Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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CineAutoctonoJul 26, 2015

I thought it was the final movie of Transformers but no, excellent plot and action scenes . Megan Fox shame that there was not but almost disappointing but exciting .

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FlickFreaks83Dec 11, 2015

After he’s cleared of sexual harassment at the end of the classic Simpsons episode, Homer Badman, Homer J. Simpson turns to his wife, and gleefully announces, “Marge, my friend, I haven’t learned a thing.”

Michael Bay is Homer Simpson. NotAfter he’s cleared of sexual harassment at the end of the classic Simpsons episode, Homer Badman, Homer J. Simpson turns to his wife, and gleefully announces, “Marge, my friend, I haven’t learned a thing.”

Michael Bay is Homer Simpson. Not superficially, of course – he has a gorgeous head of lovely, flowing hair, and he’s not yellow. But when it comes to avoiding the same mistakes that beset 2009’s Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen for this third (and final?) instalment of his toy-based blockbuster trilogy, he hasn’t learned a thing.

OK, admittedly the alarmingly racist robots, Skids and Mudflap, are gone, and there are no disconcerting close-ups of giant robot balls. But that still doesn’t prevent what remains from being, well, giant robot balls.

Exposition scenes are still choppy as hell, the writing is lazy, the plot turns brazen and in bad taste (Chernobyl was caused by Decepticons) the film is overloaded with a cavalcade of superfluous supporting players (look! It’s Josh Duhamel as Captain Wotsit! Huzzah! Here comes Tyrese Gibson as Thingummy!), and there’s an oafish insistence on cheap-seats comedy relief that leaves actors like John Malkovich (as Sam’s scary new boss), Alan Tudyk (as John Turturro’s fey personal assistant) and Ken Jeong (running through his tired old schtick one more time) desperately mugging. It does lead, though, to the year’s most welcome death scene.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that Dark Of The Moon is better than Revenge Of The Fallen. But not by much.

That upturn is testament to its last 45 minutes, in which Bay drops the Homer impression and does his best stab at Michael Bay. For, when all’s said and done, not many directors can handle large-scale action like he can, and the climactic Bayhem, in which the Decepticons occupy Chicago and transform (ten points!) it into a smoking ruin, is stunning. Price-of-admission-alone stunning, as teams of winged base-jumpers dive out of planes and plummet past skyscrapers; those same buildings lurch to 90-degrees in a series of vertiginous shots that will have you clutching your chair (the 3D, probably the best deployment of the form since Avatar, helps here); and giant robots, of course, kick the living oil out of each other.

For a movie squarely aimed at teens, it’s extraordinarily violent. Humans are reduced to smoking skeletons by alien attacks, but the likes of Optimus Prime (when he’s not giving sanctimonious speeches, Jerry Springer-style) and Megatron (almost completely wasted) save the toughest treatment for themselves. Heads are lopped off, spinal columns are ripped out, and several are executed with shotgun blasts to the head, gangland-style, in a manner that suggests that this is the final instalment, at least for a while. If this action were human-on-human, we’d have the next Human Centipede 2 on our hands. Best not show this to your Roomba, though – it’ll be traumatized.

The first Transformers has its flaws, but it did have its charms. LaBeouf’s Sam Witwicky was an intriguing hero, like Woody Allen was parachuted into an action flick. Dark Of The Moon is mostly charmless, however – for the first (surprisingly action-lite, slow-moving) hour, Sam is a moaning, presumptuous brat whose relationship with his new girlfriend (Huntington-Whiteley) is so shabbily-defined that it’s hard to sympathise with him. A boy getting his first car is relatable; a young man throwing a tantrum because his impossibly hot girlfriend has a hotter boss is not.

As for Huntington-Whiteley, the much-trumpeted replacement for Megan Fox (dismissed with an amusing, “She was a **** We didn’t like her.”), Bay introduces her with a self-parodying shot of her barely-clad bottom and it’s all downhill from there. You’ll believe a robot can fly, but you won’t believe a Huntington-Whiteley can talk.

