History Awesome / TransformersAgeOfExtinction

* Lockdown has Cade pinned. He's taken the human's weapon. Bee is out of it. The music has dropped. The merc delivers a very BadassBoast ("You see my face, '''''your life is DONE!'''''"). That's when Shane stomps on the gas, yanking the sword from Optimus, who grabs it in midair and ''jumps'', impaling Lockdown from behind so the evil robot throws up energon in slow motion (ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice just [[UpToEleven doesn't do it justice]]), then he slices ''upwards'', bisecting his opponents head. Such a beautiful fatality.

--> '''Attinger:''' On this planet we have a saying: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.\\

--> '''Here I am! Raaahr!'''

---> '''Hound:''' Oh yeah! ''Hell yeah!'' He's back! He's alive! (fires gun into the air) '''''OPTIMUS IS HERE!!!'''''

---> '''Drift:''' At last. There is hope, after all.

--> '''Optimus:''' Autobots, I have sworn never to kill humans...\\

---> '''Optimus:''' They are ''not'' your property. They were ''my friends''.

---> '''Joyce:''' The world ''will approve''. We can make you now. Don't you ''get it?'' We '''don't need you''', anymore.

--> '''Optimus:''' You have no ''soul!''\\

--> '''Lockdown:''' [[SincerityMode I feel sorry for you Prime. Your allegiance to these...]] ''[[SincerityMode humans.]]'' [[SincerityMode The trouble with loyalty to a cause- is that the cause will]] ''[[SincerityMode always]]'' [[SincerityMode betray you.]]\\

--> '''Optimus:''' [Translated for your convenience] The legend still exists.

--> '''Attinger:''' You see it takes patience to make a man. The patience to watch, and wait. To protect all of us, quietly, for God and the country, without any recognition at all!\\

--> '''Lockdown:''' You saved the human instead of saving yourself. You bring shame upon us all.

--> '''Attinger:''' You see it takes patience to make a man. The patience to watch, and wait. To protect all of us, quietly, for God and country, without any recognition at all!\\

There are no "good aliens", or "bad aliens", Yeager. It's just us and them. And you chose ''them''.

* Cade fights [[spoiler: both a trained CIA operative ''and'' a giant alien robot in hand to hand combat]]

* Shane is the one driving while they avoid the magnet. His CrazyAwesome methods (i.e., driving backwards down crowded streets while it rains everything metal, from silverware to ferry boats) allow them to stay ahead of it for quite a while.

** Ratchet gets a dying Moment Of Amesome, DefiantToTheEnd even though he knows who Lockdown is and what he's willing to do

** The entire scene is set in a beautiful landscape of desert and plateaus that wouldn't look out of place in WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime

** Optimus' transformation in that scene is something else entirely. It's not the cold anger in his [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon confrontation with Charlotte Mearing.]] It isn't the confidence and battle-readiness from when he [[{{Film/Transformers}} arrived in Mission City.]] You can sense the grief and anger burning inside his soul, the fires of war reignited. While that may involve a bit of FridgeHorror, given that it's directed at humans, one can't help but clench up from the sheer amazing over-the-top wowness of it. ''Roll out!'', indeed.

* This film is the highest grossing film of Creator/{{Paramount}} (second if you count Film/Titanic1997 ) and the only two highest grossing movies of a 2010s year to not be a Disney film. The other is Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows.
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** Optimus sees this happening, and he abandons his fight with Lockdown to protect his friend. [[KickTheSonOfABitch He promptly]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill blows Attinger away with his shield-blaster at close range]].

** Optimus sees this happening, and he abandons his fight with Lockdown to protect his friend. [[KickTheSonOfABitch He promptly]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill shoots Attinger with his blaster at close range]].

* Lockdown has Cade pinned. He's taken the human's weapon. Bee is out of it. The music has dropped. The merc delivers a very BadassBoast ("You see my face, '''''your life is DONE!'''''"). That's when Shane stomps on the gas, yanking the sword from Optimus, who grabs it in midair and ''jumps'', impaling Lockdown from behind so the evil robot coughs up energon in slow motion (ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice just [[UpToEleven doesn't do it justice]]), then he slices ''upwards'', bisecting his opponents head. Such a beautiful fatality.

* Optimus, Drift, and Crosshairs ride the Dinobots into Hong Kong as TheCalvary. Within seconds, 75% of the remaining drones are turned into scrap metal. Some of it flaming.

