How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The Transformers - Ben From Canada 

Take a shot everytime I say "all of a sudden"

I just kinda like the first one, but Ben, my dude, that last narration was off the charts. Very well done

It's unreal how you can watch James and Maso rip these movies apart and nod along the whole time and then do the exact same as Ben praises them. The true duality of man.

"I'm interested in this film more as an expression of Michael Bay than as an adaptation of Transformers." Holy crap, I think I just learned how to appreciate these movies.

I honestly think that the idea of an Optimus Prime who grows tired and weary after millions of years of war and has to start resorting to killing his enemies in cold blood as a result is a very good one. If it was in a well-written movie it could make for a very good character arc. Edit: i guess it really is impossible to avoid arguments about BVS and TLJ on youtube

I will make fun of these movies' truly stupid shenanigans until the day I die, but let me make it clear that I unironically love them.

"... and then Bumblebee kicks the girl" that makes it worth of a re-watch

"I'm interested in the human response to films and what they can do for us as people." Great quote - couldn't agree more.

8:45 I never noticed Bumblebee transforming and then transforming back like that in that scene before, that’s actually some pretty damn cool attention to detail

If you’re somehow able to ignore the stupid story and the either boring or annoying human characters you can definitely enjoy these movies

It still kind of makes me sad we'll never get an actual ending to this saga of Transformers movies. And yes! Transformers films have FANTASTIC music. Steve Jablonsky brought his A-Game with every film.

Well said, Ben!

The transformers movies remind me of the pirates of the Caribbean movies: a decent first movie, a second and third that dip bit still have their moments; then a semi-reboot for 4 and 5 that aren’t very good but have good moments.

While I’ve liked the films less and less over the years, I haven’t even seen The Last Knight, Ben really has done a great job at explaining why he loves the series. He accepts and acknowledges the flaws but I do respect his opinion and how passionate he got during the video.

I got goosebumps during the description of that The Last Knight Scene.

That whole Last Knight bit is just...wow. You really painted that in a different light. I actually felt invested in a climax of a movie I hate listening to you describe it.

I admit these movies are definitely not as good as they were when I was a kid, but when I was a kid Dark of the Moon was 100% the first “Endgame” movie experience for me

They definitely had their moments. Although, I would have preferred the movies just focus on the military guy (I forget his name).

I've always enjoyed the Transformers movies, but the fact that the fifth one disregarded so many aspects of its own canon kinda ruined it for me. I liked the spectacle but I felt the script was very lazy, which I only felt in Revenge of the Fallen, and that was because of the writers' strike. The Wahlberg trilogy had potencial but now it seems we will never see its conclussion, the fifth one will be the final installment, which is why I tend to watch the LaBeouf trilogy and stop there, even if I still enjoy the fourth one, because the lack of an ending frustrates me. I hope they somehow finish the Wahlberg trilogy, but I doubt they will.

“What size shoe do you wear?” Would have to be the funniest line I’ve heard.

Transformers soundtracks are one of the most beautiful out there... and that's really weird. But yeah, I love the Last Knight OST it's beautiful.

Love people who really find things to appreciate in movies. Even if they are considered bad. It shows a love for the art of filmmaking.

I don't know if Ben will ever see this comment, but what he says about the score "We Have to Go" from Transformers 5 and his entire encapsulation of that moment is something I have needed to hear from another individual for so long. There's just something very special about that soundtrack in particular that I agree frames the spectacle in an entirely new light. I've had this thought on my brain for years since TheLastKnight released but never have I seen someone articulate it so perfectly. I love to watch them, and yes I totally agree with most people that there is a majority of hot garbage writing in this franchise, but I watch nontheless.

The military could have been a G.I. JOE spin-off.

Bumble bee kicking the girl was definitely the highlight of this entire video...If you didn't laugh when you saw it and heard ben narrate it..You aren't human. LMAO

Problem is that now that I've seen that level of spectacle along with characters that I actually give a shit about in the Marvel movies, it just feels even more hollow lol.

