Transformers: Dark of the Moon

[lety]

You wouldn't know it from the advertising but Transformers: Dark of the Moon is one of the funniest films of the year. Granted, most of the humor is completely unintentional, but whether it was planned that way or not, Transformers: Dark of the Moon outdoes current box office comedies Bad Teacher and Mr Popper's Penguins in the laugh department. A film that includes a scene of John Malkovich getting tickled by a huge robot has to get my vote for one of the top comedies of the year. If only Paramount had opted to stress the comedy in at least a couple of the trailers, maybe some potential ticket buyers turned off by the franchise or leery of wasting another two and a half hours in the theater following the disaster that was Transformers 2 might be more willing to give Dark of the Moon a shot.

The plot is predictably ridiculous (even more so than the first two films), the dialogue is just plain dumb (and as loaded with cliched military phrases as any straight to DVD war movie), and the idea of Shia LaBeouf's geeky Sam Witwicky going from a raven-haired beauty to a Victoria's Secret model is obviously just the teenage boy in Michael Bay getting in the way of reality.

Of course, there's no need for reality when the female lead character in the Transformers franchise is there for no other reason than to provide some eye candy during the breaks between action scenes. And Rosie Huntington-Whiteley does fill the job description to a T. Acting isn't necessary for a female in a Bay movie, but the scales do tip toward Rosie in the battle with Megan Fox over attempting to act while posing provocatively. At least Huntington-Whiteley's able to interact with her human co-stars and convey genuine emotions. She wasn't hired for her acting ability, obviously realizes that, and does her best to just look like a geekboy's fantasy girl.

But let's back up to the plot for a moment. It's the 1960s, Kennedy is President of the United States, and something has crashed into the moon. The American and Russian governments become involved in a race to find out what it is without letting the citizens of the planet know the truth behind the space race. America wins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin make one giant leap for mankind and then fearlessly poke around an alien spaceship. Fast forward to 2011 and the Decepticons are no longer a threat. The Autobots are now protectors of the humans, working 24/7 to keep us from starting World War III. But hold on a minute, there's something strange going on at Chernobyl and wouldn't you know it, it involves a Decepticon. Wow, didn't see that coming.

[BestRefback4U]

Very good movie, I liked most the transformations And good action scenes too. The movie is full of it.

[okays]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line. First released on June 23, 2011, it is the third installment of the live-action Transformers film series. The movie is also the first in the franchise not to be distributed by DreamWorks, leaving the series to be owned by Paramount Pictures. Like its predecessors, Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,Transformers: Dark of the Moon is directed by Michael Bay and executive produced bySteven Spielberg. The film's story is set three years after the events of the 2009 film, with the Autobots, during their collaboration with the NEST (Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers) military force, discovering a hidden alien technology in possession of humans, which had been found by Apollo 11 on the Moon 42 years earlier. However, theDecepticons unveil a plan to use the technology to enslave humanity in order to bring back Cybertron, the home planet of the Transformers.

Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro reprised their starring roles, with Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving returning as the voices of Optimus Prime andMegatron, and Kevin Dunn and Julie White reprising their roles as the parents of the protagonist, Sam Witwicky. English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley replaced Megan Fox as the lead female character; the cast also saw the additions of Patrick Dempsey,John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, and Frances McDormand. The film also welcomed Keith Szarabajka, Ron Bottitta, John DiMaggio, George Coe, Francesco Quinn, James Remar,Greg Berg, and veteran science-fiction actor Leonard Nimoy to the voice cast. The script was written by Ehren Kruger, who also collaborated on the narrative of the 2009 film.Dark of the Moon employed both regular 35mm film cameras and specially-developed 3-Dcameras, with filming locations in Chicago, Florida, Indiana, Milwaukee, Moscow, andWashington, D.C.. The film was rendered specifically for 3-D, and the visual effects involved more complex robots which took longer to render.

[mila02]

it is nice film in the world i like it