Transformers: Age of Extinction - In cinemas 10/7/14 (UK)

chalkitdown » Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:32 pm wrote:Saw this last night. It was.....not good. Not bad, either, just really strawberry floating long and kinda boring. Probably better than the previous 3 but that's not saying much as I think they're appalling movies. It was definitely the least Michael Bay-ey of the 4 if you get what I mean. There was very little of the godawful, bottom-of-the-barrel toilet humour that plagued the first three nor any ridiculous gratuitous shots of a scantily clad female to appeal to teenage boys, so that's a plus. Another is there's FAAAAAAR more focus on the Transformers than the humans this time around, then again the movie is over 3 strawberry floating hours long. So maybe it just seemed like there was more Transformer action due to the ridiculous running time. I was just so incredibly bored throughout. A Tranformer fan would probably like it, though. And if you liked the previous 3 movies you'll absolutely love it.

Probably a 6/10 for me, though.

Me in the Film Review thread wrote:Transformers 4: "My face is my warrant" /10

Think of everything you could conceivably create were you given $300 million dollars and all the controls of the Hollywood machine. Just think. That's enough money to buy a nuclear submarine, to build a World Cup quality football stadium. To hold a music festival.

I don't think I've ever seen so much money disappear into nothingness than in this film. I know where it went, the meaningless CGI and big name "talent", including Bay himself, but my god this movie is a perfect illustration of how money is no substitute for actual skill. Some thoughts I had while watching :

- Within 3 minutes the editing was annoying me.
- The dialogue is perhaps the worst I've ever heard in a film. During Prime's closing speech I was trying to think up the corniest way they could end it. Theirs was still worse.
- The were at least 4 plots, none of which were sufficiently explained or resolved. The plot holes would take up an entire page here.
- The CGI was remarkably unremarkable. Bay still insists on shoving the camera up the robot's arses creating his patented "explosion in a junk yard" aesthetic.
- The battles were boring, horribly choreographed and over long.
- It's three strawberry floating hours long.

Just godawful. Probably not as bad as 3 thanks to the lack of LaBeef and a toning down of the teeth clenchingly awful humour.

Tafdolphin » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:12 am wrote:

Me in the Film Review thread wrote:Transformers 4: "My face is my warrant" /10

Think of everything you could conceivably create were you given $300 million dollars and all the controls of the Hollywood machine. Just think. That's enough money to buy a nuclear submarine, to build a World Cup quality football stadium. To hold a music festival.

I don't think I've ever seen so much money disappear into nothingness than in this film. I know where it went, the meaningless CGI and big name "talent", including Bay himself, but my god this movie is a perfect illustration of how money is no substitute for actual skill. Some thoughts I had while watching :

- Within 3 minutes the editing was annoying me.
- The dialogue is perhaps the worst I've ever heard in a film. During Prime's closing speech I was trying to think up the corniest way they could end it. Theirs was still worse.
- The were at least 4 plots, none of which were sufficiently explained or resolved. The plot holes would take up an entire page here.
- The CGI was remarkably unremarkable. Bay still insists on shoving the camera up the robot's arses creating his patented "explosion in a junk yard" aesthetic.
- The battles were boring, horribly choreographed and over long.
- It's three strawberry floating hours long.

Just godawful. Probably not as bad as 3 thanks to the lack of LaBeef and a toning down of the teeth clenchingly awful humour.

[iup=3498961]skarmachild[/iup] wrote:Can't wait... the posters on bus stops say the films out on the 5th July.

Hmm doesnt matter anyway will probably be seeing it on Wednesday

[iup=3499099]Rog[/iup] wrote:

[iup=3498961]skarmachild[/iup] wrote:Can't wait... the posters on bus stops say the films out on the 5th July.

Hmm doesnt matter anyway will probably be seeing it on Wednesday

Yeah it's officially out tomorrow because America is petty and won't let us Brits have it until after independence day

[iup=3500770]Irene Demova[/iup] wrote:No, because they get to add the numbers from the week of "previews" to it

[iup=3500932]SquintyMcSquint[/iup] wrote:Just back from it. Pretty average. Too much human drama, movie is bloated and overlong.