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I actually liked this movie it's far far better than the previous one , i don't know why it's getting bad reviews, i liked the movie , the story line was good , camera work awesome , 3d very impressive , even though it's a lengthy movie i did not get bored , i would love to see more transformers movies like this , do give it a watch

Look, let's all agree from the outset that Transformers -- as a concept -- is absolutely asinine. It's a race of advanced alien super machines disturbingly taking on traits of human behavior and cultural affectation whilst mostly rolling around in the guise of various performance vehicles fawned over by philistines. There's no rationale where this isn't a mind-numbing conceit born from a toy line aimed at the aggressive fantasy synapses of immature brains. And that's a perfect sandbox for Michael Bay to build his arena and wallow with gluttonous abandon.

So now that that's established, let me declare the main thesis point for advocacy here: He's a genius! That's right -- Michael Bay is a genius!

Because Bay is one of the few commonly known filmmakers in the zeitgeist, certain glib hipster constituencies lazily feign credibility in cinematic knowledge by dropping his name in loathing as a pathetic synonym shortcut for superiority though snark. In deed, any faint praise toward Bay is often immediately shot down with hyperbolic aghast and equated to justifying Hitler by his work as a painter, or musing on the songwriting merit of Charles Manson. Now I won't dispute that Bay has an inclination for silly sophomoric humor and vapid glamorization of excess. Nor will I gloss over his propensity to indulge in stereotypes and cliché. One may not be simpatico to his fetishizations, but it's sort of pointless to criticize the very essence of the art form, especially when it's done with such gusto. At lest Bay seems to have a knowing wryness that can take a joke at expense of his brash reputation. As an artist working in the medium of moving visuals, Michael Bay is nothing short of brilliant. If he plays to the lowest common denominator, that denominator in nonetheless true to a passionate perspective set by him. These raucous boyhood reveries aren't just mercenary exploits, but expressions of what Bay truly loves and wants to revisit. Intimately personal to a singular psyche, these are massive experimental art films that happen to align with commerce as their principled dogma. If nothing else, being cognizant that what you're getting is being given with a verisimilitude that absolutely attends to the authentic aura of its own axiom, ought to eek some appreciation -- however begrudging. Just because Bay makes movies with the sensibilities of a thirteen-year-old boy, doesn't mean he ought to be demonized as though guilty of atrocities.

It's fairly true that Bay's spectacular extravaganzas cater to simpletons, but the dense amount of information breathlessly presented through pure cinematic terms within them is anything but simple. The fact that most of the breakneck exposition being blasted at an audience actually sticks, is proof that Bay is profoundly competent beyond eye-popping exhilarations. It should be noted that before his feature debut with "Bad Boys", Michael Bay was already one of the most sought after and acclaimed commercial directors of all time, having amassed an astounding amount of advertising awards for his ability to pack viscerally entertaining stories into thirty-second to a minute-and-a-half short form films.

Unlike the majority of filmmakers credited on complicated productions of vast proportion, Bay (quite uniquely) doesn't shirk responsibilities off to 2nd-Unit crews and department heads to autonomously realize aspects or sequences, but rather personally micromanages all divisions to his specified fruition. With a wicked efficiency in speed and breadth, Bay generals hugely intricate on- set sequences involving simultaneous camera setups of stunning aesthetic composition involving impressive precision in kinetics, frame- rates, lighting, lens augmentations, stunt work and practical effects rigging -- with actors performing in frame – and orchestrates all this "Bayhem" safely. Then without missing a beat carries that energy over to lording over every minute aspect of post-production; from the incredibly layered complexities of editing, effects, sound design, music, and even marketing. Bay is no gun-for-hire hack, he is a specific visionary of immense skill set. Although some may be bewildered by the styled nature of its non-stop sensory bombardment -- and regardless as to its vulgar pronouncement, no one can claim it's not often astonishingly beautiful and does somehow express a cohesive whole. That's an extraordinary exhaustive task that only a handful of the most adept and composed directors in the world could even dare attempt, which Bay confidently mounts on a frequent basis, to a degree perhaps unequaled.

There is a reason why the often emulated, never replication, bigger than life spectacle that Bay routinely accomplishes has garnered proper recognition, accolade, and defense over the years from peers such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone, Edgar Wright, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Quentin Tarantino; Because they know that action and montage is the purest form of cinema and Michael Bay is a master of that discipline -- and the fact that it seems so undisciplined is maybe even a testament too. Also they understand the overwhelming workload required to definitively command such gargantuan ventures, and the fact that Bay does it time and again with virtuoso vision of auteur aesthetic is a totally impressive feat -- even if you don't care for it.

