Now, let’s give that some context.
I’ve always had issues with the previous 3 movies, I didn’t expect
high art and I’ve always enjoyed the spectacle and the special effects but I’ve
hated the stupid humour, Shia Labeouf in the lead, the quirky sector 7 agents,
it always pulled me out of the films. Now Transformers: Age of Extinction gets
rid of everything I disliked in the franchise and just leaves the bits I enjoyed!
I’m not saying it’s a good film (anyone could pull that argument
apart in seconds), it’s overlong, plot threads are introduced that don’t get
answered and the over-arching story is very simple yet presented in a very convoluted
way. But if you go with the attitude of switching off your brain and just going
with it (which I did) it’s a fun movie and you definitely get your money's worth
in terms of spectacle.
Now I’ve heard a lot of people not accepting the “just turn
your brain off” argument, that we should expect more from these films and I’m
here to say really?! We should expect more from a film about transforming alien
robots made primarily to sale toys based on an 80s cartoon that was made
primarily to sell toys? That seems pretty nuts to me, there’s no point arguing
about the finer details. Ultimately what I’m saying is “manage your
expectations and be realistic about what this film is and why it exists in the first
place.”
This is not a classic summer blockbuster in the same vein as
Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight or even the recently released (and magnificent)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. But (and here’s the point!) it’s really not
trying to be, so you shouldn’t judge it in the same way – it delivers what it
sets out to deliver and being the fourth in a series it’s not like critics or
viewers haven’t had any indication of what that is.
So for me it was nice to get more of the stuff I enjoyed and
none of stuff I didn’t. Win.
And you’ve got to give Michael Bay props once again for
ensuring every dollar spent on his movie is up on screen!
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