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Most of this movie is boring, even when there is action on the screen. The first 1h30 should have been cut to an hour, and it would have been more entertaining. Up until this point, it was a middling 5/10 for me, just like the rest of these movies (bar 1 perhaps).

HOWEVER, the final act/fight is honestly stellar - I actually sat up and properly enjoyed the battle, the fact that the people were actually involved (due to what I thought was a pretty neat, if cliché device).

It actually felt like there were some stakes too, both on large and small scale. The music, both soundtrack and needle drops were on point. Just a pity that the rest of the movie didn't have this level of quality.

As a neutral, I went in there with no real expectations. Regardless of the critics out there, I have personally enjoyed it. There is a new direction along with some exciting new characters and overall it was fun viewing.

I felt the storyline was simple and comprehensive and the chemistry among the characters were solid. To be honest though, it may not be everyone's couple of tea. Especially for people who may have enjoyed the earlier versions of it.

Nevertheless, the action sequences were ok, they are plenty room of improvements and at times it lacked innovation. Despite this, the introduction of Anthony Ramos was interesting and he didn't disappoint in his performance.

Overall, it was an enjoyable experience but don't expect too much fireworks from this movie, looking forward to see how this franchise unfolds !

I have to start by saying that I was not expecting much from this movie so I'm thrilled with joy about how much I got from it. I think I'm bias because the movie takes place in 1994, a good year for me and a good time for music which was used very effectively to give you a vibe of New York (or rather Brooklyn) in general. I will be blunt on how the Black and Brown culture meshing with the Transformers also realty gave the franchise a breath of fresh air. It's strange how that works. Black and LantinX has existed forever yet somehow putting it in a movie franchise about giant robots from space gave it a uniqueness that gets attention.

As Martin Scorsese would say "it's a roller coaster ride", but I love roller coaster rides. The Action was fantastic beautiful visual scenes but I'll admit my one nick pick would be don't see it in 3D. The format flattens the visual effects making everything look faker than it already is.

Also love the interaction of the humans and Transformers. The Transformers have more personality now than they did as basic background for Michael Bay's film.

Plus, there are some bells and whistles that truly put the smile of the 8-year kid on my face.

Worth it!

Transformers Age of Extinction and The Last Knight have drag the the franchise to the ground... but Bumblebee movie makes a new turn giving some hope to the franchise and this move...Rise of the Beasts followed by Bumblebee gets the job done and put the transformers franchise back into the right track...

The movie is not a masterpiece.....its not bad either...movie has a great flow starting to the end without making any brake points.... and there are no scenes where you can experience jumps from the main story like it was in Bayverse movies.... Movie has refreshed music with the all time classic Transformers Theme.... CGI was good...they have definitely done a great job....though they were not impressive like in the Bayverse...they could definitely improve transformations a little in some scenes but overall it is good.

I recommend watching this movie as this could be a game changing start for Transformers franchise.

"At last, there is hope after all..." - Drift.

Solid 7/10 here, and far better than the last few offerings, although admittedly I lasted exactly 12 minutes in "The Last Knight" before turning it off.

Rise of the beasts is pretty thin on story but there's just enough to hold interest and having the Gen 1 designs make a comeback is a nice addition, despite my lack of nostalgia for them.

I honestly don't know what to say beyond that, perfectly serviceable action movie with giant robots. Would have been nice to see a bit more of Unicron and a bit more development / depth to Scourge but hey, I grew up watching Transformers: Beast Wars and this delivers on that, all your favourites from the series, in one big brawl for the planet. 7/10.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the most entertaining and enjoyable film in the franchise since the 2007 original! I know, I know, that's not saying much, as pretty much all the sequels are nearly unwatchable. (*not counting Bumblebee, as that was very different and a much better film than all of them*) I've never been the biggest fan of the franchise, but as someone who has seen them all, it really feels nice to get an entry that I don't actively hate!

