Monday, June 30, 2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction



Is this the last of the Transformers? Will Marklberg make it worth your while?

Many are saying its way too long of a movie to begin with.


To begin with, there were a lot of weak points, the biggest challenge being the fact that the entire human cast was replaced. I felt that Wahlberg and Tucci did a good job, but the rest of them were terrible. A lot of it has to do with writing: the characters were shallow and didn't have any depth at all. At a running time of 2h45min you think it would be enough to flesh them out but no. Wahlberg's daughter just yells "Dad!" and screams her entire screen time. Her boyfriend is shoehorned in just to complete the clumsy romance but in the end is just a tool to move the plot. Sophia Myles, amongst others, is completely wasted. The fact that Bay chose to concentrate on the humans again, and failed with it again, speaks volumes.

It was, however, good to see how Cade (Wahlberg) first comes across Optimus Prime and being a mechanic/inventor, revitalizes the beaten leader. The focus also shifted from Bumblebee to Prime as the main link to the protagonist, but oddly it was never explained why Bee left Sam in the first place, being his most loyal protector.-Jak


You might be thinking this movie just might be a big mess to start your summer of movies.



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2 comments:

  1. I'm not a fan of the Transformers series; but that could be because I never saw the first one. # 2 just didn't interest me. :/

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  2. I here the effects are great.

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