Matty is not amused
Well, it certainly was something, but I can't really say what that something was.
I'm not sure why Paramount executives decided to release the third "Transformers" film during the middle of the week. It gets on my nerves a little to try and fit a film into a weekly schedule—especially when said film ends up being like "Dark of the Moon."
I am thoroughly convinced 3-D is ruining movies. It feels like any sort of plot is being sacrificed for special effects when it comes to some of these big summer blockbusters.
This film takes us back to the space race of the ‘60s. Come to find out, America wasn't trying to get to the moon just for giggles. No, we knew something had crashed on the moon, and we had to get to it before the Russians.
And yes, the device that crashed into the moon was a Cybertron spaceship, complete with a super soldier Autobot named Sentinel Prime, voiced by none other than Leonard Nimoy.
Also on the ship were devices capable of transporting things across space. So naturally, the Decepticons want this technology. Luckily though, our Autobot hero from films past, Optimus Prime, was the only one who could revive Sentinel, who in turn was the only being able to control the transportation technology.
If it feels a little convoluted, just know I had to sit through the whole thing thinking exactly that.
Every cast member returned for the movie with the exception of Megan Fox, who I think actually made a good career choice by getting kicked off the cast list.
There were even a few additional characters added in the forms of John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Patrick Dempsey and Ken Jeong.
In the end the movie relied on its special effects to win the day. I wish I could report that the plot and dialogue were winners as well, but I can't, in good conscience, do that. Yes, the effects were awesome. But that was it.
There were many feeble attempts at humor. And yes, there was a line that went: "This is code pink! As in ‘Floyd!'"
Since it was Jeong who said the line, I'm almost willing to give it a pass. But since it wasn't in his "Hangover's" Leslie Chang voice, I just couldn't accept it as humorous.
Sorry Michael Bay, but you're denied a Facebook friendship for this movie. We can still be friends for your first one, though.
Richard has nothing but love
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" brought conspiracy theories to the next level with a James Bond-caliber plot and a coverup around 45 years in the making.
Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky, the quirky teenager turned American hero. We've followed Sam since he was a geeky high school kid in the first "Transformers" movie, and now he's a college graduate trying to find a job. We see from Sam's first scene that he feels lost, even though his new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), does what she can to make Sam feel better, including helping Sam get a job. If you're wondering what happened to Megan Fox, it's explained in the first scene between Sam and Carly.
Just like in the first two movies, the Decepticons manage to reel Sam into the Transformer War, but the problem is much bigger this time. Megatron's plan to take over Earth comes to its full outset. Everything that happened in the first two movies was merely a setup for what Megatron really had in mind.
Everything that characters fear in alien invasion movies happens in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." The plot was very "Independence Day" meets "007" with a hint of "Die Hard." Instead of James Bond and John McClain we have Optimus Prime.
The only problem I had with the movie was in the final battle. I don't want to say too much because I may give something away, but I felt Michael Bay tarnished a certain Decepticon's legacy by having him killed by a certain human. Again, I feel as though I've said too much, but you'll know who I'm talking about once you see the film.
Bay is known for having tons of explosions and special effects in his movies, and there's no shortage of that in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." The amount of explosions and special effects in any other movie would have been too much, but this is "Transformers." There are supposed to be huge explosions and epic robot fight scenes.
If you judged the movie on Bay's special effects alone, then it's a five-star movie. He erased the choppiness of the robot fights from the first movie and made the fights last longer than they did in the second movie, including Optimus Prime's final showdown—the Autobot we paid $8 to see in the first place.
I wish I had multiple Facebook accounts because "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" deserves more than one friend request from me. This was the best movie in the "Transformers" trilogy.
No comments:
Post a Comment