Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

This go round, it was obvious they wanted to do something different. There is a new cast of human characters and it actually had an evil company leading the charge. Stanley Tucci was the standout for me since he had the perfect balance of malice, humor, and empathy. The filmmakers knew what they were doing when they put in robot dinosaurs. How do you not gush at the combination of every boy's favorite things as a kid? It ultimately felt like more of the same old song and dance but with the Autobots on the run after the events of the 3rd movie. The runtime was also unnecessarily long. I feel all these movies need to be trimmed down to a tight two hours. It just keeps moving from city to city with a new objective at every turn. I love the characters more this time around but this is an easy skip unless you need some dino Transformers in your life.

Story - 15%

Characters - 18%

Pacing - 15%

Spectacle - 20%

Entertainment - 16%

Total score: 84%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here