Review of Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) by Samitha B — 25 Apr 2018

The original Transformers went big. Every minute of it was packed with action. I was eager to know what would happen in the next minute. Revenge of the fallen which followed next suffered from the writers' strike prevalent at the time.

And so began the downhill. They dropped Megan in a prequel comic. Dark of the Moon was only a massive explosion. I believe they suffered from an urgency to go bigger. They needed to outdo themselves. In 2007 when the first film came, they didn't need to go bigger than anything, they just went for it.

Disaster struck when Shia and everyone we knew were dropped in the fourth film. Mark is no bad actor, just that transformers franchise never needed a no-nonsense badass guy who always tried to act tough.

Shia had all the elements to retain the lightheartedness. Introduction of Mark gave the idea that the franchise is taking itself too seriously. And we have come to this. It is saddening to see what has befallen a series that started with a film which still remains my most favourite film.