Movies TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (Dragonlord's Review)

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: June 22, 2017

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Posts Series-Low Opening Day With $15.7 Million

Paramount and Hasbro's Transformers: The Last Knight easily topped the Wednesday box-office chart with $15.7 million from 4,069 theaters, but that's the lowest opening day for any film in the franchise, including those titles that likewise debuted midweek.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) grossed $37.7 million when launching on a Wednesday, while Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) took in $62 million on its first Wednesday.

Prerelease tracking suggests Transformers 5 will post a five-day domestic debut in the $70 million-$75 million range, notably behind the $100 million North American launch of the last title, Transformers: Age of Extinction, over the three-day June 27-29 weekend in 2014 and the lowest in the Hasbro toy-based series.

Based on Wednesday's performance, the new film could have trouble clearing $65 million in its opening frame.

Instead, The Last Knight is counting on sizable returns internationally, where Age of Extinction grossed a massive $858.6 million to become the first Transformers movie to top the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, on its way to resting at $1.1 billion, not accounting for inflation. The domestic portion was $245.4 million, which, again, was the lowest in the film series.

Paramount puts the movie's production budget at $217 million before a major marketing spend. The Transformers series has never been a favorite of critics, with The Last Knight currently sporting a 16 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences gave the film a B+ CinemaScore.

Box Office: 'Transformers: The Last Knight' Posts Series-Low Opening Day With $15.7 Million

 

[heavyarms21]

Update: June 22, 2017

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Posts Series-Low Opening Day With $15.7 Million

Paramount and Hasbro's Transformers: The Last Knight easily topped the Wednesday box-office chart with $15.7 million from 4,069 theaters, but that's the lowest opening day for any film in the franchise, including those titles that likewise debuted midweek.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) grossed $37.7 million when launching on a Wednesday, while Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) took in $62 million on its first Wednesday.

Prerelease tracking suggests Transformers 5 will post a five-day domestic debut in the $70 million-$75 million range, notably behind the $100 million North American launch of the last title, Transformers: Age of Extinction, over the three-day June 27-29 weekend in 2014 and the lowest in the Hasbro toy-based series.

Based on Wednesday's performance, the new film could have trouble clearing $65 million in its opening frame.

Instead, The Last Knight is counting on sizable returns internationally, where Age of Extinction grossed a massive $858.6 million to become the first Transformers movie to top the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, on its way to resting at $1.1 billion, not accounting for inflation. The domestic portion was $245.4 million, which, again, was the lowest in the film series.

Paramount puts the movie's production budget at $217 million before a major marketing spend. The Transformers series has never been a favorite of critics, with The Last Knight currently sporting a 16 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences gave the film a B+ CinemaScore.

Box Office: 'Transformers: The Last Knight' Posts Series-Low Opening Day With $15.7 Million

It's all about China for this film series

 

[DIABOLUS]

One movie closer to a Bay-less reboot.

 

[BVG]

This review made me fucking laugh!

Transformers: The Last Knight is an incomprehensible pile of scrap. Luckily, there’s an upside — you’ll forget every single stupid frame of this thing the moment you walk out of the theatre.

Full disclosure: We have no idea what the movie is about. It begins with what appears to be a nod to Monty Python as armies battle in England in the Dark Ages. The Knights of the Round Table turn up. Bodies are exploding everywhere, and men in armour are being blown off their horses in IMAX and 3D. (“Just a flesh wound!”)

Merlin himself chats with some Transformers at the mouth of a space ship that has landed on earth. Britons need help, says Merlin, and so the Transformers step into ye olde medieval fray.

WTF? say viewers, but no one is listening.

Now it’s 1,600 years later, and Transformers keep landing on earth. Humans and Transformers are at war. Some children run into a prohibited holding pen and mix it up with renegade Transformers. Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) is there, but we couldn’t say why. He’s defending the Transformers, maybe? That could be it. One of the big machines gives him a magical medallion, which he’ll need for protection.

Meanwhile, back on the planet Cybertron, Optimus Prime is trying to find his creator. And bad things have happened to his home.

