Review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) by Robbie M — 05 Jan 2014

When I was younger this movie was just fantastic. The battle sequences were great and the visual effects just as great. But when I re-watched this movie, I was sorely disappointed.

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets. - IMDB.

The trailer of the movie made it look amazing. That's what I thought of the second Transformers but I ended up no liking it every much. I loved the first movie, 8 out of 10 but was disappointed by Revenge of the Fallen, 5 out of 10. While Dark of the moon is an improvement it still needs a lot of work.

The acting improved, or at least just a little. Shia LaBeouf is still screaming at the top of his lungs when an action sequence kicks in which just annoys the crap out of me. Rosie Hunting-Whiteley replacing Megan Fox, meh I didn't care for Fox anyway. Though Huntington-Whiteley is hotter to me, her acting is just meh. She provides a horror english accent and refuses to show real potential. But who cares? Look at her body am I right? Great job Michael Bay, at least she's hot right?

The supporting cast, blah. I didn't see the point in bringing back John Turro, if you took him out of the film it wouldn't be any different. He's just useless. Josh Duhamel probably does the best supporting work but he's a little stiff on screen and says some pretty crappy dialogue from a stupid script. Tyrese Gibson tries his best I think, he should stay to the Fast & Furious franchise, the one thing he's good at.

Now I don't come to a Michael Bay film for plot or the script but are you serious? The plot is bloated from a horrid screen play a ten year old could have written filled with action scene after action scene. Not to mention the nearly three hour run time, what were you thinking? The direction is lazy and the editing a joke.

But as I mentioned before, the action sequences are the best part. In fact Michael Bay's films have made some of the best I have ever seen from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the first Transformers final fight. While the CGI visuals were some of the best I have seen this year the battle scenes drag on. After one fight ends, they run for a minute then another thing happens to drag them on even longer. I like a good battle sequence but most of the ones in here drag on forever!

The final Transformers is ok. While the movie could have been done better, I knew what I was going to see. Hopefully Mark Walberg can save the franchise next year with Transformers Age of Extinction, I give it a 6 out of 10.