MarauderShields
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Pretty much.
He just doesn't give a shit about any of the criticism.
In a way I gotta commend the guy.
BB2 got worse reviews then DOTM? The fuck?
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Transformers: Age of Extinction reviews
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BB2 got worse reviews then DOTM? The fuck?
Dunedain_Ranger
Member
Bay spends as much time reading reviews and he does building characters. My son and I will be there opening day !!!
Twilight Gap
Member
Why do the movies need reviews though? Everybody already knows what to expect:
-Explosions
-Giant Robots clashing in a city with half the buildings crumbling down
-Attractive women with half of their screentime being tuned to emphasize that fact
-More explosions
-Virtually nonexistent plot
-Awkward humor and occasionally a good, witty one liner
-Some really good shots (e.g. football stadium scene from the first one)
-Some not so good ones that make you dizzy
-Even more explosions
-A solid score from Steve Jablonsky
-More "humans are special"
-Rewriting of history
-Forgot to mention explosions
Not sure what else to expect of Bay. Nevertheless, it should be an entertaining watch. I like long popcorn flicks.
-Explosions
-Giant Robots clashing in a city with half the buildings crumbling down
-Attractive women with half of their screentime being tuned to emphasize that fact
-More explosions
-Virtually nonexistent plot
-Awkward humor and occasionally a good, witty one liner
-Some really good shots (e.g. football stadium scene from the first one)
-Some not so good ones that make you dizzy
-Even more explosions
-A solid score from Steve Jablonsky
-More "humans are special"
-Rewriting of history
-Forgot to mention explosions
Not sure what else to expect of Bay. Nevertheless, it should be an entertaining watch. I like long popcorn flicks.
GalacticaN7
Banned
So basically more of the same. Go to the movie for entertainment value (dinobots, explosions, large scope battles). But if you go trying to pick the movie apart from a plot perspective, you're gonna have a bad time.
Garrett Hawke
Member
If you're that ready to just walk out, you shouldn't give them your money in the first place.
-Peter Cullen
I'm hoping Transformer fatigue begins
Me too. The sooner he's removed from the franchise the better.
Masquerader
Member
So... Completely and utterly definitively mixed reviews, then. Still, this can't be worse than 2, and will probably be better than 3.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Pretty much.
He just doesn't give a shit about any of the criticism.
In a way I gotta commend the guy.
Obligatory:
TacticalFox88
Banned
I find it refreshing that GAF has accepted that Bay's films will do bank and are less salty about the entire ordeal.
There's some chance that Age of Extinction can hit $1B without the domestic Box Office. At the very least, it should manage $500M from Asia.
Yep. It is loud and vulgar by my gawd the action scenes are delicious.
That or The Rock for me.
Bad Boys 2 is just so ridiculous, I love it.
That RT image wound me up, I can accept the films on there aren't masterpieces but the scores are stupidly low.
Not really. He already left his print on the franchise. So even if by some huge coincidence he quit or was removed, they'd just find someone to do the same type of thing. It's like he set the standard for Transformers movies. So it's doomed to it's rep
TacticalFox88
Banned
500M? In fucking Asia, of all places? Okay, the film will do good, but that's utterly ridiculous.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I really hope RedLetterMedia does a review in a few weeks
That said, I checked out for good after DotM. RofF was one of the more insulting movies ive seen in a theater. Not even Dinobots can bring me back now.
That said, I checked out for good after DotM. RofF was one of the more insulting movies ive seen in a theater. Not even Dinobots can bring me back now.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Can anyone say how the
fit into the movie?
non-robot Dinosaurs
BattleMonkey
Member
Yep the Rock was his peak, before he went total over the top crazy with his action. It's over the top of course, but the Rock still felt somewhat grounded while still being epic action flick.
TitusGroan
Banned
Sorry, but no film that has Nicolas Cage wailing on his knees, hands outstretched and holding flares, to try and stop US fighter jets from blowing up chemical weapons in Alcatraz can be called grounded.
plasmawave
Banned
Go see Edge of Tomorrow instead.
I guess. His movies did build the general public's image of what Transformers are, after all.
Delta Assault
Member
Sorry, but no film that has Nicolas Cage wailing on his knees, hands outstretched and holding flares, to try and stop US fighter jets from blowing up chemical weapons in Alcatraz can be called grounded.
That's pretty grounded compared to deep sea oil drillers turned astronauts trying to nuke an asteroid...
TacticalFox88
Banned
Bay more or less revived the Franchise and brought it to the mainstream.
TitusGroan
Banned
True, but that's like saying a swift kick in the shins is pretty painless compared to a swift kick to the balls.
Don't forget all the shots of American flags. There was like 10 of em in the teaser trailer alone:
Don't forget all the shots of American flags. There was like 10 of em in the teaser trailer alone:
BronsonLee
Member
I'm hoping Transformer fatigue begins
I'M AFRAID I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS
Dunedain_Ranger
Member
Merica!!!Don't forget all the shots of American flags. There was like 10 of em in the teaser trailer alone:
Maybe Sam Raimi directed Transformers 4.
Messofanego
Banned
Nearly 3 hours of that? Holy fuck. People who keep on going to the cinema to watch these movies are truly masochists.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
that's exactly what Bay wants! Don't fall for his voodoo computer magic indoctrination schemes
in 10 years those will all be Chinese flags lol
Bronson pls
Don't forget all the shots of American flags. There was like 10 of em in the teaser trailer alone:
You smell that???
FREEDOM!
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Has
been confirmed?
I mean, I know this is suppose to be a new trilogy, but
Unicron
I mean, I know this is suppose to be a new trilogy, but
those ships sucking up buildings look VERY familiar.
Shh...no tears now, only dreams of Optimus riding a robotic dinosaur
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I wasn't expecting anything else.
Yup. I wanna see it. If it's entertaining, then I got my money's worth.
Dark of the Moon made almost $400M in Asia, and several of those markets have had double digit growth each year since then.
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