Meanwhile, over in an English castle, Sir Anthony Hopkins turns up with a robotic butler called Cogman. But then actress Laura Haddock appears, playing polo one minute and lecturing about King Arthur at Oxford the next.

Meanwhile, somewhere in one of the Dakotas, all the familiar good Transformers hide out at a junk yard with Cade Yeager. There are baby dinosaur Transformers!!

Meanwhile, over in Namibia, Northern Chile and Jordan, strange horn-like spacecraft are sticking up out of the earth.

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., officials are negotiating with Megatron to free all the evil Transformers so they can lead the good guys to the weapon. Which weapon?

Uhh — sorry, can’t remember.

Anyway, here are Mohawk, Berserker, Dreadbot, Onslaught and all the bad guys. Things transform! Stuff blows up!

There are drone-like objects flying around shooting at the good guys!

Meanwhile, over in Havana, John Turturro talks on the phone.

Later, Mark Wahlberg and Sir Anthony Hopkins are in a scene together with a WWI tank Transformer. Hopkins says, “What a bitchin’ car she is!" at which point we knew it was all a bad dream and soon we would wake up.

So: Turns out all the geniuses, important generals, inventors and religious leaders who ever lived were part of a secret society devoted to keeping the secret of Transformers here on earth. There’s even a scene with Transformers beating up Nazis.

The descendants of Merlin are involved. So is Stonehenge.

Meanwhile, a whole lot of things are happening on a submarine. Anthony Hopkins has to tell the Prime Minister of England to shut up. There’s another space ship under the water! Not to mention Merlin’s tomb.

Pretty sure we were crying in our seat by this time, clutching the arm rests and daubing our eyes with popcorn. Aerial dogfights! Battling robots! Brotherhood!

IT. JUST. WON’T. STOP.

Turns out the world is ending! Not a moment too soon.

Pretty much everything that’s wrong with Hollywood — wretched excess, lousy storytelling, lack of diversity, sexism, hubris, lad humour, overkill special effects and CGI where the plot should be — can be summed up in two words: Michael Bay.

But that’s a story for another day.

Needless to say, I won't be spending any money to watch this piece of shit.

 

[HereticBD]

Oh. My. God.

Has it happened? Have people finally gotten sick of this shit?

 

[Guestx]

Rating: 2/10

LOL. Jesus.

Pretty sure this is the lowest score I've ever seen you hand out. Out of curiosity, have you enjoyed any of the films in the franchise?

 

[BVG]

Oh. My. God.

Has it happened? Have people finally gotten sick of this shit?

The asian markets will still lap this shit up.

 

[HereticBD]

The asian markets will still lap this shit up.

I don't mind that. It's on par with most nonsensical Anime bullshit. They like that kind of stuff, I suppose. The American audiences kill me though. I mean, this is some truly awful and cringy shit. Stupid shit like "Fast and Furious" being a success I can understand, because it's like Americana rolled up into a greasy hamburger patty. Fast cars, hot chicks, splosions...I get it. I can not say the same for Transformers. I look at it and just think "what the fuck is this?"

 

[BVG]

I don't mind that. It's on par with most nonsensical Anime bullshit. They like that kind of stuff, I suppose. The American audiences kill me though. I mean, this is some truly awful and cringy shit. Stupid shit like "Fast and Furious" being a success I can understand, because it's like Americana rolled up into a greasy hamburger patty. Fast cars, hot chicks, splosions...I get it. I can not say the same for Transformers. I look at it and just think "what the fuck is this?"

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

LOL. Jesus.

Pretty sure this is the lowest score I've ever seen you hand out. Out of curiosity, have you enjoyed any of the films in the franchise?

The first movie was good. I rated it an 8. Sure it had a lot of annoying scenes and unnecessary excess characters but they were still a novelty for the series at that time and can be easily overlooked.

Revenge of the Fallen had a lot of extremely annoying comedic moments early on (and a few more spread throughout) but it was still a decent watch for me. I think I gave it around a 6 at that time.

Dark of the Moon started with the same obnoxious pattern as the second film but the movie turned itself around for the better after Sentinel Prime was revealed as a traitor. I gave it a 7.

