It's easy to see that this year's 10th anniversary "Transformers" live-action movie wants to tell a bigger story in this fifth "The Last Knight", so as to build own "movie universe".
Therefore, in the movie, the Transformers are blended into the historical process of human beings. The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table at the beginning can be described as a point and bridge, and it also corresponds to the name of the movie "The Last Knight".
However, due to the abruptness of this story, many viewers thought they had strayed into the set at first. For example, the guy next to me watched it for a while and asked me suspiciously, "Hello, is this Transformers?" At that moment, I couldn't help feeling deeply embarrassed for the teacher "selling copies".
The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is regarded as a symbol of justice and chivalry in European and American cultures, so this leads to the setting of Transformers helping mankind win the "just" war. Later, through the mouth of the British veteran Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins, the movie told everyone that Transformers had already existed on earth. Transformers of various historical eras also helped the righteous side of mankind to win World War I and World War II. , Even Hitler was killed by Transformers...
These kinds of settings are really not very convincing in the movie, and they always give people the feeling that the screenwriters are "seriously talking nonsense".
Moreover, this highlights the problem of the movie's "three wrong views". In today's era of "political correctness", "Change 5" is still based on the simple binary opposition between justice and evil, and there is no war on war at all. This kind of reflection on the cruel tragedy of human history makes the movie very similar to some violent games - our righteous side must kill the evil enemy, even if the so-called evil side is actually our own kind, we don't care.
Well, the main creator probably wants to tell the audience: Hey, this is a popcorn movie, and by the way, we help Hasbro sell peripheral toys, and then let the Chinese gold owner spend a lot of money to buy advertisements that are as hard as King Kong and are complained about. Implant, don't be so serious, okay?
Well, even so, fans of the Transformers series will not be satisfied, because the story is too silly, and the biggest feeling at the end is messy.
What's even more ridiculous is that Transformers doesn't have as many scenes as humans. The human literary and drama part is still full of funny style, which should be the first time in the "Transformers" series of movies so clearly presented. In the movie, almost all human beings have become jokers, and even when their lives are on the line, they keep making jokes, and the mouthpieces also include cheap yellow jokes.
Maybe the screenwriters are very proud of such a character setting, and they also wrote most of the Transformers, especially the big-bellied detective and the British butler, as snarky and funny. Even Optimus Prime, who is serious and serious all day, was complained by his friends. This kind of change did make the atmosphere of the film's story more relaxed, but it also seemed to be too forceful, dispelling the seriousness in the film.
What makes fans particularly dissatisfied is that the soul character Optimus Prime's playing time is pitiful, and he has no core appearance, not as much as his little brother Bumblebee. And Optimus Prime's mortal enemy, Megatron, no longer has the courage of the past, and has become the younger brother of the new boss, and his sense of existence is getting lower and lower.
It is not difficult to guess that the producers Paramount and Hasbro made this "Change 5" to pave the way for the next Bumblebee independent film. In less than one year, this film will follow The audience met. It's just that Paramount and Hasbro seem to have miscalculated by handing over such a work.
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