When I finally got my wife to watch Bumblebee, at the end she said "I can tell Michael Bay didn't direct this, because that girl was fully clothed the whole time."

Fun fact: Michael Bay directed commercials for Victoria's Secret. Why he was allowed to remind people of that in a movie based on toys, I can't say.

"Michael Bay clearly has a hard-on for the military." That must be why Pearl Harbor featured a guy on a battleship brushing his teeth in the middle of the attack.

"We are living in the Dumbest Timeline" is way too accurate.

I still giggle (unintentionally) when Anthony Hopkins says “Dude”, it’s like he reprised his role as Hannibal Lecter one last time.

The "Romeo & Juliet Law" only applies to couples who started dating when they were BOTH underage. That means that Tessa was, at most, 14 when they started dating.

To be fair, Peltz was 18 when they started filming "Age Of Extinction," not 16. Of course why they made the character 17 instead of 18.... that's a whole other question

I would not be surprised if the Romeo & Juliet laws scene was where fans finally threw up their hands and gave up with these films.

Nicola Peltz was born in 1995 so she was at least 18 at time of filming. That doesn't excuse Bay for objectifying her.

More than meets the box office! Also, Bumblebee is precious and must be protected at all costs.

I actually rewatched the 2007 movie recently and was surprised by how most of the effects, outside of the robots in action, are mostly practical. The Bumblebee model used for when he’s taken by Sector 7 looks pretty good too. Given how CGI heavy this franchise would become, as well as the rest of Hollywood’s major blockbusters, it was actually a breathe of fresh air.

"Michael Bay's Explosions!"

I agree that Bumblebee is easily the best of the live-action movies. Charlie and Bee were so adorable together and I did get the feels when they had to part ways. It was also fitting given the 80s setting that they played Don't You Forget About Me at the end. Although, did Revenge of the Fallen deserve to win Worst Picture? I think it did, but what do you think compared to the other nominees?

4:51 Maybe it's like a 32-bit survival horror game - each stairwell is blocked at different intervals to force players to explore each floor, and Megatron can't instantly spawn when you walk through a door

I had a sneaking suspicion that Airbender would be up next on Sean’s chopping block: A couple scenes with Iroh popped into my head

Six? Oh, so you're counting Bumblebee. Boy, you really needed that palate cleanser, huh?

Funny you should say how the dumb, pointless quest to find the Matrix could have been avoided if Jetfire knew where it was; in the Revenge of the Fallen tie-in game, he DID know where it was. In fact, he says to Bumblebee that the Fallen had forced him to reveal it's location. Also, in the game, Jetfire was more of a wise sage-like figure than a grumpy old man.

If Michael Bay wanted to put humans in the Transformers films, I can understand that, but at least make them likable and far less obnoxious. Any of the human characters felt like they walked into a different movie.

I've been waiting months for this. The almighty Smeghead has returned!

I would love to see Sean make a video where he rates all the Razzie Worst Picture winners from best to worst.

The Transfomers 2007 movie and the Bumblebee are the best live action Transfomers movie's so far....And yes I know it's not saying much😂

New Cinematic Excrement and a retrospective?! I’m only casually into Transformers but hey wouldn’t mind Sean being a platonic Valentine LOL 💕

I'm patiently waiting for his review of Holmes and Watson I know it will take a while but I am confident it will be worth the wait

This is one of the most underrated and underappreciated channels on KZfaq.

Looking forward to your "breakdown" and review of "The Last Turd Bender".

I think part of why Bumblebee did a great job with being set in the 80's because they didn't go over-the-top with it by shoving it down your throat.

30:30 For the next recap: Smeghead is going to discuss the poorest adaptation ever made complete with an incompetent director, vast amount of exposition, and lacking the original source material. That's right, he's going to discuss..... BIRDEMIC What? You thought I'll say The Last Airbender? Well, what a twist! (There's no way he'll overlook Birdemic since that's WAY more deserving for Worst Picture.)