Age of Extinction was just crap (my review).

 

[ufcfan4]

I feel like I may have stole this line from somebody in Extinction thread three years ago...but I'm hoping not,

but Cade Yager sounds like some failed WWE All-American gimmick from the mid 90s.

 

[Fluffernutter]

Has Hollywood ever made a movie that ONLY was released internationally?

 

[John Wang]

This review made me fucking laugh!

Transformers: The Last Knight is an incomprehensible pile of scrap. Luckily, there’s an upside — you’ll forget every single stupid frame of this thing the moment you walk out of the theatre.

Full disclosure: We have no idea what the movie is about. It begins with what appears to be a nod to Monty Python as armies battle in England in the Dark Ages. The Knights of the Round Table turn up. Bodies are exploding everywhere, and men in armour are being blown off their horses in IMAX and 3D. (“Just a flesh wound!”)

Merlin himself chats with some Transformers at the mouth of a space ship that has landed on earth. Britons need help, says Merlin, and so the Transformers step into ye olde medieval fray.

WTF? say viewers, but no one is listening.

Now it’s 1,600 years later, and Transformers keep landing on earth. Humans and Transformers are at war. Some children run into a prohibited holding pen and mix it up with renegade Transformers. Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) is there, but we couldn’t say why. He’s defending the Transformers, maybe? That could be it. One of the big machines gives him a magical medallion, which he’ll need for protection.

Meanwhile, back on the planet Cybertron, Optimus Prime is trying to find his creator. And bad things have happened to his home.

Meanwhile, over in an English castle, Sir Anthony Hopkins turns up with a robotic butler called Cogman. But then actress Laura Haddock appears, playing polo one minute and lecturing about King Arthur at Oxford the next.

Meanwhile, somewhere in one of the Dakotas, all the familiar good Transformers hide out at a junk yard with Cade Yeager. There are baby dinosaur Transformers!!

Meanwhile, over in Namibia, Northern Chile and Jordan, strange horn-like spacecraft are sticking up out of the earth.

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., officials are negotiating with Megatron to free all the evil Transformers so they can lead the good guys to the weapon. Which weapon?

Uhh — sorry, can’t remember.

Anyway, here are Mohawk, Berserker, Dreadbot, Onslaught and all the bad guys. Things transform! Stuff blows up!

There are drone-like objects flying around shooting at the good guys!

Meanwhile, over in Havana, John Turturro talks on the phone.

Later, Mark Wahlberg and Sir Anthony Hopkins are in a scene together with a WWI tank Transformer. Hopkins says, “What a bitchin’ car she is!" at which point we knew it was all a bad dream and soon we would wake up.

So: Turns out all the geniuses, important generals, inventors and religious leaders who ever lived were part of a secret society devoted to keeping the secret of Transformers here on earth. There’s even a scene with Transformers beating up Nazis.

The descendants of Merlin are involved. So is Stonehenge.

Meanwhile, a whole lot of things are happening on a submarine. Anthony Hopkins has to tell the Prime Minister of England to shut up. There’s another space ship under the water! Not to mention Merlin’s tomb.

Pretty sure we were crying in our seat by this time, clutching the arm rests and daubing our eyes with popcorn. Aerial dogfights! Battling robots! Brotherhood!

IT. JUST. WON’T. STOP.

Turns out the world is ending! Not a moment too soon.

Pretty much everything that’s wrong with Hollywood — wretched excess, lousy storytelling, lack of diversity, sexism, hubris, lad humour, overkill special effects and CGI where the plot should be — can be summed up in two words: Michael Bay.

But that’s a story for another day.

Needless to say, I won't be spending any money to watch this piece of shit.

LOLOL that was funny as fuck!

 

[BVG]

LOLOL that was funny as fuck!

Once you get to this line;

"Merlin himself chats with some Transformers at the mouth of a space ship that has landed on earth."

You know the movie is holy fuck bad.

 

[Dana_is_your_GOD]

Update: June 20, 2017

Dragonlord's Review of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

Bottom Line: Incoherent, Illogical, convoluted and obnoxious, watch this only if you want to see Sir Anthony Hopkins high on crack.

