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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Ugh.
After the first trilogy of films, I was satisfied. We spent close to 10 hours with Shia and friends running around the world destroying things.
After leaving Age of Extinction, I realized how much I missed Shia. No matter what your feelings are of him as a human being, he brought charisma and humor to his role as Sam. I cared what happened to him, except when he "died" and was brought back to life by the Autobot Gods.
Age of Extinction is a 3 Hour Commercial; yes I know that's how many of Michael Bay's films can be categorized. However, previous outings were a lot more subtle about the straight money grab. In one slow motion sequence the viewer is exposed to 2 clothing line advertisements along with a beverage advertisement.
Marky Mark is fine as our new hero, but there is barely any character development that makes you believe he's able to do half the things in this film. Don't get me started with his daughter/boyfriend duo, nothing good can be said about them. Why on Earth would an Irish accented Hemsworth brother wannabe be living in Texas anyways?
The action sequences are decent, though I was sad they didn't utilize Bumblebee as much as in the previous films. I'd like to say that I'm done, that I won't be seeing the 5th and 6th films in theaters. But in the end we are just consumer whores and I'll probably shell out another $10 per ticket to watch some commercials.