** Creator/SteveJablonsky's score sounds simply epic, the heavy drums giving it a more tribal feel than the usual "Arrival To Earth".

---> '''Hound:''' Oh yeah! ''Hell yeah!'' He's back! He's alive! (fires gun into the air) '''''OPTIMUS IS HERE!'''''

* As he takes Optimus onto the ''Knights' Terminus'', Lockdown casually remarks that he captured the rest of Optimus' fellow knights already. Said "knights" being the ''Dinobots'', who are at least three times taller than Optimus, likely three times as strong, and not exactly as stupid as their 80's ancestors. He captured all of them.

* Optimus' declaration that the Autobots will no longer help humanity after retrieving the Seed can be seen as this- particularly if fans are fed up with all the bullshit the humans have put them through.

--> You see it takes patience to make a man. The patience to watch, and wait. To protect all of us, quietly, for God and country, without any recognition at all!\\

There are no "good aliens", or "bad aliens", Yeager. It's just us and them. And you chose them.

* Lockdown has Cade pinned. He's taken the human's weapon. Bee is out of it. The music has dropped. The merc delivers a very BadassBoast ([- '''''You see my face, your life is done!''''' -]). That's when Shane stomps on the gas, yanking the sword from Optimus, who grabs it in midair and ''jumps'', impaling Lockdown from behind so the evil robot coughs up energon in slow motion (ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice just [[UpToEleven doesn't do it justice]]), then he slices ''upwards'', bisecting his opponents head. Such a beautiful fatality.

* Optimus' closing narration: "There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to solve. But who we are, and why we are here, are not among them. Those answers we carry inside. I am Optimus Prime, and this message is to my Creators. Leave planet Earth alone. 'Cause I'm coming...for ''you''."

* This film is the highest grossing film of Paramount Pictures (second if you count Film/Titanic1997 ) and the only two highest grossing movies of a 2010s year to not be a Disney film. The other is Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows.

* This film is the highest grossing film of Paramount Pictures (second if you count Film/{{Titanic}}) and the only two highest grossing movies of a 2010s year to not be a Disney film. The other is Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows.

* In spite of the numerous historical inaccuracies, and the overly obvious CGI, the opening is quite intense. It lacks the narration of the previous films, instead showing a space ship passing the camera Film/StarWars style. The ship then flies down to Earth and a valley full of dinosaurs- which it then blows the shit out of for no apparent reason. We see the dinosaurs try to run from an advancing wave of liquid metal, only to be cut down mid-stride.

* Before he departs with the Seed, Optimus tells Cade to look to the stars, and think of one of them... as his soul. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

*** Specifically, Optimus dodges his duel mace weapons, climbs the titan's shoulder, and ''punches him in the face''. Grimlock turns into Tyrannosaur mode, roars fire, and Optimus simply waves at him like, "come at me, bro". Grimlock charges, and Optimus uses the Dinobot's own momentum to send him flying snout over tail into the ground. He puts a sword to Grmlock's eye and proclaims, [- "You defend my family. Or die." -]

And that's when you realize that its not just a coincidence he's there, he and Cemetary Wind are ''allies''.

** Optimus' transformation in that scene is something else entirely. It's not the cold anger in his [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon confrontation with Charlotte Mearing.]] It isn't the confidence and battle-readiness from when he [[{{Film/Transformers}} arrived in Mission City.]] You can sense the grief and anger burning inside his soul, the fires of war reignited. While that may involve a bit of FridgeHorror, given that its directed at humans, one can't help but clench up from the sheer amazing over-the-top wowness of it. ''Roll out!'', indeed.

* Cade and Shane infiltrate an alien space ship to rescue Tessa. Knowing that its populated with killer alien robots and filled with probably lethal traps.

## Optimus pulls a sword from Lockdown's armory in a scene that reminds probably everyone of the Sword in the Stone legend. Its also quite evident that Optimus gets an upgrade when he pulls out the sword.

* Optimus never loses a one-on-one fight in this film. Every time he's beaten, its by someone taking advantage of a momentary distraction, and that someone is Lockdown. On the highway with Galvatron, at the factory with Cade. Presumably offscreen in Mexico.

** Optimus sends out a call to all the surviving Autobots- the time has come. He scans a new form, more heavy duty and sleek than ever before. As the Autobot symbol appears on his grill, the [[TheTransformers G1]] transformation noise (unheard since the first film) plays.