[This review contains spoilers but the movie is just terrible you might as well read them anyway.]

Transformers: The Last Knight starts off during the Dark Ages where King Arthur and his knights are in the middle of a great battle against a barbarian horde. Merlin (played by Stanley Tucci), who is revealed to be a drunk charlatan, asks a group of Transformers stranded on Earth to help Arthur. Not only were these Transformers moved by Merlin's banal speech, they incredulously gave him, a guy they barely knew, a staff of unimaginable power.

Also at this point we should just expect that a Transformer was involved in every significant event in human history. So don't be shocked in the future if they reveal JFK's real killer was a Transformer or the Titanic sank because of a Transformer.

Cut to present day where new Transformers have been arriving on Earth frequently. Most of Earth's governments have declared all Transformers are dangerous and have created the TRF (Transformers Reaction Force) to hunt and destroy them since the travel ban and space wall seem to be not working (I'm just kidding on the last 12 words).

In war-torn Chicago, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) stumbles upon a dying ancient Transformer who gives him a talisman, thereby making Cade "the last knight." So their criteria for "chosen" basically means the first person they encounter. Uh, okay.

The TRF apprehends Cade but Bumblebee shows up and whoops their asses. Bumblebee shows off his new ability of disassembling himself apart while still controlling all the pieces and then reassembling himself good as new. First, where was this feature in the previous four Transformers movies. Second, it just means Bumblebee is virtually indestructible. Boring. Bumblebee has total control of his body parts but can't feel the tracer shot by the TRF on his butt. Baloney.

Cade meets Izabella (Isabella Moner), a 14-year-old scrappy orphan who's like a freedom fighter for Transformers. Director Michael Bay shows off his creepy, pervert side by dressing up Izabella in a suggestive manner and shooting certain scenes that's a bit uncomfortable to watch. Anyway, Cade brings Izabella back to their secret base, a junkyard where the remaining Autobots hide out.

Optimus Prime, who at the end of the last movie left Earth to meet his creator, arrives on the dead planet Cybertron. Continuing his uncharacteristic meathead behavior from Age of Extinction like shouting "I'll kill you," Optimus confronts his maker Quintessa but she defeats him and brainwashes him to retrieve Merlin's lance which can revive Cybertron. Quintessa sets Cybertron on a course to Earth.

The TRF learns of Cybertron's approach and Cade's possession of the talisman which holds the information where the staff is located. The TRF makes a deal with Megatron in taking down the Autobots and getting the talisman. In exchange, Megatron's demands are that they release his crew for this mission. Lol, so this is like Armageddon but in reverse sort of. Megatron then demands the Decepticons pay no taxes, ever. Okay that last part didn't happen.

There's a surprisingly cool montage complete with name captions featuring Megatron's crew. We get to see some of their unique traits and personalities. Too bad nothing came out of it as most of them are either killed immediately or become meaningless wallpapers.

So instead of talking to the Autobots who have time and time again save Earth from destruction or being enslaved, these idiotic TRF people make a deal with Megatron to release his cronies and will no doubt betray the humans and take possession of the staff to take over or destroy Earth.

After the Decepticons battle, Cade is invited to England by Sir Edmund Burton (Anthony Hopkins), a historian and the last member of the Witwiccan Order, an organization responsible for keeping the Transformers' presence a secret to the public. More historical retcon bullshit ensues as it is revealed prominent historical figures were members of the Order and the Autobots help defeat the Nazis in World War II. Edmund tells Cade that he is chosen to be the last knight.

Shia LaBeouf makes a cameo appearance but in a photograph only.

Edmund also ordered Hot Rod to kidnap Viviane Wembly (Laura Haddock) for the assembly. Edmund reveals to Viviane she is the last living descendant of Merlin and she alone can control the staff. Resembling a lot like Megan Fox, the gorgeous Laura and her adorable voice is a nice distraction from the drivel of a movie. Viviane's repartee with Cade is clunky but it has its charms.

Hot Rod on the other hand will be a major disappointment to fans since he doesn't resemble or share anything like his character from 1986's Transformers: The Movie. Instead they gave Hot Rod a French accent and an aristocratic-like personality.

