I don’t even try to keep up with many of these franchises these days.
I do watch Screen Junkies’ “Honest Trailers” though (and they plot kill, so don’t watch them if that bother you and you haven’t seen a film or read a novel or seen the original of a reboot).
They tackled the Twilight films early on (if I recall what I’ve seen listed online) but I’ve had no interest in trying to see those films summarized. I did watch the SJ synopsis of the plot turns in the Pirates of the Caribbean (I’ve only ever seen the first in that franchise and don’t think I’m interested in riding out all of the plot turns). I watched the SJ synopsis of the Transformers movies and can’t say I see any point to spending any of my time even trying to watch one of them; I’m clearly not the intended audience. Same with the Fast & Furious series (I haven’t even tried to watch those summarized).
I saw the original Independence Day, watched the SJ trailer for the sequel and don’t care to try to see it. And their reviews aren’t always negative and I don’t like some of the films they champion but that’s true of any critics.
I go to the movie spoiler site and read the movies on there. People post complete spoilers of movies. I prefer to read them and it saves me the money and grief of going to the theater.