Review of Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) by Tremault — 22 Jun 2017

From the start of the movie, I was having a great time and I would say I really enjoyed it. I think the quality remained throughout... the problem was that the 'throughout' was way way too long. This is the major breaking point of the movie. as I was watching it, I found myself wondering how much longer it was going to go on for. an audience really should not be feeling that way. When it came to some pretty awesome (objectively speaking) bits towards the end, I feel like I should have been really excited, but by that point I was just shifting my bottom and wondering when it was going to end. The ridiculous length of this movie and the inclusion of a plethora of unneeded elements, really brings this film down. It could have been great, instead it was a bore fest.

This is a colossal shame because there were many bits that wowed me, there were bits where I couldn't stop laughing, there were bits where I felt sad etc. They really messed up at the writing stage though. It seems crazy because a lot of the parts felt a bit rushed, like they were just trying to cram too much in, when in actuality they should have been taking a lot of elements out. for example, the girl and the blue robot. they could have been taken out completely and the film wouldn't have suffered at all. The submarine bit could have been cut down to 5% if what it was. They just really messed up. I'd say... wait for bluray/netflix and then watch it in segments. Maybe it'd be better that way.