The only Dinobots in the movie are Grimlock, Slug, Strafe, and Scorn. So, only four; no Slash.

 

My Feedback on TF4

Age of Extinction was pretty good i think- mainly because they didn't have to waste time adjusting the Autobots to earth's customs, they made their personalities more human-like, relatable, and entertaining, and Optimus can finally fly on his own (something i personally hoped for).

Plus, i always hoped that Prime would finally snap and lose his temper with the humans, the war, just everything going on in the movie-verse: And he finally did.

The previous 3 flims, all he cared about was peace- he was all about protecting life and avoiding battle whenever possible- and this time his approach completely changed. He basically went from "We must learn from and protect the humans, we cannot allow them to pay for our mistakes, blah blah blah i'm all about peace and other boring bulls---" to "Alright, that's it- i've almost died twice for this borderline-******ed planet, i'm sick of this crap, so let's get some dinobots and kick ass!!"

Does a lot of the content in the movies really make sense? Nope.
Are they awesome cosmetically and action-wise? YES.
Do we get some pretty awesome toys from them? YES. So it's not all bad.

Now, i will agree with those fans who think the plot was garbage and i really think we should all just go ahead and accept the fact that the story will never get any better for the movie-verse- it will always suck- but that's NOT what sells, that's not what people go to see- they go to see the updated graphics and hardcore action- and on that level: We'll never be disappointed.

Shrinking and Color Coding the cast:
Shrinking and color coding the characters, just like the original 1984 animated movie, was a fantastic move. A lot of people who take their kids, siblings, etc to these movies- being non-TF fans- they have no idea what the Hell's going on, so the color coding works for them.

"Who's that guy?"
He's big, he's green, he's got tons of weapons, and frankly that's all you need to know- now shut up and watch the movie. ^_^

That's pretty much my slice of feedback for the film. The plot sucked, as always, but the action was good and we're getting some decent toys from it- so it's not all bad everybody- i think TF5's toyline will be much more impressive and i'm really looking forward to the next version of LC Optimus Prime- hopefully they release a newer, better, more impressive mold of him for TF5. ^_^

 

When Lockdown was locking up Optimus earlier on, the movie did show Grimlock locked in one of the cages (they even showed a close-up of his robot mode face) and Lockdown noted that he had captured the knights. I wish they established their backstory a little more, but they didn't really come out of nowhere as they were at least established as captives on that part of the ship.

 

Lucas had to die. He ain't going to Chicago or Hongkong. He did his job, there's no room left for him in later plot. 3 is the magic number - Dad, daughter, and another guy.

Seeing Ratchet's head melted down is sad, I assume it was in the plot for a reason, which was to fuel anger, that triggered Optimus and bots storming in KSI place looking for blood. Plot wise it make sense.

What didn't make sense to me, was the scan technology. Old rusty antenna gone Optimus scanned a new truck, and is all new inside and out. Megatron also scanned a truck (after ROTF), still half head missing? Anyway, both died before. If they shrug off death, what's the point questioning minor stuff like missing arm or head, right.

 

Just pointing out the things that I enjoyed
Positives
First half was done really well
Best autobot crew in the movies especially hound.
Bumblebee was toned down and is a side character.
Lockdown
Dinobots
Human cast
Possibilities in sequel.

Negatives
Football death
Music mostly I don't want to hear battle cry 3 times through the movie.
Second half was a bit messy and felt rushed.
Human story was repeated to much.
Needed more time for dinobots.
To long.

 

I found this article interesting. Figured I'd post here rather than making its own thread as it touches upon a lot of criticisms I've seen on TFW.

10 Things We Can’t Believe ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Got Away With

 

It was the best movie so far. I really loved it. The Autobots, Lockdown, and Galvatron and most of the humans were well done and well acted characters. Even the weakest links (Shane and Tessa) were nowhere near as annoying as Shia. The story had a lot going on in it, but it was really enjoyable if you paid attention.

The Dinobots were fine I thought. Given that they probably have not had access to the internet and have heard only minimal English, it would be weird if they spoke it. Plus I loved Strafe helping out Slug and Bumblebee.

Lockdown's ship was great. It was a lot of fun watching the Autobots and humans trying to rescue Optimus and Tessa.

I loved the opening scene. Even though Psittacosaurus is from the Early Cretaceous, those psittacosaurs were some of the best looking dinosaurs I've ever seen.

