Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) - Movie Review

Of all the cash cows for critics of bad films, no franchise can compete with the lumbering juggernaut that is Michael Bay’s Transformers series. From the rampant idiocy on display throughout to the frequent moments of sexist, racist and otherwise crappy behaviour in the characters, right down to his widely-lampooned visual overload style of direction, Bay has been a walking target for at least a decade by this point. And finally, after showing sympathy for the guy’s more recent efforts as director and even producer, I have an excuse to get involved in this whole mess myself.

 

To date, I have seen all the previous Transformers flicks in the cinema, and I can hardly recall a series with so many immediately and hilariously terrible moments as Bay’s ode to the adolescent boy in us all. And apparently, judging by initial press reactions, this seems to be the worst entry yet. How in the hell is that possible? Let’s dive right in and discover the extremely depressing answer.

Solace (2016) - Movie Review

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) - Movie Review

One of the main pledges I made when it comes to what gets watched/reviewed on this blog, aside from anything new I watch that was released from 2012-onwards gets reviewed without question, is that I watch everyone that gets released at my local. For the sake of sincerity, this would be the Hoyts cinema in Westfield Warringah, a place I have probably more time in than I ever did at school. Given the frequent grammar/spelling errors in these reviews, it shows. However, at some point down the road earlier in the year, I became slack. There was a string of new releases that, out of laziness, I didn’t end up checking out before they stop screening.  As we approach the end of the year and I am doing my usual round-up of the films I didn’t get a chance to check out before, it would only be logical to right old wrongs and get to those films I missed. However, given both the exceptionally brief cinematic run it had coupled with the woeful approval ratings it has garnered, maybe this was one of those that I should be glad that I missed first time around.