Remove all we loved...

Rating: 1/10 (23 May 2016)

Disclaimer: Transformers are my favorite cartoon of all time. Disclaimer 2: I always rooted for the Decepticons.
There. That's that out of the way. Now, why is this so bad? Most people already mentioned the awful dialogue, jokes, plot, acting, etc. So I will just focus on a different thing. Michael Bay took away ALL we loved about the Transformers. The original TFs were a group of badass giant robots, yes. But they ALL had a personality, a look, a distinguishing feature. Let's stay within Decepticon confines. Starscream's jealousy of Megatron, Soundwave's loyalty and dryness, Skywarp's teleport, Rumble and Frenzy's punk kids behaviour, Dirge's mean streak, Blitzwing's love of his own firepower, the Insecticons, the Constructicons, Astrotrain, Reflector, Thundercracker, Laserbeak, etc, etc. And you could TELL THEM APART. Here they are just expendable masses of twisted metal. That - even worse - are easily defeated by human troops. As far as I could remember, Decepticons always had the upper hand in these exchanges.
I watched this movie on a night-in with some friends. I want to kill M. Bay by the time it was over. Avoid it like the plague and keep your love for the original TFs safe and sound.