* A few more for Cade:

* Cade fights [[spoiler: both a trained CIA operative ''and'' a giant alien robot in hand to hand combat]]

** And built-of-awesome Hound is a WW2 commando.

* When Cade infiltrates KSI, he sends the Autobots images of Ratchet's head being melted. It's enough to send Optimus into an UnstoppableRage, and he and the other Autobots smash through the front of KSI headquarters.

* Cade is a walking CMOA.
** He played football in high school and retains a muscular physique
** He's an inventor who has made numerous robots that don't quite work, but would only require a little tweaking to sell
** He's a protective father who just wants the best for his daughter
** He also employs his slacker best friend, presumably because no one else will
** And he doesn't hesitate to stick up for the theatre owner when his grandson is disrespecting him
** And we shouldn't forget that he fights [[spoiler: both a trained CIA operative ''and'' a giant alien robot in hand to hand combat]]

** Lockdown's introduction is reminiscent of the introduction of a monster in a horror film. First we get a glimpse of his masked head rising out of the water, watching the humans. It's not immediately obvious why he's there. Blink-and-you'll-miss-it, his face can be seen when the mask slides up and the scope appears. Then, when Ratchet is cornered by the humans, Lockdown rises out of the water and ''turns his face into a gun''. Then once Ratchet is down, Lockdown stalks towards him slowly and purposefully.\\

