Would be nice if there was an actual story-line and if the Decepticons were Transformers. This is the first Bay-former film that I can defend in no way, shape, or form.

 

The CGI in AOE was NOT Oscar worthy. They got so damn lazy it isn't funny.

 

While I liked the CGI in the film, the excessive explosions, fake looking Megatron head, and the fact that during the Grimlock vs Optimus fight you see water land on the camera and stay there all make me feel that AOE doesn't quite deserve to win.

 

Here come armchair critics to the complaint.

 

Honestly I thought the CGI in AOE looked great in most instances, as did most all of the other films to be honest; these films all have good effects for what they are trying to portray. The robots, spaceships, and even the Steeljaws, Psittacosaurus, and alien hand in the beginning all look great. If anything, it's the difference in robot designs that make it appear less realistic to some viewers. I also like how the interior of Lockdwon's ship was not entirely CGI but an actual set with green screens, and I like how Bay almost entirely uses actual explosions instead of CGI explosions.

If there's CGI in recent big budget blockblusters I don't like it's the molten gold in Desolation of Smaug and the fake explosions in Man of Steel. That and the trend to have very human-like non-human soldiers be CGI, such as the Orcs in the Hobbit movies, or the Chitari in Avengers. I understand it when there's a million Orcs running around or when the Chitari are flying around, but it would be nice to have actors in costume when they're up close, few in number, and on the ground. The Lord of The Rings' costumed Orcs looked much better in my opinion.

Other than that, at this point in time all big budget movies have great effects, whether it's AOE, Guardians, Interstellar, Apes, or The Hobbit.

 

I liked AOE but once again it's outclassed by just about every better movie this year. I may not have seen all of them but they are most definitely better movies.

That would be wonderful.

 

Godzilla or Apes should win.

 

Every year I flip the Oscars the Double Bird for their extreme incompetence and their disrespect of what the true Holy Cinematic Masterpieces are.

Case in point: Age Of Extinction. It is the absolute best movie of 2014 and 100% DESERVES to sweep the Oscars. But of course the elitist dirtbags that run the awards choose to snub the rightful movies every year.

That's why only I know movies and I flat-out HATE awards shows.

 

interstellar oughta win. what an amazing movie in all regards, effects bein no exception.

 

Is this a joke??? Out of all 4 transformers movies, AOE had the worst CG effects! And that's saying a lot, considering the first 3 movies had the most real special effects of any movie to date. AOE looked incredibly fake. It looked like ILM had nothing to do with this film.

 

Please. Those movies were old news. Compared to half the movies listed this one is actually decent.

 

I don't think that's true. While DOTM certainly had the best and most consistent good CGI, AOE certainly wasn't as "fake" looking as the 2007 film.

 

It's funny when you can see plebes who have no idea about the industry try to chime in. Keep plebe-ing.

 

AOE was alright... but there are a great many movies that deserve the reward more than it does.

 

People complained how they couldn't tell apart the CGI in the previous TF films.

I think AOE's CGI helped distinguish the robots more. In some way that's a good thing about the CGI there.

My vote for best VFX would probably go to Godzilla. Though I have a feeling it should be Interstellar which I have not seen.

 

Yeah it's not gonna win.

We never get nice things.

 

Lmao the grass exploding when scorn rolls through the park.

 

Yeah, DotM was much better.