Lynn Belvedere

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION

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TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION starring Mark Wahlberg plus OPTIMUS PRIME® and the remaining AUTOBOTS, is back with a fresh take and a new back story. It is has to be said that the film is a better experience when seeing this CG special effects movie in a cinema equipped with impressive ear-splitting DOLBY ATMOS sound and 3D. The movie is the latest entry into the Transformers giant fighting robots franchise, directed once more by Michael Bay, and the very predicable storyline and its (unintentionally laughter inducing) routine dialogue was written by Ehren Kruger.

Typical of a Michael Bay film, the predicable plot of this 165 minute movie, will test your patience because the pacing is set at a snail’s pace, building character and its new back story. It takes around thirty minutes before the action expected from every Transformers storyline finally starts, and the mindless action keeps stopping to take more lengthy opportunities to further flesh out the narrative and the new characters.

Just like the earlier Transformers movies, this film relies on a multitude of impossible but nevertheless amazing action scenes to fill in the time. Yes, all the CG fighting sequences are spectacular, especially when presented in the depth-enhanced 3D version. The cinematic experience is  unrelentingly claustrophobic because of the in-your-face cinematography and the severe nausea inducing shaky-cam sequences.

The film is a great fit for teenagers, its intended audience, just perfect for its intended audience of teenagers with just so much happening , far more than you could possibly take in.

It’s  a case of just sitting back and enjoying the explosions, the chases, and the frequent ”jokes” from the Transformers.

The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, TJ Miller, Li Bingbing and  Han Geng.

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION runs for 165 minutes and is rated M as it features action violence and coarse language. The film is presently screening in thirty one cinemas around Sydney.

Official Website: http://www.transformersmovie.com.au/

 

 

 

 

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -