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The Michael Bay Transformers movies occupy a unique place in the history of Hollywood filmmaking, existing as a bridge between the more auteur-driven blockbusters of the 1990s and the more franchise-driven programmers of the 2010s. The first five Transformers films exist with one gigantic computer-generated robotic leg in each camp, capturing a snapshot of a moment when the larger industry was in flux. Michael Bay’s Transformers films are relatively under-discussed in the larger canon of big-budget filmmaking. There are exceptions like Lindsay Ellis’ The Whole Plate, but Bay’s Transformers movies don’t generate nearly as much online chatter as the work […]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts surprised me. Avengers meets Indiana Jones, it is probably the first of the franchise that I didn't hate.