Until we are one
You know what? Kinda fun to see robots go at each other and rip each other apart, exactly why you go to a transformers movie. Further proof that a story doesn’t need to be complicated to work wonders, and transformers movies are at their best at their most simplistic.
Am I for the teased sequels? Maybe. Let’s just say, I’m not opposed.
Thank you for giving me my voice
While I appreciate Bay making his movies a combination of Saturday morning cartoons and corporate failure - each of his instalments feels like a different episode of nihilistic grayscale infrastructure - but Knight immediately showcases his different view, and I like it too. It’s far more colourful, with not a wasted minute, jumping straight into the action and surprisingly heartfelt despite its predictability. The plot is a little thin, but feels refreshing from…
When the of ages is etched into the cosmos, let those who exist after us know this was our finest hour
I underappreciated the previous instalments worse than I thought ever possible. Had I known this is where it was heading, I may have not taken them for granted. The aspect ratio changes prove this movie is peak Bay plasticity - he does what he wants to get what he wants, regardless of the consequences, which ultimately the consequences are the disaster of this movie.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The trouble with loyalty to a cause is that the cause will always betray you
Thoughts
-Before starting I know this movie doesn’t need to be 2h45m.
-Mark Wahlberg as a dad to a 17-yr-old seems wrong.
-I’m glad Bay’s toxic masculinity transcends romantic relationships, and also extends into familial relationships as well.
-I wonder if this takes place in Texas, they only say it 500 times.
-2h45m. That’s excessive.
-This movie started my want for a Rally Fighter, I…
From a fellow space traveller, it’s an honour meeting you
Angry, maximalist nihilism meant to invoke the feelings of an 8 year old, fully realized by the personification of these concepts within Sam Witwicky himself. He acts like a child, displaying his angry tantrums at every opportunity. This movie was born out of hatred, and it’s plasticity only fuels that hatred. Post recession fear mongering creates a sense of identity crises - in a world where a career is your…