Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Typical Michael Bay

It's been a while.. but I've finally found some time to write stuff. More to come later...

Rating: 6.7/10 --> See a matinee in 3D, otherwise wait until DVD

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I saw Transformers: Dark of the Moon opening weekend, knowing that I would just see a typical Michael Bay movie.  Trust me, there was never a moment in my mind that this would be the next greatest movie of all time.  All I wanted was to see some explosions, hot chicks, and alien robots beat up on each other.  What did I get when I saw Transformers? Exactly that, and in 3D. While still better than the second movie, Dark of the Moon was all in all crap.  But somehow, the world loves it.  To date Transformers: Dark of the Moon has brought in $645 million internationally.

Michael Bay gave me everything I expected and wanted, but it still wasn’t good enough.  The movie just ENDED out of nowhere.  Seriously, the movie climaxed, then went to sleep on us.  Optimus has this pretty cool battle with Megatron and Sentinel where he uses only one arm to kill them and saves the entire world.  Then the movie is just over, there’s no resolution, nothing at all.  It wasn’t even a cliffhanger, so it makes no sense.  Bay could have easily taken 20-30 minutes out of the earlier scenes and given us an ending, but he didn’t.  Instead of being a flashy alright movie, Transformers built all of this hype then just left me there wanting more.  I almost thought that the movie was actually worth the 15 dollars. 

Instead of wasting your time analyzing the sweet special effects or breaking down the story and acting (which there really wasn’t any), I’m just going to give you a pros and cons list.

Pros:

·        Sweet special fx/cgi

·        Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – So HOT

·        Ken Jeong’s random scene – It made no sense, but it was hilarious, especially if you’re a Ken Jeong fan (otherwise it might scare you)

·        A lot of robot battle scenes and car chases

·        Random one liners

·        Steve the Pirate – Haven't seen this guy since Dodgeball, but he was really funny

Cons

·        The lack of story development and an ending

·        Same old annoying Shia LaBeouf

·        Misogynistic – huge gender role issues

·        Too long – A lot of unnecessary scenes  

·        John Malkovich – his character was pointless and dumb

·        Such a high cost ticket, especially for 3D