Opposing the consensus dismissal that Bay is an unsophisticated abomination that merely makes incoherent populace bombasts that lack any semblance of subtly or nuance in pensive development -- I would counter that perhaps the purveyors of that notion simply lack capacity in comprehending communication through super sophisticated rapid sensorial stimulation. Bay may be stuck in arrested development in his childish proclivities, but that child is nonetheless a supreme savant in cinematic verse.

As for "Transformers: The Last Knight", it has the same expected virtues I've detailed as well as those defects of being excessively loud and shallow. Sure, I'd prefer Bay tone down the bro banter, silly stoicism, and frenetic editing – but such criticisms can only go so deep when what is presented is so staggeringly authentic to its aspiration. Anyway, Anthony Hopkins seems to be having a helluva time!

The Transformers franchise is one of the rare bad movie franchise that continues to entertain and made a lot of cash. They are a type of movie where you throw your brain out of the window, be entertained and have some fun. The trailer for the fifth Transformer movie did give us the impression that this movie might be good, but is it really what the trailer show us?

Well, I've got the answer: It's both a very entertaining movie and a huge mess. This movie, in a typical Michael Bay fashion, is a very entertaining ride from start to finish, which is also a poorly constructed pieces of awesomeness that the movie itself cannot show it's potential to be a good movie (despite being the one with the most potential to be a good movie!)

Pros: The story is the most creative and the most entertaining out of the five. Idk why but this is the most "fun" Transformer story so far.

Mark Wahlberg is fine. Not great, just fine. Stanley Tucci, although brief, brings a good performance as Merlin. Laura Haddock who plays Vivian the professor, and Isabella Moner as (the lazily named) Izabella, both being the latest to be "Michael Bay-fied" also gives a good performance, in particular Isabella Moner. Anthony Hopkins is way to good for this movie, and he's one of the bright spots in this movie.

For the action scenes... You don't need a review for this (because it's Michael friggin Bay.) The visuals are amazing as usual, although there's nothing new to be seen. The cinematography is just fine. The Third Act is a mind-blowing, over the top action that will (obviously) blew your mind. The small cameo by Nicola Peltz and Shia LaBeouf is also well executed.

The post end credits scene (yes, there is one) is well executed (I guess), and the fact that the long typical​ styled​ credits is replaced by appear/disappear credits (that it's only purpose is to match the end of the song to the end of the credits) is a nice touch as well.

Cons: Despite being the most "fun" Transformer story, it is also a mess. The story is so convoluted that it's very hard to follow. There's so many plot holes, I mean a lot of plot holes that makes the movie less exciting. The first and the second act was so rushed and it felt like a large portion of the story there was missing. I can bet that there's a large portion of deleted scenes removed from there.

Ken Nolan, despite I have high hopes for you for the screenplay, but you're not as good as the other Nolan. The screenplay is littered by very bad and cheesy one liners and despite trying to be funny, it just don't land. Not to mention some awful characterization: Isabella Moner's character is just someone in the wrong place and in the wrong time, she's just there. The inventor guy is so annoying. Josh Duhamel as Lennox from the first three movies is, I don't know, "useless". Like Isabella Moner's character, he's just there. John Tuturro's Seymour Simmons is for me can be removed from the movie and made this movie 5 minutes shorter.

Despite being the shortest of the entire franchise, it feels like the longest. Also in the credits I see around 6-7 editors for the movie, but the movie is poorly edited, a downgrade from the previous installment (what the hell are you doing editors?!). When introducing the Deceptions, they went for the "Suicide Squad" style introduction, which is very unnecessary. I hate the constant change of aspect ratio in standard theaters. Does it even necessary to "force you to watch in IMAX 3D to see more"?. Also, is it just me, or the editors were lazy enough so that when they introducing the locations, they use the exact same font and effect from a better Michael Bay film: "13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi".

Overall this movie is both a entertaining, no brainier fun, but with over convoluted plot and bad editing, makes this movie not as entertaining as the previous installments. If you want some over the top, out of this world action scenes, go watch this movie and have some fun, otherwise don't watch this movie because it's definitely not for you. Just don't forget to bring some popcorns and drinks because it's going be a very long ride.

Final Score: 7/10 for action sequences, explosions and more explosions.

On a side note: Michael Bay, should you ever direct another Transformers movie, can you please prioritize story over visuals, cause I think that is the biggest flaw in every Transformer movie. Thank you.

Visual effects are amazing but the movie is all over the place. You have to take it as it is.

Well as a sequel to Transformers movie, this one was having not so many Transformers. It had the same ingredients of the previous movies where a lead character would have a very important role to save the world and there would be support from the US armies/troops. This one was having a formula that was similar to the 3rd Transformers (Dark of The Moon) with some rather outrageous theory about the history, myth or legends.

The challenge of telling this kind of story was that it kind of makes the movie to be difficult to digest. It was not helping either when it was having too many side stories. This movie unfortunately was not able to compile the whole side stories (or even the main story) into a cohesive movie. It felt like so many parts being forced to be put into 1 movie. Sorry to say, this time I really could not enjoy the storyline, and it also had too many of unnecessary characters.

