Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

[Goffe]

My theory is you all secretly enjoy something about these movie  

 

lol who said I didn't?  I do enjoy some aspects (that's why I gave 45/100 and not a 00/100) and that's primarily the reason why I keep coming back for more. I just hate how bloated they are, like fucking seriously, they have a 80 minutes film stretched into a 165 minutes film. It's more like an action porno than a real film. 

 

Less is more. Period.

 

Secondary reasons is that it's  one of the biggest franchises in the world, so I have to watch it first before having an opinion.

And I keep hoping that someday Bay will make another TF as enjoyable as TF one. It's kind of a thing of mine, I will watch the whole series, regardless of how bad it have become, if I like at least one installment in that series.

[TheMovieman]

Hated every bit of this overlong movie.

[Blankments]

"You have no soul."
"That is why I have no fear!"

 

Transformers: Age of Extinction is just how I remember Transformers movies as being, despite it being six years since I've watched one. They're fascinating beasts, bloated with maybe a few sequences of sheer entertaining schlock. There's explosions, racial stereotypes, ugly CGI, and one-liners for the robots that make you wish they were no-liners. Biggest disappointment with this had to be the Dinobots being in it for a mere ten minutes, but considering the rest of the film, maybe that's a good thing.

 

As for the entertaining elements, most of that belongs to Stanley Tucci's fun mugging for the camera including a bizarre half hour segment where he's really the only human we follow. The rest of the fun comes from Optimus Prime's random bouts of anger where he comes off as more evil than any Decepticon in this and T.J. Miller's all too brief role in the proceedings.

 

The rest is business as usual, with incomprehensible action and boring characters that fit into the most dull archetypes imaginable. Bay shoots it with his usual panache, and despite there being no returning human characters from the previous films, it still feels like more of the same. He's got a clear style to shooting these films though, one that does offer moments of amusement, but that's all you'll get - moments.

 

The Transformers movies have often been criticized for being soulless blockbusters. I'd argue that they've got more soul to them than most modern blockbusters. It's just a shame that the soul is so ugly and hateful. Michael Bay is fearless in putting his vision on screen, and we all must suffer the consequences. D-