I watched every transformers movie on opening weekend in imax and the atmosphere was absolutely amazing every time. They had the loudest woooooaah reactions I ever heard and a lot of scenes that everyone uses to talk trash about the series like the beats or the bud light product placements got some of the biggest audience laughs I ever heard and afterwards people where all excited talking about how much fun the movie was. Compare that to a lot of critically praised movies I also watched opening weekend but with a completely dead audience full of people on the phone. Transformers aren’t great movies overall and it’s easy to find things to change but for what they are they are amazing. I love that Michael Bay doesn’t give a f about all the criticism and just sticks to what he does.

This was cool, he didn’t try and convince us why we have to love this series, he just wanted to tell us why he likes it and thats cool

All of the sudden I'm finding myself loving this video

I too love them but I'm fully aware of their flaws.

I actually enjoyed transformers 3; that moment where bumblebee is about to die and Sam is just looking into his eyes is just heartbreaking

When someone asks me why I like the Transformers movies, I'll show them this video

The Transformers movies are the "Nickelback" of movie franchises. Nobody will admit that they liked them but they all have a copy of Silver Side Up somewhere.

That almost makes me wanna watch the 5th movie, but not quite enough to actually do it because I know I'll just regret it.

He made them sound like masterpieces, kinda making me wanna watch them again

The arrival scene in TF1 is one of my favorite movie moments. The accompanying music gave me chills.

My favourite scene is when the little girl looks at iron hide in the first movie and asks are you the tooth fairy

I clicked on this video and the ad is “immigrate to Canada”

The first one and Dark of the Moon are amazing! Revenge of the Fallen and Age of Extinction we ok. The Last Knight was horrible. The music made it feel SOOOO SLOW like it never would end. I fell asleep watching it.

That building getting cut in half in DOTM is still amazing to me everytime I see it. Especially after watching the behind the scenes, it's not just cgi, but a mix of cgi and practical effects. I admire Bay for his passion and work ethic, not entirely his fault the scripts are so meh, but he makes the most of it. I haven't watched the 5th one though. I swore it off after reading spoilers, too many liberties with the source material for me, after watching this though I MIGHT check it out.

I loved the first 3, they lost me after that. No.3 is definitely my favourite.

Everyone has the right to enjoy everything and anything. Too often we’re forced into “you either love it or hate it” especially with movies.

I love your enthusiasm, Ben. And that made me enthusiastic about Transformers again! And you pretty much explained why I love the franchise in the first place (or at the very least, the first three movies with Sam Witwicky in them).

The soundtrack for all the transformers films is incredible, and yes I use them for my marvel edits.

I love the first 3 movies. Growing up and rewatching them were some of my memorable moments in my life. The 4th movie I felt did a great job setting up a world after the Battle of Chicago. Where the humans are now in charge of hunting down supposedly Decepticons (and Autobots but the higher ups in the government were unaware about that.) Because of this, Optimus feels betrayed and struggles on regaining his faith for humanity. I'm not exactly a big fan on the 5th movie soley because of its horrible story and writing. However, what I do like is the scene where Cade Yeager reminds the military (TRF) about how it was the Autobots that returned after being banished and saved humanity during the Battle of Chicago. But after the battle, the world tossed them aside and gave up on them. The scene where the military takes off their badges really shows they have realized their mistake and are willing to fight with the Autobots again.

Transformers 5 also made me feel a human emotion: Anger.

I like how ben from Canada gets to put a lot of time into a project and cares a lot and then Jason and mason just come on and be like: ye thought it was kinda shiet mate

I'm really glad you went into the climax of the last one, I felt exactly the same. There is definitely a moment where you realize you are way more invested than you expected to be and it has a weird juxtaposed effect of being almost calming while also pulling you in. Great video my man.

