title for you.

[@yutuberocks22]

Nah, that's the video after this lol

[@darkshat3077]

Micheal bay doesn’t write the movies

[@salaali8918]

@@darkshat3077 no, but he takes ideas the writers have and forces them to be adjusted to his satisfaction

[@Noperare]

"The central government will protect Hong Kong at all costs." Hong Kong: thank you, but I don´t wanna your "protection" CCP: I didn´t asked if you wanted

[@harishchikki08]

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[@pepsiisbetterthancoke6283]

Bold of you to assume that his name wasn't ruined the moment he said yes to these movies

[@Malconeous]

fuck that transformers is super cool as a franchise. I'm with you on the pepsi tho

[@pepsiisbetterthancoke6283]

@@Malconeous k lmao you're the first person to agree with me.

[@DynamicUnoTea]

I giving you a thumbs up for your username and not your comment. I never thought Michael Bay was all that great to begin with.

[@roscojenkins7451]

God my friend LOVES these movies and mocks me for talking about act structures or nuance acting

[@justsomewritingfan2202]

@@roscojenkins7451 can relate

[@allyburkhardt7938]

This is the only one I watched. I apologize to my parents who had to watch it with me....

[@StoriesByDighe]

Watch the first one. It’s painful too, but in a watchable way

[@Austin12348]

U missed soooo much pain

[@mysteryace2129]

Honestly thought this was the best out of the 5 if that means anything

[@Austin12348]

@@mysteryace2129 Nah

[@Austin12348]

@@mysteryace2129 Bumblebee is obviously the best

[@juanma250297]

If I had written Transformers Age of Extinction I would keep Cade as an inventor (I actually liked the inventor part) I would make Cade find Optimus by himself, not with a clownish friend. He brings him back home not knowing he is an Autobot and then once he is at his garage he finds out he is an Autobot. Cade knows that Autobots and Decepticons are being hunted down and he has an inner conflict with either giving up Optimus for the money he needs for himself and his daughter’s college or do the right thing, but he takes the difficult choice and sacrifices his inventions to use them for parts to repair Optimus. Eventually the Mercenaries track down Optimus and right when Cade’s daughter is about to be killed Optimus wakes up and kills all the Mercenaries. Optimus goes back into vehicle mode and tells Cade and Tessa to get in and they do as Optimus says. Optimus takes Cade and Tessa with him and he transforms into his new vehicle mode and after a while they arrive with the rest of the Autobots. where we see the same ones we saw originally in the movies with Ultra Magnus included in the team (considering many fans wanted to see Ultra Magnus in live action). We would see a bonding moment between Cade and Optimus where Optimus would tell Cade he was aware that he had repaired him and he didn’t turn into his robot mode so that the mercenaries couldn’t track down his energon particles, but he failed and now he has put Cade and Tessa in danger and it’s all his fault. Cade asks why are the humans hunting down the Autobots if they are the good guys to which Optimus says he himself doesn’t know, but when he does he is going to make sure they pay. Cade tells Optimus he is going to need some human help and with the drone he recovered he finds out what autobots had been killed and where they could find the place where the bodies of the Autobots had been taken. So they invade the lab and that part would go to the lab where they would find many of the disappeared autobots prisoners and they would release them and flee from the lab. But KSI activates Galvatron who in this version would be an absolute badass who would destroy Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus in a fight forcing the team to make a desperate escape. After re grouping at a building, Cade asks what the hell was that and Optimus reveals that it was Megatron reincarnated in a new body. Mirage, one of the formerly imprisoned Autobots explains that KSI has not only revived Megatron, but his entire Decepticon Army and if they don’t stop KSI now, then the entire world is in huge trouble. Meanwhile Attinger wants to activate the decepticon army, but Cade calls Joshua and tells him that he has revived Megatrons army without knowing and Megatron is only pretending to be under KSI control until they activate his army. Joshua does believe Cade after all the malfunctions that Galvatron has been presenting lately. Joshua tells Attinger it is dangeroes to activate the KSformers because they haven’t been fully tested yet, but Attinger doesn’t give a damn and he takes command of KSI and activates the KSformers who immidiately go into robot mode killing Attinger and Savoy while Joshua escapes with the security lady he had. Joshua eventually finds Cade and the Autobots and tells them of what’s going on. Optimus tells the Autobots they need to go back to Chicago to finish this battle with the Decepticons. The Autobots, Cade, Joshua and the security lady go back to Chicago abd they battle against the Decepticons. At the end Galvatron fights Optimus and Optimus gets almost killed until Ultra Magnus and Bumble Bee appear and help Optimus and take down Galvatron, but they do not kill him. Galvatron takes the chance of activating a Nuclear device capable of blowing up a huge chunk of land. So Optimus grabs the Bomb and flies away with it while Galvatron escapes. Optimus throws the bomb into the Chicago lake. Optimus returns and Ultra Magnus tells Optimus that Galvatron has escaped, but Optimus says that what matters now is that everyone is alright and he now understands that not all humans see them as evil machines, and they Earth is their home too and they have to help humans be all that they can be “There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to solve, but who we are and why we are here are not among them. Those answers we carry inside, I am Optimus Prime and I talk to every Autobot still within the stars, we are still here, Earth is our home and we are waiting for you”

