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Movies & Series 21 April 2022, 13:26

author: Jan Tracz

The Most Expensive Scenes in Cinema History

Today, we present nine movie scenes that filmmakers and studios paid through the nose for. Which movies are they from? What is their story? See for yourself!

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Transformers: The Last Knight – Dumpster Scene

  1. Movie budget: $217-260 million
  2. Scene budget: $15 million
  3. Where to watch: Netflix, Chili, Rakuten

It shouldn't be surprising that Michael Bay makes another appearance on this list! This time it's about his spectacular series Transformers, and more precisely – about the Last Knight from 2017. Bay's productions about giant robots have never been overly ambitious, but let's not forget that intellectual quality has never been the goal here. This is entertainment in its purest form, which is most of all supposed to be an audiovisual feast.

In this case, let's stop for a moment at the scene in the garbage dump where the terrifying Megatron appears. It was here that the fight between good and evil took place. Bay managed to fine-tune the scene to a great extent: about ninety people were hired, the entire project lasted two months, and the scene was filmed for ten days. Then, the creators worked on all other effects in the studio.

And even if they received eight Golden Razzies for this film, when we shrug off the narrative nonsense, we will get a satisfactory film born out of a passion for Transformers (and special effects).

Jan Tracz

Jan Tracz

Graduated Film Studies (BA and MA) at King's College London, UK. Currently, he writes for Collider, WhyNow, The Upcoming, Ayo News, Interia Film, Przegląd, Film.org.pl, and Gamepressure.com. He has had publications in FIPRESCI, Eye For Film, British Thoughts Magazine, KINO, Magazyn PANI, WP Film, NOIZZ, Papaya Rocks, Tygodnik Solidarnosc, and Filmawka. He has also collaborated with Rock Radio and Movies Room. Conducted interviews with Alejandro González Ińárritu, Lasse Hallström, Michel Franco, Matthew Lewis, and David Thomson. His published works include an essay in the anthology "Nikt Nikomu Nie Tlumaczy: Swiat wedlug Kiepskich w kulturze" (Brak Przypisu Publishing, 2023). Laureate of the Leopold Unger Scholarship in 2023. Member of the Young FIPRESCI Jury during WFF 2023.

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