An average movie

I already saw this movie but, for some reason, I thought it would be a great idea to rewatch the whole transformers franchise. Anyway, even though I have to admit that I actually enjoy the first installment, all the sequels turned out to be disappointing so I wasn’t expecting much from this last instalment, especially since it was the lowest grossing film of this franchise (it still made $600 million worldwide though). Well, the whole thing turned out to be indeed pretty weak and it was easily the weakest instalment in this already seriously underwhelming franchise. In fact, I have to admit that there was some potential about showing that the Transformers have always been there in fact in the past but this idea was just so poorly developed. Basically, the whole thing was some kind of mix of ‘Prometheus’ with ‘Armageddon’ but it never worked. Seriously, it was just another overlong mess and it was in fact so convoluted that at times it barely made sense. Honestly, there was so much going on and, even though I saw it only yesterday, I’m afraid I forgot already half of it.  Eventually, the whole thing was just so idiotic but also sometimes rather pretentious. Anyway, the main issue was that it was again so boring and even the special effects which used to be quite amazing 10 years ago with the first instalment didn’t really impress me anymore. At least, it seems that it will be Michael Bay’s last transformer film as a director so maybe someone else could resurrect this franchise but the damage done by Bay has been huge, I’m afraid. Anyway, to conclude, this movie is basically the poster child of major franchise saturation and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of the genre.