It's refreshing to finally get a Transformers film not helmed by Michael Bay, as this film does away with the juvenile humour and excessiveness of those films. Steven Caple Jr. Actually did a fine job here, considering the only other major film on his resume is Creed II. Usually, directors who don't have much experience with CGI struggle with their first primarily CGI-based film, but here Caple Jr. Managed to pull off some pretty impressive action sequences. Now, it's not perfect, as many of the visuals do look quite bland and sterilized. It actually had me longing for Bay's signature visual style, which as the very least kept everything in the frame looking quite exciting and vivid. I never thought I'd say that, especially after the god-awful The Last Knight, but Bay's direction is what really made this franchise work so well, it gave them that sleek blockbuster feel even if their stories were crap. Here, we get a decent story that managed to be quite watchable, but the direction of the action scenes made it feel like this was more geared toward family audiences. It felt smaller scale, less "blockbuster-y" than the rest, but I actually didn't mind that here. The film had a fun, Saturday morning cartoon vibe to it, it's like when you were a kid and made your action figures fight - which for a Transformers film is not necessarily a bad thing.

The film is indeed fun, amusing, and enjoyable... but that's about it. It's largely bland and forgettable and gets bogged down by silly exposition and cheesy dialogue. The movie really plays it safe - it's shorter, straightforward, and quite conventional. It doesn't do anything we haven't seen before so it's hard to really rave about it. Plus, the plot isn't the best, and it moves quite slowly at times, taking way too much time to over-explain exposition. But, on a positive note, the movie finally finds the perfect balance between humans and Transformers! And these human characters might be the best the franchise has had outside of Bumblebee (sorry Sam Witwicky). Anthony Ramos was quite good here, really proving that he is the real deal and deserves so many more leading roles after this and In the Heights. I also thought Pete Davidson stole the show as Mirage, one of my new favourite Autobots besides Bumblebee! He had some really funny moments that had my whole audience laughing! I was surprised to see that the audience I saw the film with was really into it, and it helped me to further invest myself in it! But overall... this isn't a movie you need to rush out to see. It's good, it's fine. It has some likable characters and some entertaining action, but it isn't revolutionary or special. I am happy to finally get a Transformers movie that does something different than the usual Michael Bay madness, and I thought it worked out well. It's just unfortunate this movie is inherently flawed. Still, compared to every other Transformers sequel from Revenge of the Fallen to The Last Knight, this is leagues better than all of those! While it is overall "just fine", it's a step in the right direction, and it's one I actually wouldn't mind rewatching at some point!

But my god... the reveal in the final scene of this movie made me roll my eyes so hard. Please don't tell me this is the direction they are taking this franchise in.... it would be such an unnecessary and overstuffed crossover.

Unicron is a planet-eating, power-mad, giant, God-like machine. It is seeking the Transwarp Key which opens portals throughout the universe. Its army of Terrorcons is led by Scourge. They track the Key to the planet of the Maximals. Some manage to escape to Earth with the Key. It's 1994. Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos) can't get a job and is recruited to steal a car. The car turns out to be Autobot Mirage. Meanwhile, museum intern Elena Wallace (Dominique Fishback) uncovers the Key which alerts Optimus Prime. Scourge is soon to follow.

The Transformers franchise is on the road to recovery. I don't know if it will get there. At least, it doesn't suck anymore. Michael Bay is no longer directing and it has basically three effects. The action is no longer so chaotic. I get the sense that Bay has been trying to top himself in these movies and it just got out of hand. The second effect is his bad sense of humor. It was getting cringeworthy. This one has its humor. It's light and fun. Finally, the story makes sense. In the same way like the action, Michael Bay's story telling was getting unhinged. This movie has a simple story told well enough. It's not winning awards for it. It doesn't need to. The young leads are fine. Time will tell if they can carry this franchise forward. The same goes for the franchise in general. Time will tell.

Did we finally get a good transformers movie?

No.

But we do get glimpses of what a good transformers movie can look like, just like in the 2019 Bumblebee.

This movie, overall, is fine. There isn't any other word for it. Thankfully, the franchise was rebooted after 5 movies (which saw the transformers in a very.... different light). So there isn't anything atrociously bad about this movie. The writing isn't exactly lazy. There isn't any unnecessary, vulgar humour (yeah god knows what the previous movies were thinking). Transformers had gotten to a point that this alone feels nice.

