Movie Review - Transformers 4 : Age Of Extinction (spoilers)

[Mythirax]

Did anyone else feel like they'd just watched the last episode of The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie show?

OPTIMUS PRIME: I have to go now. My planet needs me.

Note: Optimus died on the way back to his home planet.

Lmao, I didn't even think of that.

[DELTAprime]

The exact quote was something like "over/around/more than" but the "thirteen hundred" was a spit-take moment for me. Way too low.

But maybe I misheard. Been waiting to see if anyone else comments on this (or when I see the movie again).

Yeah that bothered me when I heard it. If I was a 30 foot tall alien robot with bad ass weaponry I bet I could kill more humans than that.

I think they should have destroyed more buildings than they did in DOTM also and then 5 years after the battle in AOE we should see Chicago still being rebuilt. I really think it should have been 9/11 scale destruction on a wide scale.

[Shirokaze]

Just wished Drift was a Lexus LFA, that would have been perfect.

I found it pretty ironic that they made Drift transform into 2 vehicles that are incapable of drifting. The Bugatti's whole philosophy is grip and downforce.. and a helicopter?

All my problems with the movie have pretty much been covered by everyone else. When I watched it, I tried to put my fanboism aside, be open-minded and view it from the point of view of a general movie-goer. I think this was my downfall, because without the robot fighting eye-candy, there is no substance or structure.

[GoktimusPrime]

Fair about about the Drift chopper blade swords. Never thought of it that way, but it makes sense when I think about it. Still... what about the rest of the helicopter?

I was hoping that Galvatron would be a whole new character (much like he was in some G1 sources (toy continuity, Ladybird books, Studio OX etc.) instead of a reincarnated Megatron, but to AoE's credit, they did pull it off better than I expected. But it does feel a bit silly that Megatron's has now died twice and been resurrected twice in the film franchise.

I really like how they've used Welker to voice him, and Welker is using the G1 Megatron voice. As for Welker v. Nimoy, at the time that they created Dark of the Moon, they wouldn't have known that they were going to introduce Galvatron into Age of Extinction. And also keep in mind that Nimoy only voiced Galvatron in TFTM, whereas it was Frank Welker who voiced Galvatron in the G1 TV series. The majority of G1 Galvatron's screen time was actually voiced by Welker.

The fandom do nit pick every little thing. The general population/media poke fun at star wars/trek 'geeks' and with transformers more mainstream since the bay movies I am worried the fandom will simply cause all transformer fans to be labeled in a similar way.

There are some criticisms that some fans make towards the franchise which I think is unreasonable; and I'm talking about the "Ruined Forever!" criticisms which are based around "Because it's different from G1!". I don't buy into those criticisms, and I will defend the Bay movies against those who try to make such comments. For example, a few weeks ago I read a post from a guy heavily criticising Age of Extinction for having Optimus Prime ride Grimlock; claiming that "never in four million years would Grimlock ever let anyone ride him." I replied by posting this image.

But I don't think that it's unreasonable for fans to expect basic standards of cinematic story-telling, because fundamentally that is what movies are meant to be... a story-telling medium. Ultimately it all boils down to the justification that an individual is offering behind why they think the movie is good or bad. e.g.
"I loved Age of Extinction because it was just a great ride of a popcorn action flick!"
"I hated Age of Extinction because the story was just rubbish."
^Two opposite opinions whose rationales I would personally agree with.
There's no such thing as a right or wrong opinion*, but rather on how that opinion is justified. So far, the majority of opinions about Age of Extinction - both positive and negative - seem to have been well formed opinions. But IMO most fans, especially here on OTCA, tend to offer solid opinions.

I think this was my downfall, because without the robot fighting eye-candy, there is no substance or structure.

^So true. A good movie should still tell an excellent story, regardless of the quality of its visual effects. Compare the Original Star Wars Trilogy with the Prequel Star Wars Trilogy; the Prequels have superior visual effects to the Original, yet a lot of fans would argue that the Original is the superior set of movies because they have more character-driven stories, while the Prequels are more caricaturised.


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*Unless the opinion is based on something that is factually incorrect, e.g. asserting that koalas are bears instead of marsupials etc.

[autobreadticon]

Just finished watching it, it was all right in all honestly will the majority go see it twice in cinema , probarly not, will I own it on bluray no. Strong acting performances, good story line, awful dialogue at times , the flow of the movie for the first half of the movie dragged on sometimes,

[SkyWarp91]

Going to see it again Sunday night, can't wait to get to the last scene where Optimus blasts Fraiser.

Then I'll buy the blu-ray, and watch that scene again and again!

[WeallscreamforStarscream]

OMG SHOOT ME NOW>> actually too late i already watched it.

I understand that they have all been crap and this will be crap too, so i went in watching it as an action flick instead of a TF movie.

Bad CGI, Bad characters, super fast flashy fight scenes that you cant make sense of whats happening, story thinner than flat bread, movie tooooooo long, why is Galvatron a truck and Lockdown the gun that Galvatron should have been?

omg i hate it as a movie.

on the + ... the Dinobots were pretty awesome! and then they were told at the end to go do whatever they wanted on the land?? wtf

[drahsrebu]

Galvatron is a truck because they were trying to copy optimus, this was mentioned in the movie.

[Sky Shadow]

Galvatron is a truck because they were trying to copy optimus, this was mentioned in the movie.

Also, Megatron was a truck in the previous film, and Galvatron was based on/was Megatron.

[tinyJazz]

I finally got to see it on Thursday, and I was not disappointed.

Absolute tripe.

Worst film of the franchise.

I thought ROTF was bad but this is spectacularly bad.

So yeah, pretty much what I expected!

Lockdown/Ryan, Grammer and Tucci were good. Just looked like they were having fun. CGI and VFX top notch as always. Prime's redesign looks fantastic compared to the previous films.

Otherwise, rubbish with no substance and no direction. FAR too long, nothing of value happened to justify that length.

Got a good laugh out of Optimus rocketing into the sunset though. It was so over the top and out of place.