I love the possibilities it opens for future movies (Galvatron, the Creators, and the Dinobots).

 

I agree with what this reviewer said about Optimus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Mky3b62Mg

23:11

 

My AOE Review (Spoilers)

After a second viewing of AOE to get a proper perspective on how good the film is because the first time I was to hyped up, I have decided to try and give a non biased review from the perspective of one TF fanatic.

Lets Start with the Good:

Lockdown:
- Lockdown was by far the best villain in the series. Lockdown was not only menacing but had a great personality and in my opinion my favorite new character in this film.

Action:
- Like usual it was GREAT.

CGI:
- Realistic like always.

Robots:
- I loved the Transformers in this movie. They had so much personality and character. It was great when Prime showed emotion when Ratchet died and then again in KSI. It was the biggest improvement in this movie. Expect, I think Drift was a little overboard with the difficulty speaking English because he is a Chinese samurai....that is my only issue.

Comedy:
- Compared to the last 3 movies with deep wang and Wheelie humping legs. The comedy was much improved from past movies. I thought T.J. Miller and Stanley Tucci were hilarious. Even Bumblebee and Hound had some funny scenes.

Lets move onto the Average:

Acting:
- I thought Mark Whalberg, Nicola Peltz, and Kelsey Grammar were all good not great. However, they are some characters that bring you down. Shane was an awful character. Li Bingbing was pointless.

Galvatron:
- I understand that Galvatron was just supposed to be introduced to be the villain in future films but where did he go during the final battle?? Also, I wish they explained a little more the concept of Megatron taking over Galvatron's body. Non TF fans didn't really understand that part.

Plot Idea:
- I thought the idea for the plot of AOE was very intriguing and had a lot of potential but it was terribly played and paced.

Attinger:
- Attinger I thought was a good human antagonist but I wish they would've added a reasoning for his hatred towards TFs. Like a loss of family member in Chicago or something. Yea he wants to protect his country but he had no motivation and kinda wished they elaborated more on his character.


Finally onto the Bad:

Dinobots:
- Oh Michael Bay.....why? The Dinobots were terribly used and pointless. Yea they were cool but c'mon no voice or even a name???? The Dinobots felt forced into the film without an explanation or mentioning earlier on.

Pacing:
- The Pacing was terrible. Nothing more to say.

Length:
- While, I don't mind the length since I love Transformers. It was pretty long I have to admit. There were a good 4 or 5 scenes that could've easily been cut.

Stinger:
- Stinger did NOTHING. Stinger had the potential to be a good opponent for Bee but no.

Shane:
- Shane's character had no effect on the film despite that opening car chase scene. His character barely talked and showed little to no personality or emotion. His character was pointless.



Scenes that should've been cut:

Every Scene with the Presidents' assistant:
- SO F***ING POINTLESS AND STUPID.

Elevator Scene with Stanley Tucci:
- Pointless. Had no effect on the film despite showing off Li Bingbing's sudden ninja skills.

Stanley Tucci entrance sound scene:
- Stupid.

Car Chase:
- Yes it was cool but it was dragged out to long and eventually got boring. They could've cut at least a good 5 minutes and it would be a lot more exciting. Also, it would have been cool to show OP and Lockdown fighting a little more.

Arctic Expedition:
- Yea it was cool to show foreshadow the Dinobots but that had NO EFFECT on the movie and Tucci even ripped up the pictures.

Opening Intro Scene:
- Once again, what did this do for the outcome of the movie? Also, were they implying that Transformers ended the Dinosaur age? Really. I mean it would've changed my feelings about this scene to show like Dinobots exploring the land and taking their forms but nope. Also, they could've just described what the seed does if your argument is they had to show the seeds.

Wish they would have elaborated on:

Lockdown's alliance:
- Just wish they would have described how they met or something but besides that Lockdown was great.

Shane:
- He had no character.

Dinobots:
- Like I mentioned earlier no explanation or anything.

Aliens on Lockdown's ship:
- Would've have been cool to see a G1 reference or maybe some like an "organics" line but this isn't a big issue.

Megatron's effect on Galvatron:
- Mentioned earlier.

Some Questions you are left with:

- Lockdown's ship is still just hovering over Hong Kong?
- Where did the Dinobots run off to?
- Why not mention a little description about OP's creators?
- What happened to Cade and his family?


