Big robots, bigger disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (17 October 2018)

The thing about Michael Bay's Transformers is that it tries to advertise itself as some kind of epic battle with every 80s kid's favorite robots, but instead we get boring things with humans. We paid to see a giant rock 'em sock 'em robot film with huge battles, not some boring human stuff! To make manners worse, it has a staggering runtime of nearly 2 1/2 hours, and although runtime isn't a huge problem with most films, but in this film with 20% robots and 80% humans, it's too long.
What's the story? The fate of humanity is at stake when two races of robots, the good Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, bring their war to Earth. The robots have the ability to change into different mechanical objects as they seek the key to ultimate power. Only a human youth, Sam Witwicky, can save the world from total destruction.
I know, I know, tons of audiences appreciate this film, but I'm sorry, I thought it was REALLY bad. The storyline is very uninteresting, and like I said earlier, it tries to be interesting, but most of the time we get Michael Bay's awful choices in directing, ending up to be a more human-driven movie than a robot-driven one. We wanna know about how Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and more came to life. And that's the sad part, because they don't do a great job at explaining their backstories and they leave it to the sequels to do all that. Actually, scratch that! The SEQUELS don't do that EITHER! They're just rehashes of THIS film! Now, of course, not everything is bad about the film, there are still some exciting action scenes (when we actually get to them, first of all), cool effects, and great work on the sound department. But other than that, it's just a total mess.
In conclusion, Transformers is nothing but a giant clash of bad quality. It's got great action, great effects, and great intentions, but other than that, the movie doesn't live up to any massive expectations. I guess if you like the toy brand or the original cartoon, you MIGHT like this movie, but other than that, this is a film to skip. Michael Bay, you've done it again. And don't think that's a positive statement, either.