The first one was magical for any 80s kid. The rest of them might as well have had an intermission where Optimus asked the audience to empty their pockets

1:52 Aren't the Razzies themselves a [QUACK]-ing joke? 5:26 Even the cartoons got that right, and some (like BEAST WARS) even turned the robots into fleshed-out characters! 11:44 I think Michael Bay met Rosie Huntington-Whitely from of those Victoria's Secret ads he filmed. 17:34 If that question comes up in any movie with new "cute" creatures, the answer's always "TO SELL MORE TOYS" (e.g. Ewoks, Porgs, Podracing pit crew droids) 30:54 I was honestly expecting the old Transformers ending theme song.

6 years of waiting for TLK to get a proper CE review, and this was worth the wait.

"Bumblebee, stop lubricating the man." Best. Line. Ever.

Next month : The Smeghead will go into the Water of the Ocean, once again.

The Michael Bay movies are more or less a guilty pleasure of mine. But, let's be honest, Bumblebee is the best of the bunch. The concept of Unicron being Earth, however? That was done SO much better in Transformers Prime.

30:46 In retrospect, any studio-for-hire director aside from Shyamalan could have helmed "The Last Airbender" and the movie would stumble into the same pitfalls regardless. If you don't believe me, look into the production history. It's practically ripe for a mini-documentary sometime before the series remake debuts on Netflix.

Bahaha, the disclaimer got me good. Well played, sir.

"In a movie about robots fighting, I expect...robots fighting!" Which is why I only watched the first movie

What did you expect from a movie about robots fighting? The 1986 animated movie gave us an annoying human kid that we were probably supposed to identify, an annoying teen robot that we were supposed to cheer for, an annoying kid-like robot that spoke in rhymes that we were probably supposed to like, some really cheesy bits, a few moderately emotional bits, and a fair bit of robots not fighting. Oh, it also had robots fighting, where you could actually tell what was happening and who was who, with epic battles at the beginning and the end, and plenty of smaller conflicts in between, a solid soundtrack, a stellar voice cast...

Something that makes the whole Romeo & Juliet law thing extra pointless is that they could have simply pointed out the age of consent in Texas is 17. That whole thing was just damn creepy.

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe. Also RIP Ivan Reitman director of Ghostbusters Twins and Stripes. He passed away last night at the age of 75 😔

First Cinematic Excrement Episode of 2022!

I actually forgave Revenge of the Fallen due to the writers strike but after Dark of the Moon I gave up on Transformers. Now I may have to watch Bumblebee.

I've said it before the Transformers movies aren't high art. They're not even low art. Sure they can be fun... if you're bored but the image of Optimus Prime, riding Grimlock while holding a big ass sword will always be incredibly cool.

The government in Transformers 4: We have to stop working with the giants robots... let's create a few to replace the Autobots AND a giant to kill them! Me: Yeah that make sense 😂Use a robot to kill the nice robots who saved your life multiples times from Megatron. Good idea!

You are very good at this Sean. Thank you for the effort you put into these videos!

British Megan Fox grabs the staff and saves the day. The X-rated version of the franchise.

A full Cine. Ex. episode not just a vlog! Ecstasy!

Wow! caught this 7 minutes after release! Unfortunately, i've also caught myself procrastinatily opening youtube when Ishould be doing something else. So see ya in the morning Sean :) you will be my breakfast/ cardio entertainment.

But did Revenge of the Fallen deserve to win Worst Picture? I'm gonna say "No," because also released in 2009 was Dragonball Evolution...which somehow was not nominated in any category...HOW DID THIS HAPPEN??

One thing I never understood, is when huge robots fighting, why would the humans send infantry to fight alongside? That point always gets me.

Cade Yeager? His name is Cade Yeager? That's a major appliance, that's not a name!

Future Cinematic Excrement Retrospectives 1. Twilight 2. Fantastic Four 3. Fifty Shades of Grey

This series is something special. This is a well done retrospective 😎👉👉

What a great retrospective of transformers films

With doing a retrospective on the entire Transformers franchise, is Sean setting up for a retrospective of The Saga That Shall Not Be Named soon? That'll be quite interesting considering recent events. We are in the Upside Down.

Man you make me want to watch Bumblebee again, and I've already been dying to rewatch it for a while

hope you end up doing a 2nd Look at the Last Airbender next! (my number 1 most embarrassing movie I've ever seen in theatres!)

Good video as always, Sean. Hope you have a great Valentine's Day.

23:15 In other words, they made a live action Iron Giant. Tell me that doesn't perfectly match.

