Transformers: Age of Extinction
Dir: Michael Bay
2014
*
Transformers 4 isn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong, it is horrible but certain issues have been addressed. It's not a reboot (well, it is and it isn't) it's a continuation of the story. By 'rebooting' they have got rid of many aspects of the franchise that I (and I'm not alone) hated. So bye bye Shia LaBeouf, bye bye Shia LaBeouf's parents, bye bye horrible and misguided humor, adios Army porn etc. Hello better characters (well, less annoying ones), good actors acting well, a Transformer that turns into a gun (not Megatron, but it will do, especially as they got the whole Megatron/Galvatron thing right) but most importantly, hello Dinobots!! (although they could have done without Optimus Prime riding them like a horse). So brilliant yeah? Well, no, unfortunately there is still a total lack of structure. It is a bolder film, thanks to a certain character being killed off which really got my attention but the film just went on and on and on until I really didn't care about anything anymore and I just wanted it to stop. Never a great way to feel towards the end of a film.