An unexpected copy of the UHD release of
Transformers: The Last Knight flew over my transom last week. My history with this franchise is schizophrenic. Of the preceding four films, I’ve seen only the first two. While I didn’t totally succumb to the first, I appreciated the way it blended music and action. One or two of its scenes are still on my demo list, in particular the extended sequence of the Transformers arrival on Earth from their decimated planet, Cybertron, Sam Witwicky’s introduction to them, and the importance of his grandfather’s glasses to the story.
Yes, the film remains weighed down by Michael Bayness (action uber character and plot), but at the time it was interesting and different—at least to those of us whose childhood wasn’t defined by the Hasbro toys that inspired an animated television series. But the less said about the second film the better and, so I’m told, the third and fourth installments as well.
This fifth entry may well set a new bar for mindless action punctuated by cringe-worthy humor...
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