The movie kicks off with a great 1st act. But it just slows down in the middle. Then it finally picks up with a nice final act.

The writing still isn't good. The human characters are still very boring and keep dragging the movie down. The character of Elena, especially, feels so unnecessary (nothing like Hailee Steinfeld's character in Bumblebee). You can clearly see from the plot that the writers are constantly looking for something for Elena to do and it feels so forced. The character of Noah is fine. There are times when I liked the direction they took with him, but there are times when it was just cringey.

But most of the time when the transformers are on the screen, it's very fun. Mirage was a wonderfully fun character and it was great to see him interact with Noah. There is also a great car chase scene with him early on. I also liked how they wrote Optimus' character. Rather than just being the big noble leader, they gave him problems to confront, which made him actually feel like a character for once. Even Bumblebee has a GREAT scene - easily my favourite scene of the movie. And the visuals were great to see. Every shot just felt very polished and colorful.

In the end, I'm disappointed but I don't regret watching it. This movie has made me believe that there is a great transformers movie out there somewhere. But it has also made me realise that I'm not going to get that movie anytime soon. This movie is another step in the right direction for this franchise, but they're walking slowly.

I'm honestly pretty baffled how this is getting worse reviews than Fast X. It's easy to compare the two films given their release dates and long-running franchise status. After seeing these films back-to-back, I found Rise of the Beasts to be significantly more enjoyable. The first half alone is better than anything in Fast X.

Paramount seems to be course-correcting pretty well after all of the damage Michael Bay did to the brand. This and Bumblebee were both pretty enjoyable films. Yes, there's still the 3rd act bombast and spectacle, but it's a lot easier to tell what's going on in this film. The jungle setting is also quite refreshing from the endless skyscrapers in the other movies. I still don't think we need so much emphasis on humans, but it is handled much better here. The soundtrack is also lots of fun and I loved the overall 90s hip hop vibe. It's definitely a bit cheesy, but there are some fun moments in the climax that made me crack a smile.

Rise of the Beasts won't blow you away, but it's a nice, enjoyable step forward for a franchise that needed some new life.

I will say that the post credits stinger is kinda nuts, but on-brand for the cinematic world we live in now lol.

Rebooting a franchise isn't easy, especially one with such beloved and iconic characters as the Transformers. However, the latest installment, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, has achieved this feat with spectacular results, making it not just a pleasant surprise, but arguably one of the best movies in the Transformers franchise to date.

A pleasant surprise for modern blockbusters is its computer-generated imagery (CGI). The quality of the CGI in "Rise of the Beasts" are not a muddied mess we've come to expect with modern blockbusters, and is arguably the best I've seen in a while. The Autobots, and the newly introduced Predacons and Maximals look incredible.

The narrative offers an engaging blend of the familiar and fresh, exploring further into the Transformers mythos. Long-time fans will appreciate this movie, finally seeing the Maximals on the silver screen.

However, "Rise of the Beasts" is not without its drawbacks. The most notable among them is a sense of disproportion in its story's elements. The movie leans too heavily on human interaction, reducing the robot action that the audience so dearly craves. We do understand the need for human characters to anchor the story and bridge the gap between our world and the Transformers'. Still, the franchise is about 'Robots in Disguise,' and we'd love to see more from these fascinating mechanical protagonists.

The third act's story seems a bit underwhelming. The plot's culmination feels somewhat lazy, like a hurried wrap-up instead of a thoughtfully designed climax. The only positive to the climax is an epic bot-bashing fight that the film should have more of throughout instead of leaning on the human element as much as it does.

But it's not all doom and gloom. The franchise appears to be on an upward trajectory, gearing up to expand its universe in the most thrilling way. The end credits scene is an electrifying surprise that creates a wave of anticipation for fans. It hints at bigger and bolder things to come, setting up future installments and universe building.