[@michaelmahabir213]

These films may not be perfect but having Peter Cullen voice Optimus Prime is one of the best things out of them.

[@Destroyer2150]

It is such a wasted potencial. You know that some of the voice actors are putting effort and time into their jobs. And Michael Bay throw them into the gutter with his shitty direction.

[@atwunz]

Yes Always Saying I am Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime like I am Batman I am Batman I am Batman. Man.

[@spinosaurusstriker]

Give me your face

[@chasehedges6775]

@@spinosaurusstriker Great line from an awful movie.

[@ReaperRedeemer2112]

Cullen really hated how Optimus was portrayed in these movies.

[@jakubrejak1114]

Now, The Last Knight: How to fail at Revenge of The Fallen

[@etam8099]

bruh

[@santiagobohorquez4758]

You're saying it as if Revenge of the Fallen had been a good movie in the first place

[@daniboy4153]

Revenge Of The Fallen was more watchable than Last Knight

[@atharva3017]

@@santiagobohorquez4758 That's the joke

[@jakubrejak1114]

@@santiagobohorquez4758 I'm saying that Revenge of the Fallen was at least watchable, which The Last Knight EVEN failed at.

[@vjvolition]

The Last Knight was somehow even worse.

[@iamrazor9831]

They did a justice League before justice was even a thought lol (refering to Optimus' 5 seconds of pretending to be the bad guy only to be turned good by someone farting in his general direction)

[@voxelfox1834]

There is not ONE scene in the movie that lasts for a second!

[@etam8099]

@@iamrazor9831 bruh wtf?

[@ajh22895]

Last Knight failed because it tried to be National Treasure. I want to watch a Transformers film to see big CGI robots punch on, not a bunch of humans looking for a whatever.

[@etam8099]

@@ajh22895 TLK wanted to put more plot on but, rather those 7 writers that thought that TLK was a reboot and not a 5 sequel lmao, or Paramount with it's cut, everything ended up being rushed poorly treated creating just a mess of good ideas but wasted...and the action doesn't even counterbalance the mess of the plot, ROTF had a weak plot (cause of that fucking writers strike) but has tons of memorable action that made the movie and made everything enjoyable...TLK not even that, HOWEVER the actions scenes that are in look godly, probably the best looking TF movie and the scores peaked but they peaked in every movie so...

[@tonykennedy8483]

Genuinely be really interested to hear Momentos thoughts on 13 Hours A brilliant film where Michael Bay makes a superb actually emotionally moving film

[@MrHAH-cd9ku]

I’ve heard it was the other writers and Michael’s lack of shits given that caused Transformers to fall apart. When he was finally allowed to make his own thing, he showed his skills.

[@zillauniverse7208]

And also Ambulance

[@zenith2094]

The whole franchise is a guilty pleasure dumpster fire but I would still follow Optimus Prime to my death.

[@AssembleAA]

"Transformers: Dark Of The Moon" had the best story & best VFX/SFX out of the franchise, despite it's unnecessary plot points it didn't need.

[@thaddeushenry9730]

Honestly, I'll still never forget how awesome the giant worm monster caused a skyscraper to fall over with the characters on it.

[@vibe3063]

@@thaddeushenry9730 still wondering why the worm was in dotm I mean we already had a tiny worm come out of a decepticons ass in rotf like tf is with metal worms in transformer movies?

