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Just watched RoTB for the second time and I think it has some of my fav g/t moments of all time. This got a bit spoilery and rambling so I put it under a read more to be safe.

Nothing is ever going to top Optimus just grabbing Noah while scolding Mirage and then just… shelving him. He just puts him on a high up platform and is like “I’ll deal with you in a minute”. Then just goes on with his meeting. I laughed way too hard at that scene.

A close second would be Optimus entering the warehouse. The sounds, the sheer size that’s obvious in every aspect of that scene when he’s striding towards the camera. I ended up watching an immersive version the second time around (as in the sounds on screen made the seats shake) and that scene was amazing. I could nearly imagine being the human in that scenario, the ground shaking under my feet as I was approached by a robot creature that was implied would kill me if he wanted. It gave me literal chills!

Tbh everything to do with Optimus in this movie is g/t gold. When it pans past the parked vehicles as Optimus transforms and the top of him is out of frame he’s just that big. And any scene where he’s next to Noah or any other humans, looming out of frame with only a portion of himself visible at a time even if it’s a full body shot for the human. Even shots of him next to Mirage, where there’s a severe height difference.

And then there was Mirage’s comment on his teammates potentially squishing Noah. The implications that they’ve done it before? The emphasis on the way humans really are incredibly vulnerable compared to Cybertronians?? Yes.

And how could I forget Unicron himself. The scenes that showed him did a great job at conveying his scale. He feels so vast and even if planet-sized giants aren’t my thing, I find it impressive as hell.

I’m pretty sure I could ramble for hours about how amazing this movie and the g/t scenes in it are. Even without being the main focus, there was plenty I found to enjoy!