Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

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So, who here actually likes these Transformers films? For me, it would depend on which ones we’re talking about. The first one was great fun, and I’m more than happy to stand up for it. Not a masterpiece, but the action was well done, and I enjoyed myself. However, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was absolutely terrible. The Autobots became impossible to tell apart, the humans were given more time to be unfunny and awkward, and the whole thing was filled with far too much shit. Then the third film called Transformers: Dark of the Moon came out, and people seemed to think that although it was a little bit better than the previous film, it was still terrible. I disagree, as I reckon this film was even worse. The human scenes became an exercise in anti-comedy, where everything about them made me feel sadder and less happy. The plot reached new levels of terribleness and boredom. Each time a well respected thespian came on to very clearly read lines off an auto-cue, I Just got even sadder. It’s everything I could think of when I picture a sad, bad movie. So, will this new film be similarly godawful?

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