Not to excuse the two robots in Revenge of the Fallen, but Michael Bay apparently defended their inclusion by saying they tested really well with children. In a way, that's kind of worse.

Amazing retrospective!!

I guess there are times when all the movies tried to redeem themselves based on the Transformers' design, the Action Scenes, having Peter Cullen reprise his role as the leader of the Transformers and tried to make something entertaining to watch.. I guess Micheal Bay didn't get EVERYTHING wrong when he was working on these movies.

Nicola Peltz was born in 1995. She would have been around 18 or 19 by the time shooting began on Age of Extinction

The beginning CGI scene of the Autobots fighting in Bumblebee was amazing. Wished they would make an Optimus Prime movie all in CGI like that, but it will probably be to expensive, so we'll have to settle for the animated Transformers Prime series.

This is without a doubt one of your best videos, up there with the Fantastic 4 and both awful Bo Dereks. Given that I am currently trying to distract myself from the inhuman menace known as MS-related trigeminal neuralgia, I am in your debt.

Perfect! I enjoy all your videos! Thanks a lot.

Having recently watched All 5 Bayformers Films (Well rewatched in the case of the First 2), this is where I'd Rank them from Favourite to Least Favourite: 1. Transformers: A lot of the Problems the Sequels have are here, but fortunately at a Minimum. The Story actually feels more restrained and is honestly pretty fun. Wish they could've shown some more of the Transformers themselves before the Final Battle. 2. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon: Probably My Favourite of the Sequels. The Plot of bringing Cybertron to Earth and the Deceptions using Human Collaborators was interesting. It also has some of the best Action of the Series. However the Humour is cringeworthy and the Film is 20-30 Minutes too long. 3. Transformers: Age Of Extinction: I liked a lot of the new ideas they brought in (Man-Made Transformers, a Neutral Cybertronian Bounty Hunter etc...). I also enjoyed seeing the Dinobots, underused as they were. Once again, too long, I didn't like how the Final Act of the Film moved to China randomly just so they could pander to the Country for Box Office Profit, and Optimus wanting to kill humans didn't sit right with me (at least his brutality in this one is understandable). It feels like 2-3 Movies merged into One. Oh yeah, and it also features probably the Worst Joke in the Series (you know which one I mean). 4. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: I do have some nostalgia for it at least, even if it hasn't aged well on rewatch. Has the Best Score of the Series. 5. Transformers: The Last Knight: It would be easier to list the things that I liked (but I won't) and FOR GOD SAKES PICK AN ASPECT RATIO AND STICK WITH IT!

Wait...ALL SIX?! Sir, are you in need of assistance? Is there an emergency number?

I can't help but feel like maybe for your own sanity, perhaps after revisiting Last Airbender, save yourself the pain of revisiting every other Razzie winner you've already reviewed. Sure, it would probably go against the idea behind this series, but I wouldn't blame you for doing it in the slightest.

It's always a good day when you have a new video.

This was a very fun video to watch.

Damn, I was hoping you'd start with the actual FIRST Transformers movie that came out in 1986, but I guess even you have your limits on what you could tolerate, eh? Then again you reviewed Jack and Jill twice and NO ONE asked for that, no doubt! Do you like torturing us?!

Bumblebee is the ONLY Transformers movie I like, well written, great plot, simplistic, accurate designs. Looking forward to a sequel, prequel, etc of this. Fuck the Bay films.

Bumblebee was so much better than the rest its not even funny. Actually, hilarious. That movie is great

I’m not surprised revenge of the fallen got nominated. but how did dragonball evolution got zero nominations, it was right there.

well the Bumblebee movie is proof when Michael Bay is out of the picture, the movie is actualy GOOD! And yea, by the point of the third movie I was so annoyed at Shia, seeing Mark Walberg in the new movie was the ONLY thing that got me to give it another shot.

When Nerdrotic said J. J. Abrams makes Michael Bay look like Steven Spielberg, I think he got it backwards.

Do not understand why you don’t have 500,000 followers. I’ve watched far worse KZfaq reviewers who have many more subscribers. I actually think it comes down to your channel name. Seriously, your vids are great. I was bummed you hadn’t posted in three weeks, but I now feel rewarded for the wait.