Perhaps if they just stick to fewer characters, the movie would be more enjoyable. My personal views, the children involved in the beginning were a distraction (including Izabella) and some of the Autobots & Decepticons minor roles were really not interesting. Even John Turturo's character of Seymour from all previous Transformers' movies felt forced to be included. The only worthy characters that I felt have significant importance were Edmund Burton and Viviane. The Autobots that were also worthwhile to see were Cogman, Hot Rod, Bumblebee and of course our real favorite, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen).

Apart from the lousy story line and too many characters, the movie was certainly excellent in term of its special effects and its 3D effects. As I found out that 98% of the movie was shot in IMAX 3D camera, all those effects felt truly amazing. However, I got to say that the sound effects did not feel too spectacular. I am not sure if the cinema was only focusing on IMAX and hence it did not have the good sound system, but I was not really entertained with it. The movie did have some funny and interesting moments especially during the time when Edmund, Viviane, Cogman and Cade were in the same screen. But other than that, it did not have too much funny moments. My views is that the movie would definitely be trashed by critics though general audience would probably still be interested and attracted to see this in theaters.

So if you are a fan of Transformers movies and have been following the previous 4 movies, you would definitely still be entertained with this one, even though the Transformers were not as many as the earlier ones. My wife and I still believed that the original Transformers was still the best of all 5, and unfortunately this one fell into the least enjoyable of them all. I am actually not really fussy about storyline when I watched a full special effects action movie like this one as I would not expect it as Oscar worthy movie anyway, but if it was up to the point of making it less enjoyable, then it became a downside. However, if you are a hardcore fan who do not care about the story at all, and just want to see those cool special effects and the amazing Optimus Prime in action, then you should definitely see this one. Recommended to see this in IMAX 3D (but you must be prepared to be tired as it has a duration of 2.5 hours).

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I went to this movie feeling very nervous with my friends and was pleasantly surprised. I went through the movie with a smile on my face. I checked my watch halfway through the movie to see that time flew by. Sure the movie isn't the greatest but it certainly is very good in my opinion. I honestly don't see why people are giving 1 out of 10's and 17%s. I really do think that this was the best movie in the franchise. It delves into the transformers mythos a lot more than the past few movies. I think the first half of the movie was better than the second and the ending wasn't ideal, some of the decepticons could've been had some more screen time but this movie isn't supposed to be going over every little thing, complaining about useless characters and being too long. It's a movie where you sit down, leave all thoughts outside the cinema and enjoying yourself. overall I really enjoyed this movie and recommend seeing it if you like action movies.

If you like the Transformers, and you liked any of the previous movies, then I am betting you will like this movie! I have not been particularly thrilled since the first live action movie, in fact, disappointed by all the movies since the second movie. However, this outing had a fairly good story, great action and epic shots. This is actually a movie I will add to my collection, and recommend to any sci-fi fan!

If you want to watch alien robots continue to destroy each other this is a pretty good movie. I was expecting a 9/10 out of 10 but there were a few issues. I am more generous with my rating than most because I just went in to see robots fight and I got plenty of that. Action and fight scenes were amazing. Some of the new stuff was really cool.

Humans took up half the movie and most of that was pointless. The little girl was promoted a lot but she was annoying and pointless too. most of the humor had bad timing and felt awkward. The pace of the movie made me feel a little uncomfortable at times. Optimus and Megatron were not in the movie enough.

There is a rumor that Bay actually made a 3hr movie but he was forced to cut out 30 mins just for the sake of time. Supposedly he cut out scenes with Optimus and Megatron. If a longer director's cut comes out it may significantly redeem this movie.

Transformers: The Last Knight is everything you would want from a Transformers Movie. Action and adventure with mythology all wrapped up in one nice but not extra long run-time. Every minute of this movie is worth it. Watching Michael Bay's final Transformer film is like watching an Orchestra going on all cylinders with Hans Zimmer at the helm. It was a fun ride for everyone. If you're a fan of action, this movie is junk food and eye candy for you. However, if you're more into the story never the less this movie didn't disappoint. This movie was worth waiting for!

The movie was great! The leading lady was not as hot as the previous ladies but she's beautiful :D The story was good. It has light taste. Entertaining!!! I love the robots. Optimus Prime is still my hero! :D I so love the quotes that I got from the movie such as NO sacrifice, NO victory, One most important decision often comes in one moment, We can be heroes in our own lives if only we have the courage.^.^

I actually enjoyed this last Transformers installation. I didn't go in expecting too much, but it was your average Transformer film. As usual, any movie benefits from having Anthony Hopkins in the cast and he did an excellent job. My only two concerns is that Optimus Prime was literally in the movie for only 5 minutes and was the bad guy for even less than that. The hype surrounding this movie was based on Optimus being the bad guy, but he didn't really do much. Also, the whole King Arthur plot didn't seem to really fit into this genre. It didn't make much sense, but it was still fine. I loved the new Autobots, but there's also no way that Megatron could've known about the sword. Overall the movie was as good as expected. I recommend this movie to any Transformer lover and please see it for yourself instead of just reading the reviews.

