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[JimmyRustler]

Age of Extinction was probably the worst movie I've sat through in a theater and I say that as someone who enjoyed the first movie and the last 40 minutes of the third.

Age Of Extinction was probably the only good movie in the franchise.

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Bay will be doing Transformers forever, will he not? Such a shame.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Will buy on Blu-Ray

 

[Sinatar]

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Bay will be doing Transformers forever, will he not? Such a shame.

As long as he keeps giving paramount billion dollar paydays then of course he will.

 

[Killer Queen]

Age of Extinction was about an hour too long and had way too many ideas. 1 and 3 weren't bad, 4 was just too much.

 

[emrober5]

Even for a Transformers movie, the last one was absolute shit.

I somewhat enjoy the first and third one for the effects, but Transformers is so much better than what Michael Bay has turned it into.

I hope someday we get the reboot we deserve.

 

[MattKeil]

Age Of Extinction was probably the only good movie in the franchise.

It's the worst of the four by a light year. The murderous behavior of the Autobots, the repeated showing of the graphic killing of Ratchet, and the extended statutory rape humor really took the bad taste to a new level. After watching AoE I felt like I needed to take a shower.

I very seriously question the taste and sanity of anyone who likes these movies. The first one is an edit session away from being a decent summer flick, but the sequels are repulsive and cynical disasters from start to finish.

 

[Slayven]

Wouldn't be shocked if half the movie is set in China and in Mandarin .

 

[Thatonemoor]

It should say something that age of extinction, which is by all means a mediocre movie at best, set the bar for these movies.

 

[massoluk]

Will someone throw money at some Japanese producer and save us by releasing a good big budget live action giant robot films already, please.

 

[Thatonemoor]

It's the worst of the four by a light year. The murderous behavior of the Autobots, the repeated showing of the graphic killing of Ratchet, and the extended statutory rape humor really took the bad taste to a new level. After watching AoE I felt like I needed to take a shower.

I very seriously question the taste and sanity of anyone who likes these movies. The first one is an edit session away from being a decent summer flick, but the sequels are repulsive and cynical disasters from start to finish.

Honestly while I was watching the movie the things you mentioned above just seemed par for the course with these movies, which should say something in its own right.

The reason Age of Extinction is considered the best because there are actual story arcs and character development in it (shitty character development and story arcs mind you but they are there).

 

[mreddie]

Where's the Wahlberg Bud Light gif?

 

[jett]

 

[BronsonLee]

I could argue that Transformers 1 was a good movie and not feel bad about it
2 and 3, though...well, when things went to shit in 3, they REALLY went to shit, so I was on board for that.

4 was just...odd. It had a lot of nice shots that I liked (falling star in the Texas skyline, for example), but good grief, too many people. And Wahlberg as a nerd felt weird.

Optimus just being done with everyone's shit was just fine for me, though

 

[KevinCow]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

 

[JustAnotherMike]

If Stanley Tucci comes back then this will be become a priority rental at my local redbox

 

[iBeleaf]

screw the haters. Day One!

 

[NeOak]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

You could ask the same of whoever went to see Fantastic Four earlier this year.

 

[Lebron]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

Families and young people? It's not that hard to grasp.

 

[BronsonLee]

If Stanley Tucci comes back then this will be become a priority rental at my local redbox

He knew damn well what kind of movie he was in. Dude was loud as fuck

You could ask the same of whoever went to see Fantastic Four earlier this year.

One flopped. I don't forsee a Transformers movie ever flopping that bad. It's a proven property.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

When I went to see the 3D masterpiece that was Dark of The Moon the theater was packed with normal human beings.

 

[Savitar]

Let's face it, we all knew it would happen.

 

[Mariolee]

This animated spin off trend is interesting to me. I suppose TMNT started it with the animated movie that takes place loosely within the OG film's canon, then the MCU will be getting an animated Spidey film within the canon, and now Transformers.

 

[Scrooged]

It's the worst of the four by a light year. The murderous behavior of the Autobots, the repeated showing of the graphic killing of Ratchet, and the extended statutory rape humor really took the bad taste to a new level. After watching AoE I felt like I needed to take a shower.

I very seriously question the taste and sanity of anyone who likes these movies. The first one is an edit session away from being a decent summer flick, but the sequels are repulsive and cynical disasters from start to finish.

The action scenes can be enjoyable to watch. That's it. The dialog and human characters are shit. But seriously...2 and 3 are utter trash. At least Extinction tried to restrain itself when it came to the 'funny' bits.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

At least we're finally getting Bad Boys 1 & 2 on Blu-ray.

Fuck BayFormers.

