Is there a reason for the changing aspect ratio? I get the idea behind it in Grand Budapest Hotel and I can see the technical reasons for it in movies with Imax scenes, but this is just a stupid Transformers movie. I saw a sign at my cinema informing viewers that the changing aspect ratio is intended by the director and not a malfunction. This should indicate how the target audience of a Transformers movie thinks about changing aspect ratios.
For reasons I won’t get into, I saw it, and I don’t for a second blame the people who thought it was a malfunction.
Basically, the film shifts ratios practically every shot, with no care given as to when and why. Some of it was shot with IMAX cameras, but that’s just one of the many formats used. Again, I’m not talking about specific scenes/sequences, I’m talking individual shots within scenes that have different aspect ratios. I’ve honestly never seen anything like it (besides in bad student films/fan edits).