[@thaddeushenry9730]

@@vibe3063 I have 0 clue

[@PentaHousen]

Dark of the moon was sooooo fucking bad. First transformers atleast try at something, when 3rd one had this stupid "Murcia soldiers drop to help chicago".

[@mityakiselev]

Jesus Christ, writing a decent script for a movie literally only requires 2 types of questions: "why" and "so what". If both are answered for every character, every decision, every detail, everything, then you're good to go. I know this is very simplified, but I'm astonished by how rarely this stuff happens

[@justinchalifoux4424]

Dude I am unbelievably stupid right now. What would the “so what” entail? I swear on my tombs being fully serious too :(

[@CollecTortoise]

I... think they mean 'why should we care?' As in empathizing with the characters? Don't quote me on that though.

[@HaniTheLegend]

@@justinchalifoux4424 Presumably they mean stakes. "If the hero fails, what is the cost of that failure? Why does he HAVE to succeed?"

[@mityakiselev]

@@justinchalifoux4424 basically "what's gonna happen?", "what was the purpose of this?", "what is this gonna lead to?"

[@lonestarr1490]

@@justinchalifoux4424 You could also phrase it like this: 1. What is important (to the resp. character)? and 2. Why is it important (to the character)? What do they want to achieve and what do they hope to gain by achieving it or fear to lose by failing?

[@pasahanyazici9213]

When I watched this movie on the big screen I legit lost track of time and thought it was 9:30 Pm when is was actually 5 Pm.I was confused af when I got out lol.

[@Chadius]

It just kept going on, and on... but also not going anywhere in particular.

[@MicahDarkFantasy]

Michael Bay is a master at destroying a series. I don’t know how the hell the first movie got a sequel, much less FOUR of them!

[@Diaboragon]

The first movie is absolutely fine on its own. It had a lot more care and passion put into it that a lot of people retroactively take away because of the sequels. Unfortunately, the 2007 writers strike crippled the next movie's production and I think the success it still got taught the studio that they didn't need to put as much effort to still make a profit going forward. Instead of improving on what worked, they doubled down on what didn't.

[@brijmohanpachauri8673]

C'mon dude, first one was fire

[@Wezqu]

@@brijmohanpachauri8673 First one has a robot peeing on a person its not "fire". It was not total shit but it was not good.

[@sonicdash9652]

@@brijmohanpachauri8673 Hot garbage fire, just like the rest of the Bayformers

[@aim-9sidewinder550]

@@Wezqu so ur argument is that it was a bad movie because it has a tasteless humor, a humor that doesn't make u go "ha ha". come on, do better than that.

[@egordev2019]

Jesus christ the transition to the sponsor was one of the smoothest i have ever seeen

[@rilluma]

i experienced the same phenomenon

[@lotsofsports2251]

More of a transition to content.

[@luispalacios9852]

I remember wanting to watch them to see how bad it was and I was watching this one, I fell asleep at some point and woke up to what felt like another hour of runtime. It created a core memory from when I was 14. (Around how old I was when it released on DVD)

[@93deadpool]

Michael Bay would be perfect for directing a 'Fast & Furious' film. But 'Pain & Gain' was a pretty awesome film tho, not gonna lie.

[@reaktorleak89]

Yup, when he's passionate about the subject matter, it clearly shows. I really liked 6 Underground too.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Fast and furious are still somewhat watchable

[@wbariq8407]

@@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 Only bring if they bring back street racing and not heists.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

@@wbariq8407 fuck that, evolution exist

[@yuhanlmao4631]

Yeah it was aswome

[@wizardofarts1276]

I have to admit though, my favorite moment in this movie is when Optimus says to Cade something like "I went through the same phase with Bumblebee" about the daughter. It might be stupid but I loved it. And I really liked the new autobot designs, but I always wondered where they came from. Every movie I always wonder where the new bots come from.

[@1968jrt]

same I loved the more almost human like look to them whilst still making the car parts visible and keeping them very alien

[@michaelt3172]

I really didn’t like the designs in this movie. It felts way too human looking when they’re supposed to be robots

[@Croftice1]

At the end of the first movie OP sends a message to the stars, calling all Autobots to Earth. In the third movie, the Autobot ship "Xantium" is said to have brought the (at that time) "last wave" of Autobots to Earth. The Decepticons were hiding on the dark side of the Moon. So that's how most of them came to Earth.

