Okay, so I saw the movie yesterday, and... You were Goddamn right. I mean, it fixed the flaws of the first three, but it still sucked. Pacing was too fast, too much action, too little sense, it was draining.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/987650-official-i-saw-seeing-tf4-before-anyone-else-thread-201.html#post11237944 After this thread, might as well have.