It's become a tradition in a Michael Bay Transformers movie that the actors have to act all hyper in an embarrassingly juvenile manner and have to spew cringeworthy lines. Anthony Hopkins is no exception to the rule. It doesn't take long before his refined and dignified character acts all high from crack, running around all over the city, shouting at the library patrons and the UK Prime Minister, and giving everyone the dirty finger.

Unicron is revealed to be inside Earth with seven of its massive horns rising out of the surface. They don't fully show the dormant Unicron, just the tips of his horns.

Cybertron eventually arrives and causes a massive planetary destruction but you don't really feel the impact of the situation since they don't show the casualties or even reactions from the ordinary people around the world.

The brainwashed Optimus Prime, now calling himself "Nemesis Prime," steals Merlin's staff from Viviane. Bumblebee fights Nemesis Prime and in a distressing parallel to Batman v Superman, Optimus stops midway from landing the killing blow on his oldest friend when Bumblebee speaks with his own voice. "I will always be your friend," Bumblebee says. He might as have said "Save Martha."

Optimus snaps out of Quintessa's mind control after hearing his friend speak for the first time since the war on Cyberton. It's either a goof or a retcon but Bumblebee did speak with his own voice at the end of 2008's Transformers. Anyways, blah blah blah, the good guys won and Optimus makes another cheesy speech.

The Last Knight is a loud, incoherent, obnoxious, convoluted mess and the worst among all the Transformers films (that's saying a lot since Age of Extinction sucked so bad). The mid-credits scene shows Quintessa, still alive and in a human guise (played by Gemma Chan), talking to a scientist on one of the Unicron horn sites on how to defeat Unicron.

Rating: 2/10

2/10 is generous. I haven't even seen it and I can tell you it's 0/10

 

[John Wang]

Can't wait to see this tomorrow!

 

[Don Quixote]

Seen it today. Probably give it a 6.5 or 7.0 out of 10

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: June 23, 2017

TRANSFORMERS 5 Lags Thursday With $8 Million, May Not Clear $60 Million in U.S. Debut

Paramount and Hasbro's Transformers: The Last Knight is off to a worrisome start in North America, where it earned $8.1 million on Thursday for a muted two-day total of $23.8 million, the lowest start of any title in the franchise.

Prerelease tracking had suggested Transformers 5 would post a five-day domestic debut in the $70 million-$75 million range, notably behind the $100 million North American launch of the last title, Transformers: Age of Extinction, over the three-day June 27-29 weekend in 2014 and the lowest in the Hasbro toy-based series.

Based on Wednesday and Thursday's performance, however, the new film could have trouble clearing $60 million in its opening.

Paramount puts the movie's production budget at $217 million before a major marketing spend. The Transformers series has never been a favorite of critics, with The Last Knight currently sporting a 16 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Box Office: 'Transformers: The Last Knight' Lags Thursday With $8 Million, May Not Clear $60 Million in U.S. Debut

 

[John Wang]

Can't wait to see this! Tickets have been purchased for this evening!!

 

[heavyarms21]

Update: June 23, 2017

TRANSFORMERS 5 Lags Thursday With $8 Million, May Not Clear $60 Million in U.S. Debut

Paramount and Hasbro's Transformers: The Last Knight is off to a worrisome start in North America, where it earned $8.1 million on Thursday for a muted two-day total of $23.8 million, the lowest start of any title in the franchise.

Prerelease tracking had suggested Transformers 5 would post a five-day domestic debut in the $70 million-$75 million range, notably behind the $100 million North American launch of the last title, Transformers: Age of Extinction, over the three-day June 27-29 weekend in 2014 and the lowest in the Hasbro toy-based series.

Based on Wednesday and Thursday's performance, however, the new film could have trouble clearing $60 million in its opening.

Paramount puts the movie's production budget at $217 million before a major marketing spend. The Transformers series has never been a favorite of critics, with The Last Knight currently sporting a 16 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Box Office: 'Transformers: The Last Knight' Lags Thursday With $8 Million, May Not Clear $60 Million in U.S. Debut

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