To sum up, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is an exciting rollercoaster ride that impresses with good CGI and reinvigorates the franchise. Despite its imperfections, the film delivers on the promise of epic, otherworldly adventure that the Transformers brand has become synonymous with. If you are a fan of towering bots, interstellar wars, and bot-smashing visual effects, this movie is a must-watch. And remember, stay until the mid-credits scene.

The future for the Transformers franchise looks bright indeed, and "Rise of the Beasts" plays an integral part in this promising horizon. We can only hope the subsequent films bring us more robot action, and more of the transforming titans we love. After all, in the world of the Transformers, there's always more than meets the eye. This movie is Miko approved, 7.5/10.

Okay, I really enjoyed Bumblebee. RotB has a similar feel.

The good: MORE Characters! Optimus has a bit of a character arc with trust.

It has a simple plot, but it works.

The villain! Scourge was the best villain I've seen in a live action TF movie! So while we have YET to Megatron in this new reboot... he's got to be much more... insane and calculating than Scourge was here!

The actors...I will admit I did not like Elena at first but by the end she grew on me.

Did I say there were more transformer characters!?

The music (well, the incidental music anyway) was really good.

The little brother's plight added a sentimental touch and helped the main character (Anthony's)move his story arc fairly well.

The length was not overly long for a TF movie!!!!

The bad: Wheeljack's head/face. He should have just been called a different name!

The Beast characters finally get some action near the end... but we rarely got to see them in Bot mode which was a shame... Rhinox had some speaking lines... but only in a deleted scene! (ARGH!) The subtitle should have centered on Mirage. While this is not our G1 Mirage... I liked him! This was HIS movie, like Bumblebee carried his. The movie was misnamed.

The 90s stuff in the beginning was...okay. I'm sure some people will get a kick out of some pop tunes from that era (again they are trying to center the movie on maximal characters which are NOT the main cast for the sake of the time Beast Wars was on TV.)... While the 'era' was fine... the whole PC angle just left a bad taste in my mouth. Don't remember anyone with issues getting jobs during that era like that... maybe in the 1950s... but I was unemployed myself in the 90s and I'm 'whyte' as I saw many other people that didn't look like me getting jobs I waa trying to simply get an Interview for! (Anyway)... still it was that overall part of the plot (while slow to start) really picks up when someone tries to steal a Porsche... THEN it turns into Transformers! And it doesn't stop after that!!

Overall I'd watch it again easily. It wasn't great, it wasn't bad. Hope the next movie centers around Megatron. If you expect seeing Primal, Cheetor and Rhinox having adventures... nope not this movie. But still overall not a bad movie in the same vein as Bumblebee.

In my expert opinion as a film critic and being objective,this movie was hit or miss The CGI was insanely good,the plot was reasonable and the backstory was a nice little touch,however they could have tried better to make the beasts different and not taken from actual animals.

The female lead actress was a bad choice and I am sure that the stuido could have found someone better and not obsessed with too much makeup and cringey acting with a few Chessy lines.

I understand that the old famous actors that made this such as Mark Wahlberg are getting old and there's a need to adjust for this and let the audiences have a taste of the upcoming actors but this wasn't a good cast except the kid,the voice actors (They did an awesome job),I will give the lead actor average but the rest of the crew weren't good in their respective roles.

It definitely drew parralles from Marvels Eternals in the first scene and the depiction of omnicron.

The movie didn't have as a good vibe as the 2017 Transformers:Last Knight and it just makes it watchable but also forgettable.

I really like this franchise, I hope there will be a next part.

This movie could have had more realistic CGI.

In my opinion, the previous episodes are closer and more similar to the real world

In my opinion, a part of this movie can take place on the planet Cybertron

I think it will be very interesting.

Like the intro of the Bumblebee series

Or a movie similar to the trailer of Transformers Fall of the Cybertron.

Generally In my opinion, this franchise should be different and get out of that state of saving the earth and step beyond the borders.

This franchise really has great potential.

