Transformers: The Last Knight

Ever since almost destroying Earth with the ongoing war between Decepticons and Autobots, more and more Transformers are crashing down on the planet frantically searching for something. That thing is an ancient artifact - a staff dating back to the time of King Arthur that belonged to Merlin. As it turns out, the staff was given to him by Transformers who had come to our planet in order to hide it from an evil robot named Quintessa. In his search for answers about his home planet Cybertron, Optimus Prime meets Quintessa and becomes entangled in her deception to destroy Earth and restore Cybertron.

Another year, another Transformers movie. It's getting harder and harder to keep track of the timeline, as well as characters who died or are still alive. There are a couple robots of both Autobots and Decepticons where I was like "Wait...didn't they die already?" Somehow Megatron is still alive, and is apparently fully recovered from having half of his face ripped off in either Dark of the Moon or Age of Extinction (see what I mean about confusing?). Despite other reviews that have described The Last Knight as the worst in the franchise - a particularly difficult feat considering none of them are truly great movies to begin with - I disagree. I disliked Age of Extinction more than I disliked The Last Knight.

Normally I'd go on some spiel about how good/bad the acting was, or whether the story was good or not, but let's face it....pretty much the only reason people still go to see these movies is to see giant robots fight each other. I've gotta give Michael Bay credit here - somehow he's managed to make a series based on fighting robots with a minimalistic story, barely decent acting from *most* characters involved, and action scenes where you can barely see what the heck is going on onscreen...actually FUN. As mentioned, none of them are really all that great (first one's still the best, but that's not really saying much), but for me it's still a fun time-waster type series, especially the latest installment. I can forgive the stupidity of it all, if only for the fact that I have fun watching them. I can't explain it, but there it is.

Now, that's not to say I'm actually looking forward to anymore future installments. I'm not. The only way for me to be legitimately excited for another one is if the rumors are true that The Last Knight is Michael Bay's final Transformers movie, and someone else will be directing future sequels. True, I've shamelessly enjoyed the series so far despite Bay being in charge, but I'd be interested to see what someone else can do with the series. There's been a lot of debate on whether or not the series can be "saved". I think it can, as long as the right person is in charge. Who that is right now, I'm not sure. For now, I'll shamelessly head to the theater and watch Transformers for as long as they keep releasing them. What can I say, I'm easily entertained.