Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

This is the second film we saw in Los Angeles, mostly because there was nothing else on.  I kind of wish we'd stayed at home or got drunk instead if I'm brutally honest!!  I really enjoyed the very first Transformers films, but it all went downhill from there.  I had high hopes for Dark Side of the Moon because the idea for the story was really clever and then the rest of the film happened and I was disappointed, again!

I've only seen the first two Transformer films, and I was genuinely going to see this at the cinema, but then the reviews started to come in...I think I may have actually stayed home and got drunk instead ha!



Transformers: Age of Extinction is like a whole new trilogy as it's a whole new set of characters.  It follows down and out Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) as he buys a junk truck to the annoyance of his daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz) who is in desperate need for money for college.  The truck however, turns out to be Optimus Prime in hiding from the CIA unit that are trying to destroy all Autobots.

This could have been a great film, but it's not.  The dialogue is painfully cheesy and awkward, the storyline is weak and questionable at best.  I didn't like the characters (as much as I like Mark Wahlberg), I was bored with the story and the actions scenes moved so quickly that you had no idea what was going on (and I didn't even watch it in 3D!)

I'm all up for mindless giant robot action scenes (hello there Pacific Rim!) but I don't think even I could bring myself to see this now...

The only thing I actually enjoyed about this was Stanley Tucci, who throughout the film goes from high powered, 'don't question me' executive to blithering, apologetic world saver in a matter of minutes, the downside is that it is a lot of minutes.  The film went on forever, it felt so long.  Everytime I thought it was over, there was another actions sequence that I had no idea what was going on. 

If I'm honest, I preferred the Witwicky's to the Yeager's (If only in the original movie), I felt like there were more real, the parents always had me in stitches, when they have a 50ft robot in their garden and they are worried about the flower beds! 

Bonus scene, Optimus Prime wielding a giant sword and riding a transformer dinosaur, only but that made me smile! Dude, Optimus Prime would look awesome no matter what he did! 

Honestly, don't bother.

I'll take your word on this one.



Looking Forward to Seeing at the Cinema this Month...July 2014

I was just looking through the UK film releases for July and I'm quite shocked. There isn't actually a lot coming out as far as I can see! A few rom coms, sure, and two big blockbuster films. I can guess what Jenna will want to pick and I won't pinch it from her, so my choice this month is Transformers: Age of Extinction.

I saw the first Transformers film when I was at College and loved it, I think a younger family member of mine had some of the toys too and it was equal parts fun and frustrating to try and get the toys to transform from vehicle to robot! I didn't enjoy the second one quite as much, and shockingly, I haven't even seen Dark Side of the Moon. I will though! Just in time to see this actually.

Just like Pacific Rim, Transformers never had the greatest story line, but you just can't beat watching giant robots smash each other up in IMAX. It's just enjoyable. No thinking required, just hand in popcorn, watching the action. I'm sure it'll be the College gang I see this with, actually.

I haven't really seen Mark Wahlberg much as an actor, so I don't have much of an opinion on the casting yet, but I'll be going in with an open mind. I also need to watch Pain & Gain soon so that'll help!

 

Transformers: Age of Extinction is released in UK cinemas on 5th July, 2014.

 

 

Mine has to be Guardians of the Galaxy (if only for a bulked up Chris Pratt!).  If I'm honest, I know nothing about this film, I haven't read the Comic Books or looked it up, I'm happy to be surprised for once.  However, as I am the Marvel girl (and Allie is he DC) I really do hope this is good and lives up to the comedy genius in The Avengers, I mean what can beat this:

 

 

I don't suppose it will be better than The Avengers in my book, but if it can live up to it, I would be very impressed.

 

Here is the trailer (just in case you have been living under a rock!):

 

 

Guardians of the Galaxy is released in UK cinemas on 31st July, 2014.