I liked Rise of the beasts, but it was kind of a letdown. The scale of the action was par with the rest, but the least exciting. The Maximals were interesting, but had very little importance to the movie. Outside of Noah, I didn't have any kind of attachment to the rest of the characters. The quality of dialogue is usually something I don't care about, but it was hard not to notice. An alien robot the size of a planet missed the mark. Rise of the Beasts is by far shorter than the rest, so this is the kind of movie you breeze through after power-binging the rest of the franchise. Big budget action, but little of anything else.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a surprisingly entertaining entry in the series that manages to capture the fun, spectacle, and heart that fans have been hoping for. The action sequences are well-choreographed and easy to follow (something that earlier movies sometimes struggled with), and the introduction of the Maximals adds a fresh layer of excitement to the story. The visuals are stunning, with the CGI blending seamlessly into the environments, and the soundtrack gives the movie a nostalgic yet modern energy.

What really worked for me were the human characters-they felt more grounded and relatable this time, which made it easier to care about the stakes. The movie also benefits from a more streamlined plot compared to some of its predecessors, avoiding unnecessary clutter.

The one drawback is that the pacing can feel uneven in the middle, where the momentum slows down before building back up to the final act. It's not a deal-breaker, but it does take away some of the intensity.

Overall, Rise of the Beasts is a solid blockbuster that delivers on action, visuals, and entertainment. It's not perfect, but it's a big step forward for the franchise. A fun ride worth watching.

I went into the movie with lowered expectations, however I was pleasantly surprised by what was a very interesting and action packed film. For that reason I am giving it a 7.

It is very easy to fall short on a transformers movie, follow a shallow script and just go for over-used cliches. Bumblebee had a significant bump in quality over previous installments and it seems this movie was also well produced.

Original scenario and characters, interesting and dangerous villain, no weird dialogue or other cliches, some human heroism but not hugely over the top. All put together very well in an action packed offering which keeps you engaged the whole time. They paid attention to this movie and it shows.

So it is definitely a good transformers movie and worth your time if you are a fan of the series or just want to spend 2h on a good action film.

I have had this on my list of movies to watch for a long time and I finally got around to it on Fathers day no less.

I was thinking this was gonig to be average like all the other new installments of the movie series but i was presently surprised with how well the writters bring the two worlds of the apes and transformers together.

At somepoint I thought I was watching three movies in one. What movies you may ask well Tranformers VS Planet of the Apes as the title states plus "The Fast & Furious series" Ohh and there was a period in this movie that they got to Peru and it felt like "Indiana Jones" IYou really could escape in this movie and for two hours plus be taken into a world that is amazing and takes you back to the childhood.

The movie had a killer soundtrack some breath taking scenery and the cast both voice and on screen were amazing.

Add ths to your Transformers movie cllection and you wont be disapointed at all.

I hope they keep the series going afte this I feel that the new young leading cast is good and can keep this going and would be awesome to see how these characters can grow.

Young kids should watch this with parental units would be lots of fun.

Fan of the original movies, I cane to watch this one without much expectations. I got disappointed by the previous one but very surprisingly Rise of the Beasts does the job well. Characters ( Robots and Hunans ) are interesting enough and the whole cast works well together.

The Beasts give a bit of fresher approach to the saga which we can feel is stagnating. The lack of big names ( apart from voices ) makes it look a bit cheap but the new actors are very convincing and interesting.

The whole plot is simple to understand and action scènes are well made.

The Hip Hop 90's soundtrack gives the movie a fine authentic personality.

Transformers rise if the beasts, Alot can be said for the new age of transformers.

That being said we see the primals and optimus team together to take on the greatest threat that has ever graced our transformers movie screens, Combined with some ledgends of the screens and newer talent, Anthony ramos, Michelle Yeoh, Ron pearlman, and of course you can't have optimus prime without the man behind the voice #petercullen . This has been one of the better cast and sets it up for more films in the future, so sit back take your popcorn, and buckle up for the next action adventure sci fi in Transformers Rise Of The Beasts #TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts you won't be disappointed especially if you grew up watching the cartoon......

For one I can say im disappointed In only that I didn't personally get to see it cinema's because it would of been worth it

Great cast, similar story's but overall acting as well 7/10 Autobots

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