Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the most recent movie based on the Animated series, based on children's toys. Again, directed by Michael Bay. This is the third in the series, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in 2009, and Transformers in 2007. This is supposedly the last one Michael Bay will direct. I'll believe it when I see it. Also, this is the first to have Steven Spielberg's name attached as Executive Producer, even though he has been an Executive Producer on the previous two. That little bit was interesting. I wonder if it was to try to add some credibility to them? Or was it because this is the year of Spielberg Produced movies? Super 8 was, I believe Cowboys and Aliens is, and Real Steel (a movie about boxing robots and to be released in the Fall) is. This also is the first of the films to not have Meagan Fox in the cast. Darn... We don't get the chance to see her not act, be hot, and get the impression that she is board while running from giant fighting robots and explosions.
The movie opens with a prologe that takes place on Cybertron, the homeworld of the Transformers. You find out about their civil war, again, and you find out that there was a great leader, Sentinel Prime. He tried to escape Cybertron with a great weapon that would have won the war. He crash lands on our Moon, and we find out that is the whole reason we had the space race. Hopefully no one will become confused by this. It was cool that they used actual original footage, like of the landing, President Kennedy talking, President Nixon talking, Walter Cronkite talking, etc. They tried to pull some Tron shit where they mask someone else's face on a body. Did not actually work that well.
The we see the cliche, zoom in on Sentinel Prime's eye, it flashes up, and we go in his head for the opening title.
We meet up with Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) a few years after the previous film. You know this because he is now a college graduate, with no job. You also know time has gone bye because he no longer is dating the insanely hot Mikaela Banes (Fox) from the previous movies. He is now dating this even more insanely hot Carly Spencer played by new comer Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. I think she and Jason Statham are an item right now. Anyways... Sam is trying to find a job, and dealing with the fact he has saved the world twice, he cannot tell anyone, and no one cares. While he is dealing with that, the Autobots are driving around the Earth, kicking ass and taking names.
Weird stuff starts happening, people start getting killed, Megatron comes back. Ken Joeng (from The Hangover fame) plays an annoying character. Surprise! Then the rest of the film is spent trying to thwart Megatron's plan.
Leonard Nimoy voices Sentinel Prime, which is funny because he voiced Galvatron in the Animated Movie from 1986. Hugo Weaving does Megatron again. That dude must have the best agent in Hollywood. Peter Cullen does Optimus Prime again.
I only have three points to make about this movie. One, if they really are supposed to be robots in disguise, shouldn't they pick more ordinary, mundane vehicles to transform into? Like a Ford Taurus? Not a giant blue semi truck with flames down the side? Two, how is it amongst all the chaos, destruction, and violence does Carly manage to not get a single smudge on her, and does it all in heels? Crazy. And finally, every female in this movie, minus Frances MacDormand and Julie White (Sam's Mom) sorry, is eye candy. Michael Bay knows his audience.
Overall, enjoyable. I think I liked it better then the second one, not sure if I liked it better then the first. For a movie about giant fighting robots, it was pretty good. 4 out of 5 stars.
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