[@Ducilios]

6:23 That part of the movie was so goddamn creepy, and the fact that nobody calls him out on carrying a laminated piece of the law instead of him just saying they went to school together its the worse.

[@daithishepherd2756]

I know. I hated their "relationship". it was uncomfortable to watch them in every scene that they were in. seriously why did they write it into the movie? was it supposed to be funny?

[@dimsum3329]

The "best" part is, in the Amazon factoids section for this movie states that it protects him against assault, but not assault against a child, so even they fumbled the ball the one thing that made it "ok", and all of this was labeled under "goofs"

[@Aceleo209]

The final scene where Optimus just flies away cringed me soo hard, because in Transformers 2, a "Nice" Decepticon had to sacrifice his life to 'temporarily' give Optimus the ability to fight and some much needed repairs. But now that sacrifice is pointless because he can fly all the time.

[@QuietlyMagnetic]

As Peter Brook beautifully put it ― A large part of our excessive, unnecessary manifestations come from a terror that if we are not somehow signaling all the time that we exist, we will in fact no longer be there.

[@QueenSydon]

I came here to watch someone trash Transformers not have a deeply retrospective reflection of my own consciousness. Thanks a lot.

[@brainfilehasstoppedworking]

Guy that killed Ratchet: I'm going to destroy all Transformers The guy (also): *talking about Lockdown* that's my asset. Me:.....that makes sense to me. Me: (also) but that's a Transformer....that's a......I give up. I'm lost.

[@AHotHandle]

Wait he killed off Racthet?! (Didn't finish the 1rst film)

[@brainfilehasstoppedworking]

@@AHotHandle yeah he did die. And I cried. My favorite character and the one that I thought was gonna last. But yup, he's dead. Sorry for the spoilers. But I did spoil myself too.

[@alimations5226]

@@AHotHandle Especially since they could've to made him have a cool rivalry with Ratchet, wasting something a 2 season cartoon did right.

[@techmast6920]

The ad integration in this video had more proper writing techniques that the movie: 1. The setup 2. The payoff 3. Subverting expectations

[@darthlynx5792]

This movie is important, because it taught Einstein that time isn't absolute.

[@peterfrank3365]

This is the most I agree with you yet. This movie felt like Michael Bay trying to recapture his past glory. A movie this bad should've been anything but boring, it could've been a so-bad-it's-good fare; indeed, there were unintentionally comedic moments in it; but somehow it still manages to be the dryest cinematic dump I've ever watched. It seemed to worth at least your past ten 'Anatomy of a Failure' videos.

[@reeceperry8152]

You know why he uses the Sans voice for exposition? Because when a movie has too much exposition, you're gonna have a bad time.

[@maxsoap5650]

Dude... When you put Shippin up to Boston while saying "our main texas hero" is the funniest shit I've seen all week. Honestly a lot of your subtle memes and jokes are top shelf triple A grade beef

[@RosieJonesRules]

Stanley Tucci was fun in this one tho. And Lockdown was finally a good villain. Didnt save the movie however.

[@DaCooGa]

Ok, that sponsor promotion was probably the best one I've ever seen and the only one I havent skipped over.

[@salaali8918]

Your pfp almost made me tear up…

[@theotherjared9824]

This was the film where all the excitement officially wore off. The endless explosions are now boring, which is the greatest crime of all.

[@Listenerz64]

I'm I the only one who actually likes transformers 4

[@alexandrajohn2378]

It's okay your valid in your likes😊

[@mattrb8101]

your pfp says enough

[@Listenerz64]

@@mattrb8101 what about it?

[@davidstone281]

Nope. I like AOE far more than ROTF and DOTM, which were garbage in my opinion.

[@No-cc1fq]

@@Listenerz64 it say enough

[@esmineldraaybara6975]

Alternate title: How a Filmmaker Destroyed a Franchise

[@Mediados]

Ha, you imply that Bay would have so much power?

