Blame Michael Bay. We do.
Written by Chris Snellgrove | Updated
Most of the time, films fail due to their surprisingly poor quality. For example, most people watched up to 10 minutes Joker 2 We can see why the film ended up being a critical and commercial failure. That’s why I was surprised to see him Transformers one A bomb at the box office. After all, it has an 89 percent critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an impressive 98 percent fan rating.
Blame Michael Bay for his failure. His legacy is a continuing albatross around the neck of the Transformers franchise, and now Transformers one A box office failure could spell doom for the franchise as a whole.
As a Transformers fan, I have a love/hate relationship with Michael Bay’s Transformers films. They helped bring the series to life and provided some really cool concepts and designs (we can all agree that Bumblebee is way cooler as a Camaro, right?). But each of his films is worse than the last, significantly tarnishing the cinematic reputation of robots Transformers one (quite literally, the best film in the franchise) was a total smash at the box office, earning just $128.9 million against a budget of $75-147 million.
If you haven’t seen it yet (shame on you!), there’s probably a burning question deep in your spark: What made you? Transformers one So great? Or maybe also, how can I say it’s better than the famous 1986 movie? Because it is.
First of all, the original Transformers animated film is a certified classic, and I often play the soundtrack (we love you, Stan Bush!) while driving around in my little Bumblebee Camaro. The film’s main weakness is that it doesn’t offer much in the way of real characterization. Aside from the killer animation and sweet needlework, it simply maintains the basic plot of the original series which revolves around one-dimensional good guys fighting one-dimensional bad guys.
Transformers oneHowever, it is a deep dive into the psychology, friendship, and eventual fallout between the series’ most compelling characters, Optimus Prime and Megatron. It’s rewarding to see these characters complete their arcs and realize that their ideological differences are too great for their friendship to last. These different ideologies are as understandable as they are heartbreaking, and perfectly frame a rift between sister “robots” that would eventually be born millions of years ago.
Nowadays, this franchise has fans of all ages thanks to its many different versions, and there is truly something for everyone in it Transformers one. I appreciate the callbacks to the first generation cartoon and the original Marvel comics, and there are some great references to the 1986 film. I walked away convinced that this was excellent The Transformers movie, and seeing something this spectacular fail made me worry for the franchise as a whole.
After all, live action Transformers: Rise of the Monsters It was the lowest-grossing film in the cinematic franchise even Transformers one Came along. We’re literally getting the diminishing box office returns of this franchise, and Transformers one It was clearly a Hail Mary attempt to bring the brand back to life, complete with killer animation, a celebrity voice cast, and a creative team that clearly loves the franchise. The film flopped due to the simple fact that Michael Bay’s mediocre films effectively sabotaged its chances.
Remember, the first live-action Transformers movie was a worldwide hit, but subsequent films ultimately became just mindless clashes between ugly robots and sheer insanity. At the end, we get some weird scenes where one character explains how he can legally have sex with his underage girlfriend. And when the movies weren’t featuring action figures or creepy characters, they were doing things like inexplicably killing off the original human protagonist Sam Witwicky off-screen, all of which made the general public associate mutants with… terrible films.
If Bay can rein in his excesses and produce a sequel as good as his first Transformers film, then Transformers one It’s probably going to be a monster hit. Unfortunately, without the interest and goodwill of more casual fans, only the hardcore fans have bought tickets, and the result is that the franchise is now in its darkest hour. And if this wonderful, wonderful animated film isn’t enough to light up that darkness, the Transformers series may become a bit like Starscream: a doomed specter simply hoping to reclaim his glory days and take his place as rightful king (in 1980s comics, at least).