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For Sale Apr 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM

Is Transformers the best robot-focused movies in the 21st century

Posted by Main-Sky-2738

Personally i believe Michael bay's transformers movies where really enjoyable but i can understand the hate and criticisms the movies got. I still believe that the movies made by Michael bay and ILM had the best animations, sound design and colour I've seen in a movie, even later transformers movies like Bumblebee or ROTB couldn't compare to the magic that was the first trilogy excluding AOE and TLK.
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too_oh_ate Apr 2, 2026 +15
Wall E Ex Machina
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EdwinMcduck Apr 2, 2026 +24
Absolutely not. If anything Wall-E probably has that title.
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Main-Sky-2738 Apr 2, 2026 -2
Oh man i forgot about that movie. 👍
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Every_Gate7676 Apr 2, 2026 -2
wall-e is solid but that's more of a pixar film than a "robot movie" in the traditional sense bay's transformers had incredible visuals and sound design for sure, especially the first one. the way those robots transformed was genuinely impressive even if the stories got messy later on
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Dry-Indication-2455 Apr 2, 2026 +3
How much more of a robot film can you get than having two robots being the main characters? The Transformers aren't even the main characters in their own movie, if we're going to that level of 'umm actually'.
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mithridateseupator Apr 2, 2026 -1
While I disagree with that commenter about Transformers, hes mostly right about Wall-E. Wall-E is an anthromorphed robot, and not because he was designed to look like a human in universe. You calling Wall-E a real robot movie is like calling Zootopia a nature documentary. Like yea, its a movie about animals, but they just act like humans.
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Dry-Indication-2455 Apr 2, 2026 -1
Its a movie focused on a robot, the transformers are anthromorphed too, Zootopia is not a documentary, you can't make an argument for that if someone paid you a million dollars, what are we even doing right now
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mithridateseupator Apr 2, 2026 -2
The transformers are physically anthromorphed, but they dont act like humans do. Why did Walle fall in love with a random piece of hardware again? Hes a trash compacter. The transformers have established in universe reasons for looking and acting like they do. Wall-e acts like he does because humans find it cute (human viewers of the movie, not in universe humans) And clearly I was not trying to convince you that Zootopia is a nature documentary. Literally the exact opposite actually. Edit: What a weird way to block someone.
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Dry-Indication-2455 Apr 2, 2026 +1
I'm too tired for this Listnook bullshittery, put your high IQ into something more productive than this pointless waxing
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quaste Apr 2, 2026 -1
> Why did Walle fall in love with a random piece of hardware again? Because he is built to (take) care. Not because he is built like a human, necessarily
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mithridateseupator Apr 2, 2026 +1
He's built to gather trash and compact it into cubes.
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quaste Apr 3, 2026 +1
That is literally taking care about earth
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StillStanding_96 Apr 2, 2026 +9
I feel like the best robot movie of the century would also need a good story. So no
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Papantro Apr 2, 2026 +8
Ex Machina
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VectorJones Apr 3, 2026 +1
Technically speaking Eva is an android, which is a fully artificial construct made to look and act human.
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WerePrechaunPire Apr 2, 2026 +6
I, Robot is a pretty good one.
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Dry-Indication-2455 Apr 2, 2026 +14
Real Steel fans rise up
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e-rage Apr 2, 2026 +3
Legit awesome film - lot of heart to it. The final fight when Charlie directly controls Atom with his shadowboxing like it was a flashback to his prime years was so good.
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Dove_of_Doom Apr 2, 2026 +5
The only good Transformers movies are the ones Michael Bay didn't make.
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NewRetroMage Apr 2, 2026 +1
This. The 1986 animated movie and Transformers One blow any of the Bay movies out of the water.
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mrjane7 Apr 2, 2026 +5
I'd be more inclined to say it's one of the worst, not best.
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CopyPort Apr 2, 2026 +9
Pacific Rim personally but Real Steel is goated.
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hendricha Apr 2, 2026 +3
April Fool's was yesterday. Also have you seen the Gundam Hathaway's Flash movies?
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Top-Handle4786 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Cool opinion. Shame it's **wrong**. Like, *robot* robot movies? As others have said, *Wall-E* is far better. Or do you mean the "mecha" aspect (giant humanoid robot) of it? Countless Japanese cartoons have done it better.
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Asha_Brea Apr 2, 2026 +3
Real Steel or Big Hero 6 for me.
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Alucard1138 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Transformers is up there. Only thing bigger maybe was Matrix?
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NewRetroMage Apr 2, 2026 +2
Well, I can only speak for myself, but it may give you a clue about the hate. I've been somewhat of a Transformers fan since before the Michael Bay movies came out. I was specially into Beast Wars, the 90s CGI animated series, but I had seen some other cartoons too. Then come the first MB movie. While it was ok, it lacked depth, was just too much action focused and the Transformers design are overtly complex and a bit messy. So just a popcorn movie. Then the second one comes and is arguably a little worse. Then the third one is a little better. After a few of these it just loses any appeal. And after a while we got some excellent new animated series, like Transformers Prime, which, despite having been influenced by the MB movies a bit, it leagues better than any of the films. So it's like hard to enjoy movies that are so shallow compared to waht the animated series have to offer. We get way better storylines, characters and even robot designs in any of the animations, while the movies are poorer in every aspect. So maybe this is what motivates a good chunk of the critics.
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garrisontweed Apr 2, 2026 +2
Japanese animation would like to have a word.
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mithridateseupator Apr 2, 2026 +4
Absolutely not. Pacific rim for sure is better. Transformers is nothing but a huge budget and lens flares.
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VicViolence Apr 2, 2026 +2
Okay, Michael, we get it. Your movies are immaculate. Sheesh. I’m gonna go watch The Wild Robot now…
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fairportrunner Apr 2, 2026 +1
Wild Robot
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refuzeto Apr 2, 2026 +1
It’s the best robot-focused movies directed by Michael Bay in the 21at century.
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quaste Apr 2, 2026 +1
> best animations, sound design and colour It seems you are narrowing down this quite a bit already towards action. To me, „robot-focused movies“ would be Ex Machina and the like
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Able-Conflict-3472 Apr 2, 2026 +1
i get where you're coming from, but the first trilogy has its fair share of issues too. the visuals are dope, but the storytelling kinda falls flat. still, it's hard to deny the impact they had on the genre.
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Creative_Eye7413 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Wall-E is the best quality wise but even if you want to watch a movie about robots punching things, Pacific Rim is far better than Transformers
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