 

[GodParticle]

The last movie was so bad that I didn't even finish the last 30 min or so of it. And dinobots are my favorite transformers =/

 

[Razorback]

How can he not get tired of making these. I don't care how much money they pay me, Life's too short to be making five transformer movies. Let someone else do it.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I'm sorta surprised that Bay doesn't get burnt out. He's directed the other 4 movies, usually a director would have bailed after 3. Maybe because they're so CG heavy it doesn't really wear him out on it as much?

The first movie was a decent but not particularly memorable experience. I haven't enjoyed anything in this series since. I wanted to walk out of the second movie, so I learned to never see them in theaters. Tries watching the third and fourth when they were on Netflix, turned them both off before the halfway point. These movies just aren't for me.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human

 

[BronsonLee]

How can he not get tired of making these. I don't care how much money they pay me, Life's too short to be making five transformer movies. Let someone else do it.

I'm sorta surprised that Bay doesn't get burnt out. He's directed the other 4 movies, usually a director would have bailed after 3. Maybe because they're so CG heavy it doesn't really wear him out on it as much?

I remember hearing that he reaaaallly didn't want to do 4, but did it to set up the next trilogy for whoever would take over.

 

[iBeleaf]

Whats up with the hate of Transformer movies?

There not much different from the MCU movies and you people drool over those

 

[NightShift]

I have zero interest in the movie but that animated feature seems interesting just to see what their take of Cybertron would look like.

 

[Kitoro]

It's sad that 3 shitty sequels in, it's still making enough money that they haven't felt the need to oust Bay out in efforts to make a better movie.

 

[Sinatar]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

All of these people.

 

[abolisher6812]

I wouldn't mind a prequel movie based on Ghosts of Yesterday.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Good, will watch in theaters.

 

[the_log_ride]

I'm sad that we're gonna see another Bayformers movie, while a Pacific Rim sequel may not happen anymore.

 

[Busty]

So all they got for their much talked about writers room was a numbered sequel and an animated spin off that I suspect will never see the light of day?

Good job Paramount.

Good job.

 

[Tizoc]

I want Optimus Prime to go all out and end up as the big villain of the movie.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Whats up with the hate of Transformer movies?

There not much different from the MCU movies and you people drool over those

They're very different on the opposite sides of the spectrum and I'm no fan of the MCU movies.

 

[Akahige]

Age of Extinction was the most joyless and depressing movie-experience I've had since Garfield.

No other movie has felt like such a big fuck you to the audience. TF1-3 felt at least made by a Bay that was enjoying himself, but TF4 was him throwing in the towel and just getting that money.

Pretty much my exact feelings, unlike most people I found the first three movies equally terribly written but equally entertaining. T4 was terribly written and Bay's worst directorial job with no entertainment value, poor filmmaking all around.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I remember hearing that he reaaaallly didn't want to do 4, but did it to set up the next trilogy for whoever would take over.

See, that makes more sense to me, especially since that would have been around the time he did Pain & Gain, his first non Transformers film since 2005.

I really wonder if he'll come back for the 5th. Even just promoting these movies would be tiring by the 5th entry.

They should get the guy who did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last year. People already think that's a Bay film, just swap the guy in and nobody will notice.

 

[Future Foundation]

Serious question: Who watches these movies? How do they make so much money?

People. And they make a lot because people like them. It's not that hard.

 

[bebop242]

I thought the last one did enough damage to kill this series off for good. Sigh.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Fine, whatever. Rotf is the only abomination imo. Aoe had tucci and grammer chewing the scenery like no other so it had that going for it.

 

[Discotheque]

the Bud Light ad in the last film was one of the best scenes of the summer. Hopefully more of that. If Bay's gonna continue to be asinine might as well go all the way.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

You could tell Bay wouldn't let his baby go.

Nah the payday's too good.

As long as he continues to print money for Paramount, they'll keep backing the Brinks truck into his driveway and he'll keep churning these out.

It's a vicious cycle

 

[Rhaknar]

just greenlit? I assumed it was already in prodution lol. Those things make stupid amount of money, quality is irrelevant

Spoiler

and it kills me a little inside

 

[DrForester]

Honestly, if this picks up where 4 left off, with Optimus Prime leaving Earth, and follows him confronting his makers, then I am all for this.

No more human drama bullshit.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Honestly while I was watching the movie the things you mentioned above just seemed par for the course with these movies, which should say something in its own right.

The reason Age of Extinction is considered the best because there are actual story arcs and character development in it (shitty character development and story arcs mind you but they are there).

Not to mention the human characters weren't dealing with their first world problems. Marky Mark's problems were a little more genuine. He's also a more believable action hero. Blackout was decent for a villain. Hell, he actually put up a fight in the end with Optimus.

Oh and Optimus hating humans was the perfect story. I actually wanted a story like that since the first movie because I hated the human characters so much.

 

[PerezDeCorcho]

And I bet every single person in this thread will see it