‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ - What Did You Think?
Transformers: Age of Extinction, the eleventh film byMichael Bay, is now in theaters. Looking back it’s kind of funny that Bay, so promising and exciting as a filmmaker in the late Nineties, has now made fourTransformersmovies. Bay’s first few movies were all so different, but grew bigger and bigger with each time out. Now he’s become the go-to director for the kind of spectacle Hollywood salivates over.
This latest incarnation is Bay’s biggest movie yet. It’s the scope, the setting, the nearly three hour run time. Everything aboutTransformers: Age of Extinctionis huge. You can even see it in full screen, IMAX 3D if you so desire. That size is supposedly in service of a story that sends the franchise in a new direction.Age of Extinctionmakes events of the prior three films into an appetizer to a new story which explores the origins of the Transformers, a sinister government plot and a new human family, lead byMark Wahlberg. All of those stories are in there, but they’re told along side several others that make the whole thing feel big for the sake of feeling big.
Several of the B, C (and D, E, and F) stories are actually kind of interesting and allow for fun supporting performances by the likes ofStanley Tucci, T.J. MillerandLi Bingbing. Unfortunately, they’re masked by a movie that’s so bombastic and devoid of stakes, we’re forced to forget about them because of the amount of madness and confusing were witnessing on screen.
But that’s just my opinion. After the jump, tell us your own. What did you think of Michael Bay’sTransformers Age of Extinction? Was it harmless summer entertainment? Fun? Taxing? How many times did you run to the bathroom? Have any lingering questions? Whatever you want to talk about, includingspoilers, please do so below.
What did you think ofTransformers: Age of Extinction? (Spoilers welcome and encouraged below).