In Conclusion, this film would've have been a perfect original sequel instead of ROTF. But, it isn't and is a mediocre film. There are a lot of things that are given to you and forced to run with. This film had so much potential and it was wasted. Honestly, I think what really killed the critics is the length and slow beginning. I feel like Bay had at least an hour of Yeager's daily routine that once the action started he had to fit all of it in there which I don't mind but ultimately resulted in the long film length. Don't get me wrong despite it's flaws I still loved the movie. Just trying to give a non biased review.

Rating:

6.5/10

In Order of Best to Worst:

TF '07 (8.5/10)
DOTM (7.5/10)
AOE (6.5/10)
ROTF (3/10)


Please Remember I am not a professional critic and just giving my thoughts as a fan so if you have any disagreements could you please be respectful. Thanks.

 

Dude, there's a thread at the very top of the movie boards specifically for user reviews.

 

sorry didn't see that

 

My review for Deadshirt.net: Transformers: Age of Extinction Is Not Great, but Well-Intentioned | Deadshirt

 

can a mod delete this thread please? didn't see the user review thread.

 

been thinking about the first dino scene, the arctic and why we had to sit through it all.

i came to the conclusion that it was OK, because of the hinting of a alien race hiding in the background. some mystery is kind of interesting if they play on it in the next movies.

if they drop that story line in the next movies that will suck and become really pointless.

Galvatron I agree with you, they should have had more scenes with him, they did bare minimum story wise with his "GO FIND THE SEED AND BLOW IT UP IN THE BIGGEST CITY."

then its all good bye, see ya later. totally throw away.

i mean why not add an extra Galvatron scene to fill him out more instead of introducing the idea of Knights with no explanation.

 

After a second viewing of AOE to get a proper perspective on how good the film is because the first time I was to hyped up, I have decided to try and give a non biased review from the perspective of one TF fanatic.

Lets Start with the Good:

Lockdown:
- Lockdown was by far the best villain in the series. Lockdown was not only menacing but had a great personality and in my opinion my favorite new character in this film.

Action:
- Like usual it was GREAT.

CGI:
- Realistic like always.

Robots:
- I loved the Transformers in this movie. They had so much personality and character. It was great when Prime showed emotion when Ratchet died and then again in KSI. It was the biggest improvement in this movie. Expect, I think Drift was a little overboard with the difficulty speaking English because he is a Chinese samurai....that is my only issue.

Comedy:
- Compared to the last 3 movies with deep wang and Wheelie humping legs. The comedy was much improved from past movies. I thought T.J. Miller and Stanley Tucci were hilarious. Even Bumblebee and Hound had some funny scenes.

Lets move onto the Average:

Acting:
- I thought Mark Whalberg, Nicola Peltz, and Kelsey Grammar were all good not great. However, they are some characters that bring you down. Shane was an awful character. Li Bingbing was pointless.

Galvatron:
- I understand that Galvatron was just supposed to be introduced to be the villain in future films but where did he go during the final battle?? Also, I wish they explained a little more the concept of Megatron taking over Galvatron's body. Non TF fans didn't really understand that part.

Plot Idea:
- I thought the idea for the plot of AOE was very intriguing and had a lot of potential but it was terribly played and paced.

Attinger:
- Attinger I thought was a good human antagonist but I wish they would've added a reasoning for his hatred towards TFs. Like a loss of family member in Chicago or something. Yea he wants to protect his country but he had no motivation and kinda wished they elaborated more on his character.


Finally onto the Bad:

Dinobots:
- Oh Michael Bay.....why? The Dinobots were terribly used and pointless. Yea they were cool but c'mon no voice or even a name???? The Dinobots felt forced into the film without an explanation or mentioning earlier on.

Pacing:
- The Pacing was terrible. Nothing more to say.

Length:
- While, I don't mind the length since I love Transformers. It was pretty long I have to admit. There were a good 4 or 5 scenes that could've easily been cut.

Stinger:
- Stinger did NOTHING. Stinger had the potential to be a good opponent for Bee but no.

Shane:
- Shane's character had no effect on the film despite that opening car chase scene. His character barely talked and showed little to no personality or emotion. His character was pointless.