[@esmineldraaybara6975]

@@Mediados XD

[@Mediados]

@@esmineldraaybara6975 You know as well as I do that TF doesnt die this easily XD

[@esmineldraaybara6975]

@@Mediados not by a long shot, specially if u have plot armour

[@KreezySways]

The way filmento transitioned into that ad was impressive 😂

[@costileraphid1891]

18:07 And now Christian Bale's clash with Terminator Salvation's Cinematographer feels more correct. Nice to see that an actor also cares on how the film looks even if it fails at the end.

[@worstspytf2824]

When you said the plot at face value I realized how emotionally excellent it could have been

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

"Butts,boobs and booms" got me wheezing

[@starscream8989]

This was a long time coming.

[@aquero2355]

You like G1, you can't talk.

[@TheunknownuserM07]

@@aquero2355 why cant he?

[@aquero2355]

@@TheunknownuserM07 Cause G1 is just as rediculous as Bayverse.

[@TheunknownuserM07]

@@aquero2355 atleast you can comprehend G1 rather than the glorified crushed soda cans of the bayverse.

[@aquero2355]

@@TheunknownuserM07 Lol. I don't think the Bayverse movies are talented in story telling, apart from DOTM, but they're just fun to chill and watch imo.

[@stitchedbyiron]

Status quo of Hollywood: don't ask questions just consume product and then get excited for next product

[@hamzahharis2238]

Status quo of anyone with a IQ of 0.0000001: Yes

[@ArariaKAgelessTraveller]

You just described Apple Product

[@johncrafton8319]

This product wasn't made for us. It was made for China.

[@jamesblanco7323]

I put on Age of Extinction to try it out a couple days ago. The tone is absolutely all over the place, and I only got 20 or so minutes into it. I couldn't sit through such garbage. Lockdown, as a villain, deserved so much better. He is menacing and the voice actor did a phenomenal job. Just wish the rest of the film lived up to him.

[@markkendziuk5991]

Age of Extinction is what ruined Optimus Prime’s character the most by making him a murderous psychopath!

[@liamfraser1385]

I'm pretty sure that was the 5th movie where he become more murderous but yea the 4th movie started that type of optimus

[@allenmurallo3730]

@@liamfraser1385 I'd argue that started in the 2nd movie.

[@blackagent4754]

To be fair, Optimus had a good reason to kill humans in this film, as he only killed the humans who betrayed him and the Autobots. Imo, the movie made him seem more human. He had limited patience with the bullshit corrupt humans pulled on his friends after they died to save them. Of course he wouldn't let it slide and just sit back and do nothing as his fellow bots were killed. He, as a leader, had to fight for his people who were already nearly extinct. What more y'all want him to do? Be infinitely patient?

[@pnutthe_after_life2078]

@@blackagent4754 fax

[@BlayBlaytheNutcase]

@@allenmurallo3730 "Give me your face!"

[@wannabehistorian371]

So in summary: “THEY JUST DIDN’T CARE!”

[@kingbash6466]

I don’t know what I hate about this movie the most: the dinobots being wasted, look of Galvatron and the other fakeformers, or the weird plot line with the boyfriend, a grown-ass man, trying to pork Cade’s 17-year-old daughter.

[@tuehojbjerg969]

the last part also dont make any sense since its completly legal in that state to have sex with a 17 year old

[@agonefire]

Theres only like a year or two difference between them which is super common.... its not like hes some old perv picking up a high schooler.

[@itimelord473]

Your sponsorship message was more emotional than Age of Extinction

[@juliantan108]

Literally the quote, “No sacrifice, no victory,” is much meaningless when the franchise is just “All Autobots survived and win, Decepticons always die and lose.”

[@kidkatanatv]

Weeeeeell *_Looks at Jazz, Ratchet, the others killed by Sentinel Prime, and those killed by the Wind team_*

[@sharpspoon7371]

@@kidkatanatv Weeeell Looks at bonecrusher brawl blackout frenzy sideways demolisher grindor prawl mixmaster scorpinox soundwave shockwave starscream megatron and some others I absolutely missed

[@kidkatanatv]

@@sharpspoon7371 To be fair both sides took some damage

[@juliantan108]

Sorry if I missed out several (or all) Autobots’ deaths cause I rarely watched Transformers films lately. Still remembered the quote tho.

[@sharpspoon7371]

@@kidkatanatv Hell no they didn't, in all the movies the Decepticons get their cheeks clapped when they shouldn't. And Bumblebee casually killing Soundwave makes me gag.