Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Review: Transformers Age of Extinction

Warning: This is just my option from one viewing of this movie. If I watch it more then I may get a different option but this is what I think right now. If you have a different option then leave it in the comments. 
I just got back from seeing the new Transformers movie. Before I get into my thought's let me just say my history with this movie series. I watched the first one on dvd and thought it was a fun, stupid, action movie. I watched the seconded one in theaters and really disliked it, to the point that I didn't even watch the third. So why did I see this one? The Dino-bots. Really, that's the only reason.The fact that Sam Witwicky was not in this one was also a big selling point.
 So my thoughts: it could have been so much better. It would be one thing if it was just bad but it wasn't. It had so much possible good in it. The idea of have greatness coming from mistakes is a good theme but it could have been better executed. Mark Wahlberg was a good actor in this movie and I understand why he is helping the Auto-bots and why they help him back, but we did not need was daughter and her boyfriend throughout the whole thing. The sound track was not all well done either. The biggest example is when the Dino-bots come in to the big final fight to save the day. The music should have big and bold to make the audience get pumped, but it does not. It the hero's are losing music. You know what I'm talking about. The slow, loud, booming sound that plays when the hero starts to lose before the big win. That song was played through most of the fight even when the good guys were winning. This movie also took 3 hours too sit through. Now I have nothing against long running times. A movie should take as long as it needs. This movie takes the time it needs and then another hour and a half. Like the movies before this their is way to much comic relief. The action is cool sometimes, but it has one main problem. The camera is to close to the action so we can't actually see what is going on. Now I know this next think sounds hypocritical but hear me out. The Dino-bots were just a gimmick to put people in the seats. The movie had a great build up to were the Dino-bots will come from but they don't go that route. After watching the whole movie I still don't know were they came from or why they transform into dinosaurs instead of cars. And even when they do show up their just kind of there. Kill a few bad robots and then leave is all they do. So anyway if you were planning on going to see it just to see some robot dinosaurs be in a huge awesome fight, you'll just be disappointed like me. 

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