Soundtrack/Sad Effects:
- The soundtrack and sound effects were horribly edited. I heard battle cry at least 3 times and some sound effects were to loud and couldn't even hear some dialogue going on.

Scenes that should've been cut:

Every Scene with the Presidents' assistant:
- SO F***ING POINTLESS AND STUPID.

Elevator Scene with Stanley Tucci:
- Pointless. Had no effect on the film despite showing off Li Bingbing's sudden ninja skills.

Stanley Tucci entrance sound scene:
- Stupid.

Car Chase:
- Yes it was cool but it was dragged out to long and eventually got boring. They could've cut at least a good 5 minutes and it would be a lot more exciting. Also, it would have been cool to show OP and Lockdown fighting a little more.

Arctic Expedition:
- Yea it was cool to show foreshadow the Dinobots but that had NO EFFECT on the movie and Tucci even ripped up the pictures.

Opening Intro Scene:
- Once again, what did this do for the outcome of the movie? Also, were they implying that Transformers ended the Dinosaur age? Really. I mean it would've changed my feelings about this scene to show like Dinobots exploring the land and taking their forms but nope. Also, they could've just described what the seed does if your argument is they had to show the seeds.

Wish they would have elaborated on:

Lockdown's alliance:
- Just wish they would have described how they met or something but besides that Lockdown was great.

Shane:
- He had no character.

Dinobots:
- Like I mentioned earlier no explanation or anything.

Aliens on Lockdown's ship:
- Would've have been cool to see a G1 reference or maybe some like an "organics" line but this isn't a big issue.

Megatron's effect on Galvatron:
- Mentioned earlier.

Some Questions you are left with:

- Lockdown's ship is still just hovering over Hong Kong?
- Where did the Dinobots run off to?
- Why not mention a little description about OP's creators?
- What happened to Cade and his family?


In Conclusion, this film would've have been a perfect original sequel instead of ROTF. But, it isn't and is a mediocre film. There are a lot of things that are given to you and forced to run with. This film had so much potential and it was wasted. Honestly, I think what really killed the critics is the length and slow beginning. I feel like Bay had at least an hour of Yeager's daily routine that once the action started he had to fit all of it in there which I don't mind but ultimately resulted in the long film length. Don't get me wrong despite it's flaws I still loved the movie. Just trying to give a non biased review.

Rating:

6.5/10

In Order of Best to Worst:

TF '07 (8.5/10)
DOTM (7.5/10)
AOE (6.5/10)
ROTF (3/10)


Please Remember I am not a professional critic and just giving my thoughts as a fan so if you have any disagreements could you please be respectful. Thanks.

 

I still can't believe what they've done to Optimus in this series, and how much he's changed from one movie to the next. I'm almost certain that, behind closed-doors at Hasbro, they're probably furious about it too...

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up...

 

Well Attinger wasn't a confirmed death, unlike poor Ratchet. Humans are not that easy to die, see Lockdown couldn't kill Cade, and boy did he try a lot harder than only firing a single shot.

 

Better not perfect (spoilers) (criticisms)

I thought AOE was better than the previous movies, but had a few NEW issues the previous movies didn't have....Beware (Spoilers).

(criticisms)
- unsurvivable situations for humans
~ Cade's assistant gets hit by a flailing and angry Optimus and suffers only a knot, instead of broken bones and contusions.
~ Bumblebee takes the battle skiff into spins and whirls before breaking through a concrete wall, with humans simply riding on the top and not buckled in to anything.
~ Bumble catches Humans falling and then slide crashes into a a glass covered building. (the poor humans would have been cut to shreds)
~ Cade parries blows from an Angry lockdown with his Alien rifle. (c'mon really)

The Transformer Ships
- Open air, (I know that Transformers don't need to Breathe but this unlike any Transformers lore)

Cheating Transformations.
- The cheaty way that Galvatron and the human made transformers Transform. It didn't add anything to the plot to have them hover about as pixels as they changed form. Hoping we don't see that again.

The Stereotypes
- Hound is not sooo bad, but Drift and Crossfire, we don't need to be hit over the head with empty stereotypes.

Those are my Criticms.

I liked a few things.
Lockdown was perfect. A+++
Optimus was much better (his model looked so much better and he didn't rip anyone's face off.)

 

we actually have a stickied review thread at the top of the list, FYI.

 

optimus did shoot a human in the chest though.