15 Worst Movie Moments Of 2017

7. Optimus Prime Gets His Own "Martha!" Moment - Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers The Last Knight Optimus Bumblebee
Paramount

A pivotal plot point in the fifth Transformers movie involves Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) being brainwashed by his apparent creator, Quintessa (Gemma Chan), and renamed Nemesis Prime.

At the climax of the film, "Nemesis" faces off against his old pal Bumblebee, and just as he's about to deliver a final killing blow to Bumblebee, the Autobot's famously damaged voice box randomly starts working again.

Bumblebee tells him, "I am Bumblebee, your oldest friend. Optimus, I would lay down my life for you", immediately breaking Quintessa's control and bringing Optimus back to the side of the Autobots.

Naturally, the sequence instantly reminded many of the infamous "Martha!" scene from last year's Batman v Superman, and so what should've been a genuinely affecting reveal of Bumblebee's voice ended up seeming lazy, contrived and laughable.

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