Oddly enough, Skids and Mudflap were ONLY supposed to be in Dark of the Moon JUST to get killed off by Sentinel Prime. He was going to kill them along with Ironhide in his betrayal scene. It's depicted in the novelization and comic adaptation. Also, the reason the 5th movie has changing screen sizes is because they filmed different shots/scenes with IMAX cameras.

Bumblebee can still get it.

If there's one objectively positive thing I can say about the films, it is the soundtrack composed by Steve Jablonsky. Pieces like Arrival to Earth and Forest Battle showcase that he is capable of making scores that can be beautiful and/or epic. It's a shame that his work has to be associated with schlocky films.

I’m bias towards bumblebee too due to growing up with the Franchise after all and being 37 years old, 80s kids and 90s kids rollout.

I actually really liked the military guys in the first movie, and they were fine in the sequels.

As a super black woman I liked Skidz and Mudflap. Now I may be a little biased because those were my favorite cars. Even bought the car based on them. I didn’t have a problem with the way they sexualized Meghan Fox in the first movie because she was so smart. I almost didn’t notice it. It was the second movie where it got in the way for me. The biggest issue for me in these movies is that when they fought I couldn’t tell one from the other. Also the killed Ironhide.

Well this is interesting. After the first movie was 'okay' I watched half of the second and gave up entirely on the series. Bumblebee held no more interest for me then The Last Knight did - until I saw the robot designs in this here video! Now I am actually interested, and about to watch my first Transformer movie in nearly 15 years. Thanks Smeghead!

After struggling through the first Transformer movie I steered well clear of the franchise. With Smeghead's recommendation I might actually watch the Bumblebee movie now though

I grew up with the first three, so I guess I can forgive them for that. That being said, the Bay-isms passed by 7 to 11 (HAH) year old me, but I checked out after DOTM.

Alan Tudyk is always a delight, though!

Calling one of these the "best Transformers film" is like naming a dirty diaper "the least smelliest diaper".

Smeghead reviewing all Bayformers movies and Bumblebee? Well isn't that just Prime?

Fun (or not so fun, depending on how you roll) fact: The success of the first movie lead to Hasbro hiring a veteran animator from Cartoon Network to reboot another franchise to surprising (maybe too much) success… That reboot was My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. So you can thank Michael Bay and his Transformers movie for bronies existing. You’re welcome!

In case anyone's wondering but doesn't want to bother looking it up: the other 2009 Worst Picture nominees were: - All About Steve - G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra - Land of the Lost - Old Dogs

Great retrospective

I adored Bumblebee, but it apparently it didn't do well. Tentatively looking forward to Rise of the Beasts.

Wished All About Steve won Worst Picture of 2009. It killed Sandra Bullock's career because the same year she did the Blind Side, which helped her win an Oscar that same year. Also whoever thought Land of the Lost which won worst Remake thought that was worst than Revenge of the Fallen were completely wrong.

The Last Airbender had a really troubled production. They burnt out the entire budget after filming in Greenland, and thus, had to film in shipping yards, and a lot of crucial scenes were removed due to run time issues, forcing Katara's actress to narrate over many scenes in order to fill in the gaps, and everyone had a race swap due to the studio wanting a white actor to play Katara, and an Indian actor to play Zuko, which made many fans upset, and for good reason. There were times the film did try to feel like the original show, but it was filled to the brim with crap that either didn't translate from the cartoon or, completely missed the point of several scenes, such as the prison scene in the middle of the movie.

Anthony Anderson should have won Worst Supporting Actor...he blew Jon Voight out of the water for awfulness

:Sees what's in sotre: Oh me, OH MY... :Sits back and relaxes for what is in store...:

You know, regarding the twins, it might have been worth mentioning that Tom Kenny and Reno Wilson improved their dialogue and mannerisms, intending to spoof white men pretending to be black. So Bay doesn’t deserve all the blame for how they turned out. In fact, I feel Bay shouldn’t be held solely accountable for these movies. Yes, he was director and had ultimate say, but he wasn’t writer. When you have a lacklustre script, there’s only so much a director can do. I’m not saying Michael Bay is a great director (he isn’t), but he’s far from the worst.

‘Bumblebee’s’ quality makes me wonder what would have happened if Mikaela had been the original lead....

Great great video!!!!