There was a part of the movie at the junkyard where I was actually trying to wait (or nodding off) until the bots have finished talking. But other than one or two of 'those moments,..great movie considering most 3rd or 4th sequels of a movie will be a littler 'dipped' than the previous sequels. Lots of action and some holes here and there.

Well,the movie is bad when i watched it but kinda think again,its not too bad for me.Bay did a magnificent job in the transformer franchise and this might be the last one of them,although it isn that good but people,appreciate the efforts he puts into the movie,at least he did the best he could.The reason i said that is because i have seen a lot of hates in the internet for TF4 and this one.Tf4 for me it was'n that bad,at least he brings up the dinobots and all the exciting stuff but the only thing is that too many autobots died in TF4 and galvatron should not be brought to life or should i say he is not suppose to die in TF3,its a mistake.Megatron should be injured and defeated in Tf4 and being 'upgraded' by IT! I think that is how the series should go,not bringing back galvatron and then megatron pops up in TF5 without any explanation,i was like 'WHUTTTT is going on,wheres galvatron?'.OK,maybe i am too furious about the galva mega thinggy but i must say that even TF5 is not really that good but Bay did a great job on it cuz it is like a base for the next transformers movies or should i say that it can create a lot of new things using what is inside TF5 (not gonna spoil ya all).Thats it,lets wait for transformers 6.

Trying not to spoil anything here. The movie was much better than I anticipated! I had spoiled much for myself before going to see it. The plot was better than Age of Extinction. There were Transformers all over the place. Some of the transformations were really cool. A few filler characters did not speak, nor transform (like the submarine!) But there were tons of little scenes that stole from Beast Wars, Transformer Prime and even the 1986 movie! Yes the movie is an explosion fest. It's a Bay film... expect it. Yes the movie is long, but it actually moved right along connecting the dots fairly well for us this time. The effects were great and better than the fourth installment. I found the movie to be rather good! And here's the rub. This would have rated R 'back in the day'. Fair warning, if you're taking your young kids (who might be collecting the sad-looking toys)... there are more curse words in this movie compared to all the ones before it. Bay went out with a blast in three ways. 1 in story. 2 with explosions. 3 and with the language. It was really cool seeing some of the older and previous actors showing up in this movie and tying everything somewhat together. Where they will go from here is anyone's guess. I want to say more, but really don't want to spoil anything. And the Decepticons have more personality (finally) than ever. Yeah, there are a few dots WE have to connect. Megatron probably hated being called something that humans named him, AND from their 'creation' from the previous movie. It's not hard to image him 'rebooting' himself. (Heck, the Creator could have!) Bumblebee may have had secret meetings with what was left with KSI from the previous movie in order for him to have some of HIS abilities. The connections are not really there, just something for the audience to put together (it's not THAT hard, people). Now remember this is the TRANSFORMERS world/universe. So check out all the previous series to understand some of these movies (you don't HAVE to... but it helps). I only had one gripe with ONE human character (the nerdy guy that shows up near the end)...

This is a fun 'splosion fest Transformer movie that was very fun to watch. Loved the car chases! Don't listen to the critics! Just go see it on the big screen. Hate I missed the 3D showings... darn. It was missing some decent humor, but overall one of the better TF movies! Lots of bots! You might go "Where'd he get THAT!?" or "How did they know this?" at times, but it's just an action movie. Just go with it.

The movie wasn't edge-of-the-seat spectacular, agreed. But it was certainly not a waste of time like a 5.3 rating (at the time of writing) makes it seem.

Yes, the first half dragged on for a wee-bit too long, but one has to admire the script-writers for giving us the first believable explanation of the mysterious Stonehenge.

The CGI is fantastic as usual - the scene with the knights at war reminded me of Gladiator (in a good way), and the depiction of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table is brilliant as well. The soundtrack wasn't as good as the previous installments (no Linkin Park this time around).

Definitely an entertaining one-time watch.

Not a bad movie actually(my English is). Have been a fans of this transformers franchise since the first one. I like how it show a slightly "difference" than the other transformers movie before.

As a fans of this movie, i was actually worried when i read some comments that the last knight was not a good one. But when i saw the movie, to me, it is contradictory from what i read from the comments & some other critic reviews. Maybe i'm just getting interested to focus on the story line & the plot though. All in all, in my opinion, it has a good story line, love the cgi & i just hope the next sequel will not be disappointing. Peace~