Is it just me or does Ben start sounding like Rick explaining Transformers at 11:25

I will admit the music playing in the final part of The Last Knight was actually amazing music.

The first and 3rd and 4th movies are great and very rewatchable imo

"No one can tell what's going on in these fights" 10 year old me: Are you sure about that???

I'm SO glad Ben realized how absolutely incredible the final fifteen minutes of The Last Knight is. I was enraptured, the same way. It was textbook shit-your-pants action.

Bay: I’m making a movie about f#%king toys Hasbro: yes, please don’t ruin our characters Bay: sureeeeee ( fingers crossed) Optimus prime : give me your face! Kill them all! Hasbro: (just think of the toy sales, just think of the toy sales, god prime what did they do to you)

I love these movies more than any other film series out there and don’t think anything will change that

I mean no shade by this at all, but damn did I enjoy this more than James and Maso's videos. Good job Ben from Canada (also 3 is my favourite too)

I think my favourite scene in the whole saga (haven’t seen four and five admittedly) is the forest fight in Revenge of the Fallen. I’m a sucker for seeing my favourite heroes facing insurmountable odds but still fighting.

Yeah mate, “We Have to Go” is a tuneee

This reminded me of the scene in Napolean Dynamite where he dances on stage. At first when Ben starts talking im like "whose this frickin guy? Wth is this?" But by the end i was won over, cheering and clapping, Ben has won my heart.

The third movie is definitely my favorite for a similar reason. In my opinion, it has the best plot out of all of the others, and we get to see the full might of the Decepticons. They took over an entire city in less than a day. It really shows that if they had the resources, the Transformers could completely dominate humanity with ease.

So Ben, you are saying these movies are an expression of Michael Bay, he is trying to get something out of himself. Then how do we interpret the scene where he explain that an adult is allowed to have sex with a child because of some backwards law he found and laminated?

That ending monologue was fantastic, respect for the insight... movies are still pretty shit but i completely agree with why they were successful and why people may like them.

Something Ben touched on in this, and was totally skipped in the other guys' videos is the soundtrack for these movies. The stories range from mediocre to garbage, and the VFX are groundbreaking and amazing, but messy and difficult to follow, but Steve Jablonsky's score - in every one of them - is just stunning. It fits the spirit of the Transformers so well, big, powerful, grand, beautiful, and I really think it carries these movies. It's the biggest thing that was missing in Bumblebee.

The invasion of Chicago was by far my favourite moment of the entire series.

*YES BEN!!!* The first Transformers is a genuinely good movie that was a bit part of my adolescence. 3/Dark of the Moon is my favorite for pure excitement, atmosphere, acting and action. The 5th movie made me feel nostalgic for the original which I hadn't felt in so long. (2 was alright and 4 killed cinema for me)

Ben is a gem, an international treasure

Watching this as self-exressive action films and NOT adaptations is literally the only way to enjoy them... I definitely admire your dedication to optimistic (if not very dismissive) analyzing Ben.

You're the best, @BenFromCanada ! Thanks again for all of the edits & for these one-offs!

Love your videos, that filosophy of "everything has something to enjoy" Even a series of horrible movies I'll adopt that way of thinking, I'll just let myself be happy, focus on the positive while accepting the not so positive

I apologise to Ben for getting 5 minutes into this Video before realising I have not said... "Thanks Ben" So. Thanks Ben!

Well that tears it Ben, you’ve watched so many of these your brain melted. Along the way you did discover the best way to rewatch them too, don’t pay attention or try to follow along, just randomly look at the pretty things on screen sometimes.

My favourite moment is generally the credits. Because it means these movies are over.

I'm so glad you uploaded this. I felt so sad and alone after the Caravan of Garbage videos, don't get me wrong they were hilarious and entertaining, but I was starting to think I was the only one who genuinely loved these movies purely for the spectacle. Thank you Ben from Canada.

