Transformers franchise is a film that had potential of being
interesting, fun, popcorn action like the previous entries, and after the third
film, which for me was quite good; I was very much looking forward to Age of
Extinction. I liked the film somewhat, but I felt was very much more of the
same stuff that we've seen plenty of times before. I didn't think the film was
awful, but I was disappointed as well because the trailers looked promising.
I've seen far worst movies than this one, and though Age of Extinction is not a
great movie, it does have its moments.
The
film's biggest problems are that some of the CGI, action scenes look a little
sketchy and the run time of the film. I felt that they really could have
trimmed down on the length, and the movie just was far too long than it needed
to be, and it started off like it was going to be a good popcorn action film
like the original, but here Michael Bay decided to go much bigger in scope, and
in turn lost track on the fact that it could really have been a fun action film
if the plot would have been reworked, the action done a bit better and the run
time shortened. Age of Extinction isn't a film that should have run nearly
three hours in length, because after all the Transformers films are nothing but
popcorn thrills with little substance to its action scenes.
For
what they are, they a good time, but they're not great cinema either. Age of
Extinction had some interesting ideas going for it, which added a certain depth
to the film, but as the film progressed, Bay lost sight on the big picture and
opted to toss the interesting story out the window, and just end up doing
whatever he does best in every film he's made, and that's nonstop action, and
with that being said, as much as I am a fan of the original movie, at times the
film seemed a little too dull. Michael Bay doesn't know when to quit, and it
makes this film lack. Not awful, but could have been much better than this,
Transformers: Age of Extinction is decent at best, and for fans of the
franchise, you'll simply end up wanting more here, and if you're looking for an
exceptional story, you won't find it here, you'll only find shrouds of good
ideas that are strewn together amidst the action.
Source
of the review: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_age_of_extinction/
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