With a Smirk, Robert Pattinson Calls Michael Bay's Transformers 'The Definitive Movie of the 2000s'

On YouTube show The List, presented by movie publisher A24 and Letterboxd, Robert Pattinson and Lance Oppenheim chatted about their favorite movies. During the chat, Pattinson namedropped Michael Bay’s Transformers as “the definitive movie of the 2000s.”

The pair opened up the show talking about movies with bright, saturated colors and glossy tones. According to Pattinson, this style of color grading culminated in Transformers and was never seen again.

Robert Pattinson, of course, is a little scamp. You never know when he’s telling the truth or playing with the audience. Famously, he once lied in an interview about witnessing the death of a clown. As he called out Transformers as the definitive movie of the 2000s, he had the same evil smile on his lips as the clown interview.

Elsewhere in the interview, Pattinson praised Scarface for its balletic action scenes, while Oppenheim said he can tell if he’s going to like someone depending on if they like Tom Cruise …