No cap the movies are underrated The transoformers looked badass the transformations were really amazing cant change my mind period.

Ben describing the last battle scene of the Last Knight reminded me when I would play with my action figures and come up with these over the top scenarios. Also, the transformers music score is just too good. Sometimes too good for these movies.

I was 23 when the first movie came out and I went to see it with a buddy of mine. I loved the cartoons and toys as a kid but he didn’t really. But we both walked out of that theater with big smiles. It was quite the experience

If I was homeless I'm sure I would love fertilizers for their warmth.

This franchise is a huge dumpster fire but you mounted a respectable defense. Good vid

Watching this on the day I’m going to see Rise of the Beasts, the ending bit about the climax of TLK and the editing you did… you really hit me. I straight up teared up. You legit put into words exactly what I like about these movies as a big Transformers fan in general. Thank you Ben, you are the man.

whats crazy is when i saw the movie, i had the same reaction when that music towards the end started. but you put it in way better words than i ever could

You can change my mind on anything lol "Cigarettes are bad and can kill? But did you ever notice that big tobacco doesn't want you to die so they can keep you as a customer?" "Mussolini was a horrible tyrant who was trying to bring back the Roman empire. But the Roman empire was great!"

Honestly I love the Shia movies, but honestly I've never been able to make it through any of the Marky Mark movies.

I have to admit that I actually agree more with the sentiment of "did it evoke an emotional response?" as more true than anything else. That honestly means a lot to me.

I legit had the same momment in The Last Knight. I was half paying attention the whole time but there's a clear shift when that music kicks in and for some reason I was 200% focused and emotional? Like motivated and teary eyed

I honestly prefer the angry, violent Optimus. He's been through a lot of shit even just at the start of the first film. He even acts like a stereotypical army general with the whole "Bumblebee would have wanted to die for us". Edit: Also my favourite scene is when optimus arrives with the dinobots while everyone is getting the absolute shit kicked out of them, the music and stuff at that point always gives me goosebumps

“I say to myself out loud, optimus prime” Me: oh he is who that was

Yesss another Ben vid!! Always love these!

Ben you're so good and inspiring and making your genuine interest and passion for something or an aspect of something. I love your videos!!

I watched every movie hoping megatron would kick ass, but it only happened in the first movie really

If anyone wants to watch the last knight's climax after hearing Ben's description the full clip can be found here, it's like 8 minutes long ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cRJtd_ffi80.html

Another banger from Ben 🙌🏻 Love everyone of his vids. Really sees it from a different angle compared to the other two.

You didn't change my mind, but you made me think and I appreciate that. Keep up your AMAZING work and keep spreading your thoughts, they are good, wholesome, and they help!

I want transformers movies as good as the idw comics, transformers prime is everything the movies should’ve been.

"I'm interested in these films as an expression of Michael Bey, not as an adaptation of Transformers." This upset me but you're right. If you see this as a psychological exercise in exploring the mind of a psychotic, sexist, douche bag it's quite interesting.

Very good points Ben. While Michael Bay’s intent for Transformers is to make it pure spectacle, the reason Bumblebee is the best movie is because it’s intent was story. I love Transformers spectacle but I want story from it primarily. That’s also why the Cybertron games are so good.

Fantastic video Ben, it brought a lot of joy to me. I’m also happy you’re Canadian!

The first Transformers movie was more like The Avengers first movie to me and dark of the moon was Avengers endgame to me.

No bullshit, Ben is doing some of the best film analysis on the internet right now. I absolutely adore hearing someone speak so eloquently about the power of something and letting it consume you for a couple of hours. It’s so easy to be cynical and snarky. What Ben is doing is really special and appreciate the hell out of it.

Ben, it's always a pleasure watching your work. Keep it up mate

Dude. You are so good at what you do (you all are). Your narration and editing skills are unmatched. Just as enthralled as you were by the movies, I am with your videos. Thanks for doing what you do 👍❤️