10. The Romeo & Juliet Law - Transformers: Age Of Extinction
The Scene: Even after dashing race car driver Shane (Jack Raynor) rescues Cade (Mark Wahlberg) and his daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz) from sure danger, the two can't get along. Cade is clearly mad that his 17-year-old daughter (a minor in US law) is dating a 20-year-old man, causing Shane to explain that their relationship is protected by the Romeo and Juliet law, because they had a "preexisting juvenile foundational relationship" in high school. Shane then pulls a piece of paper from his wallet containing the legal statute, just because. Why It Sucked: This whole subplot is totally unnecessary and extends the already excessive run-time by another two or three minutes. Do audiences really want to see characters arguing over whether there's statutory rape going on or not? Why not just make both characters 18 or 19? Cade could still be mad that his daughter is dating some hotshot boy racer, so what's the benefit of this? Plus, having Shane carry the statute around in his pocket is a) ridiculous and b) kinda creepy.
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