There are movies that are well made and engaging. There are movies that are awful messes. Transformers: Dark of the Moon is filed into the second category, yet it classifies as a movie that you check out with your buddies without regards to the quality.
If you insist on trying to find a plot in this movie, I'm sorry, I have no clue what to say, so i'll let the film's official press release do that for me.
When a mysterious event from Earth’s past erupts into the present day it threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transformers alone will not be able to save us.
I have very little to really say about the story other than the fact that I couldn't really understand what was actually going on. When the film introduces a story thread, it never really follows through with it, and abandons it. Characters are introduced, and leave the narrative rather abruptly. When the movie leads to you to believe that some major has just changed the game, you don't believe it. Not in the sense that you find it interesting, I mean as in you're just not buying it. Fans of the source material may have a better understanding of the story, yet to audiences unfamiliar, they will most likely find themselves lost. Still, it is an improvement over the garbage that is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But not by much.
Shia LaBeouf is clearly phoning it in here. In the two previous installments, he was rather acceptable. Yet in this film, he is acting for his paycheck at the end of the day. What he tries to pass off as acting is nothing more than screaming his dialogue, and trying to ride his old Even Stevens personality of fast talking and fidgeting. It just doesn't pass anymore now that he's trying to evolve as an actor. He has talent, he just didn't bring it with him here.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is brought in as the female lead to replace Megan Fox. Yet she's terrible. I have no creative way of saying other than just to say it. She is terrible. She's nothing more than eye-candy. Her delivery is flat, her emotion non-existent, she just does not manage to pass muster in this movie whatsoever.
What makes it that much worse, is that it completely squanders the potential of both John Malkovich and Ken Jeong, who may have actually added something to this film. Unfortunately, they are shoved in as Shia's co-workers and disappear almost immediately. For shame, Michael Bay.
Andrew's Standout for this film would be Leonard Nimoy. He voices the character of Sentinel Prime, and does so with the same brilliance he brought to the role of Spock. He doesn't do anything fantastic with the role, yet at the same time, he doesn't do anything bad either. He has one of the most recognizable and interesting voices of all time, and that lends a little weight to this dangerously thin film.
The main positive aspect of this film are the undeniably spectacular special effects and visuals. The action scenes are well choreographed, and mesh well with the CGI better than most films. I can't help but feel that if Michael Bay paid the same attention to writing and getting the most out of his actors that he clearly does to his choreography and visuals, he would produce much higher quality work.
I would skip this movie, unless you really feel the need to complete the trilogy. Against my better judgement, I am giving Bay the benefit of the doubt and plan to see Transformers: Age of Extinction due to his casting of both Mark Wahlberg and Kelsey Grammer, and his surprisingly acceptable movie Pain and Gain. But fair warning Mr. Bay, tread lightly. This next film could restore or destroy your reputation.
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