* [[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/transformers-movie-discussion/27416817d1391398507-tf-age-extinction-superbowl-spot-images-vlcsnap-2014-02-02-21h26m55s199.jpg Optimus Prime riding Grimlock.]] A giant robot plated up as a medieval knight, using a gun-sword at least the length of his own body, riding a fire-breathing dinosaur. It was in half the advertising. Come on, the $210 million budget was worth it for that one scene.
** Trenchcoats are another quality that ''automatically'' make things more awesome by virtue of association, and Crosshairs is a robot with a metal trenchcoat.
** Ditto for the triple-changing Drift dressed up as a samurai with katanas.
** And for Bumblebee the Ninja.
* Optimus erupting from his hiding place in Cade's barn when Savoy prepares to kill Tessa. "HERE I AM!"
* Even in his weakened and damaged state, Optimus still manages to put up a fight and hand Lockdown a fairly humiliating takedown as he is pursued across the factory rooftops, attaching a crane hook to his chest and then throwing him off the roof.
* Optimus Prime does not actually lose a single one-on-one fight in the movie. In fact, he's only beaten through outside intervention, and his tendency to help humans instead of finishing off nearly-defeated foes. Of course, the only one with the speed and pragmatism to employ this is...
* Lockdown. We have him turning his face into a gun. [[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/1/TF-AOE-Teaser-Screen-Caps-004_1391389122.jpg It has to be seen to be believed.]]
** And he manages to take out Optimus Prime himself with it. You read that right - he takes down the leader of the Autobot forces, who has dealt with several Decepticons much larger than him at once, with one well-placed shot. Though, well, whenever he pulls that trick off, Optimus is usually occupied with beating the shit out of Decepticons, severely wounded, or both.
** Bumblebee tries to help Optimus out during his climactic fight with Lockdown. Lockdown quickly puts him in his place.
** With Lockdown, there's even the implication [[spoiler: that he beat Grimlock and the Dinobots, saying as he said that he'd captured all of the Knights' Terminus.]]
* Grimlock charges Optimus, only to be taken down in one backhanded punch.
* Optimus announcing for the Autobots to "Roll Out!" whilst riding Grimlock, while Crosshairs and Drift are riding Slug and Scorn. [[TheCavalry And they're going to go save Hound, Bumblebee and the humans]].
* From the fight in Chicago, one of Crosshairs' fighting scenes. He [[spoiler:gives a swift crash course on using the weapons of the ship he, Bumblebee and the humans have hijacked to the humans, then front-flips off the back of it and deploys parachutes at the end of the somersault, firing at the pursuing enemy ships with precision while still in momentum]] to buy them time. Not only is he enjoying it, the camera makes sure to give his accurate shots - and his billowing longcoat - a full view and some slow-mo in the process.
** Made even better by the dialogue:
--> '''Cade''': Where are you going?
--> '''Crosshairs''': ...To lay some ''hate''.
* Hound's fight against the many Vehicons in Hong Kong. He keeps them at bay with his arsenal of weapons, even while pointing out he's running out of ammo, guns and ideas. It culminates in him [[spoiler:firing his bullet-cigar into the face of a Vehicon as they struggle against each other. He wins the fight.]]
** Of special note, the fact he kills one just by chucking his helmet at him!
** Also note that he's having pieces of his armor shot off in one scene as he fires unflinchingly at his Decepticon foes.
* Also during the Chicago fight, Bumblebee fires grapples into a boat, and then yanks it up into the air and slams it into a Vehicon.
* The fact that Frank Welker [[spoiler: finally voices Megatron/Galvatron in this film.]]
** [[spoiler: His first words being a BadassBoast to Optimus during their fight scene revealing that far from being KSI's mindless drone, the Megatron of old is back and more dangerous than ever]]
--> '''Optimus''': You have no soul!
--> [[spoiler: '''Galvatron''']]: *[[SlasherSmile smiles]]* That is why I have no fear!
* Cade, Tessa and Shane pulling their weight as a united team at the end after being in conflict for nearly the whole film to help Optimus Prime take down [[spoiler:Lockdown]] with the creative use of one alien weapon and a ''tow truck''. Special mention to Cade for having the guts to go one-on-one with [[spoiler:Lockdown]] to distract him.
* Shane's driving can veer into this. Driving backwards beneath [[spoiler:what basically amounts to a giant magnet dropping ships, cars and debris]] in the narrow streets of Hong Kong and coming out completely unscathed? That's just one scene.
* The Autobots rescue Cade from the KSI board room by having Drift transform into a helicopter, carry Bumblebee up several floors while inside the building before having the latter smash his way into the room that Cade's being held in.
* Su proving her worth by kicking the asses of the two goons that nearly take Joshua [[spoiler:and the Seed.]]
* The random elevator guy [[spoiler:soundly defeating the goon who was trying to get at Joshua and the Seed with RapidFireFisticuffs]].
* Cade [[spoiler:pushing Savoy out the window]]
** Cade's fight with Savoy is awesome; he hops rooftops, jumps, swings and falls down the side of a Hong Kong apartment building. If you've ever seen what those look like, that's nothing to sneeze at. All while Savoy is gunning for him, too.
* During the final battle, Optimus saves Cade's life twice.
** [[spoiler: Optimus sees Cade being held at gunpoint by Attinger. [[KickTheSonOfABitch He promptly]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill blasts Attinger with his blaster]].]]
** [[spoiler: Optimus saves Cade from Lockdown by impaling the bounty hunter in the spark with his sword then slicing up through his head]]
* Pretty much every shot of the Dinobots in the final battle.
* [[spoiler: Bumblebee vs. Stinger on the back of Strafe.]]
* [[spoiler: Optimus' message to The Creators: "I'm coming for you."]]
* [[spoiler: The escape from KSI, which has the Autobots racing away down the freeway with Galvatron and Stinger in pursuit. It culminates in a brutal brawl between Optimus and Galvatron.]]
* [[spoiler: When Optimus tries to get the Dinobots to help them he tells them they either stand with him or against him. Cue Optimus vs. Grimlock.]]
* The Autobot reunion scene in the desert, especially with the swelling and extremely rousing music score.
* Optimus scanning a new truck mode, complete with the Autobot logo rising out of the grill with the classic transformation sound.
* Hell, ALL of the G1/Animated influences, showing that the movies aren't afraid to come back to their roots.
* Just the fact that Drift is a Triple Changer. The movies work pretty hard to make sure that vehicle and robot modes are congruent with each other, so it's pretty amazing to think of how much planning went into Drift's transformation scheme and design, especially considering that they had to take his samurai motif into account.
* Most of what Su Yueming does after [[spoiler: Joyce's HeelFaceTurn]], from beating up goons to driving a motorbike through the intensely busy streets of Beijing to [[spoiler: get away from Attlinger with the seed]].
** Then there's one scene in that elevator where Joyce meets a random Chinese teen and have a conversation with him. Soon, two of Attinger's men attacked. When one had the upper hand at Yueming by throwing her against pipes, [[spoiler: said teen who Joyce talked with quickly saved their lives by beating the heck out of the man.]]

'''Galvatron:''' [[SlasherSmile (smiles)]] ''[[BadassBoast That]]'' [[BadassBoast is why I have no]] ''[[Badass Boast fear!]]''