It’s one of the biggest movies of the summer, but does it deliver?
In short, no, it doesn’t, but continue reading to find out why!
To be honest, I am not a fan of the first two movies in Michael Bay’s Transformers series. I find it extremely difficult to switch off the part of my brain that requires more than just explosions and loud noises. This is why it’s safe to say that I went into Transformers: Dark of the Moon with the lowest expectations possible. I think it was this reason that made this third installment somewhat tolerable.
Transformers 3 follows Sam Witwicky played by Shia LaBeouf. Fresh out of college, Sam is desperately searching for his first job in Washington DC. Sam’s new girlfriend, Carly, played by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (replacing Megan Fox as resident hottie) has a job working for a tool named Dylan, expertly played by Patrick Dempsey. The film’s plot centers around a ridiculous alternate history where the Apollo 11 mission was actually executed in order to search a Cybertronian spaceship that had crash landed on the moon. In this spaceship, we find Sentinel Prime, voiced by Leonard Nimoy, the leader of the Autobots before Optimus Prime took over.
From then on, Transformers 3 is awfully similar to its predecessors. The Autobots must fight the Decepticons in order to save the earth. The only thing that changes are the motives of the decepticons, which now include transporting their home planet of Cybertron to earth and forcing the human race to fix it for them. Where they plan to put it, I have no idea.
The actors are all capable in their roles, I mean, it isn’t their fault they don’t have much of a script to work with. The standouts include a funny John Malkovich and an extremely douchy Patrick Dempsey. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is impressive being that this is her first time acting, even though she isn’t given much more to do than look pretty. Shia LaBeouf plays his same character from the first two, an overly confident twenty-something with a knack for screaming like a girl. Most of the Transformer’s voices are pretty forgettable, save for Leonard Nimoy’s, because, let’s face it, he’s Leonard Nimoy.
Every time I argue with a Transformers fan, they tell me that I need to watch the movies for what they are… Entertainment. I understand this concept, but it does not help the films go down any easier. Yes, Dark of the Moon has amazing, first-rate special effects, but it is also an overlong, over-loud mind-number of a movie. It’s a film that doesn’t know whether to take itself seriously or not, and at times, feels like a total parody. Between its ridiculous plot, and (excuse the pun) robotic characters, Transformers 3 just isn’t a good movie. Michael Bay must learn this: It doesn’t matter how many explosions there are in a movie if no one cares about the characters that are being blown up.
I give Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2 out of 5 stars.
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