An improvement on Transformers 2, but then what isnt? To paraphrase the Bard, its a tale, full of sound and fury and extremely stupid dialogue and nonsensical plotting and preposterous stunts and robots punching each others heads off, signifying nothing!… Expand

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FilmMasterEdJan 6, 2016

In the wake of widespread criticism of the second live action Transformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen, director Michael Bay admitted dissatisfaction with the screenplay and blamed it on the writers' strike. So what's the excuse this time?In the wake of widespread criticism of the second live action Transformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen, director Michael Bay admitted dissatisfaction with the screenplay and blamed it on the writers' strike. So what's the excuse this time? If anything, the script for Transformers: Dark of the Moon is worse than that of its predecessor. In the future, maybe Bay should abandon using a screenwriter altogether and just fill up 90 minutes with disconnected images of robo-carnage. That would serve two purposes: eliminate the need to watch actors embarrass themselves trying to outshine the hardware and elide excruciating dialogue, exposition, and "character development," all of which are inferior to what one finds in the average Pink Panther cartoon.

Bay makes the Transformers movies for 14-year old boys. I suspect he's one at heart, which gives him insight into the mindset of his target audience. I remember what it was like to be a 14-year old boy but I'm not sure I would have been more enamored with this movie at that age than I am today. Maybe it would have struck a chord when I was eight. That's when I watched Japanese monster movies which, technological advances in special effects aside, are not all that different from Transformers. In those movies, men in rubber suits pounded on each other. In Transformers and its sequels, CGI robots wreak the same kind of mayhem as Godzilla and friends. The average Japanese monster movie didn't have much of a plot either (aside from the obvious - stomp Tokyo), but it managed to get the job done with about an hour's less screen time.

It's pointless criticizing the action/destruction sequences in Transformers 3. Those are the "money shots" of this strain of cataclysm porn. People pay for extreme special effects. They want to see these Rockem-Sockem robots mash each other into the ground while Shia LaBeouf yells loudly in the hope that a big voice will compensate for his small stature (at least compared to the Transformers). In the biggest battles, I had some trouble figuring out the difference between the good guys (Autobots) and the bad guys (Decepticons), largely because (a) I'm not a Transformers fan (so the nuances escape me), and (b) things were moving a bit too fast. Aficionados will no doubt chortle at my ignorance. As a lapsed Trekkie (maybe not so lapsed, after all), I can provide a catalogue of the Star Trek references in Transformers 3: a clip from "Amok Time", a mention of the Enterprise, and the biggest of all - Leonard Nimoy (providing the voice of Sentinal Prime) delivering this gem: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." I'd love to know who was responsible for that: Bay, screenwriter Ehren Kruger, or Nimoy.

The story, which requires more than a "willing suspension of disbelief" to swallow (an infusion of a mind-altering substance would be a good start), begins in the 1960s when men travel to the moon to investigate a crashed Transformers space ship. 40-plus years later, Optimus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen), having belatedly learned of this discovery, takes a salvage team to our nearest celestial neighbor. They return with the dormant remains of Sentinel Prime (Nimoy), who is resurrected by Optimus. Sentinel is the inventor of the Transformers' greatest weapon, which can be used to help or destroy humanity. The Autobots champion the former, but the Decepticons, led by a crippled Megatron (Hugo Weaving), have other plans. Old friends, like Sam, Lennox (Josh Duhamel), and Simmons (John Turturro), are joined by new ones, like Mearing (Frances McDormand) and Brazos (John Malkovich), to provide a human face to the resistance movement against the Decepticons as the evil metal creatures use Chicago as their base for an all-out assault on the planet.

The words "been there, done that" apply. Transformers 3 is not substantially better or worse than Transformers or Transformers 2 because it's more of the same. There are battles. Things blow up. Human actors give inferior performances to machines. An attractive woman is unabashedly presented as a sex object. More things blow up. A city is leveled, with the destruction lovingly crafted and presented. And, in the end, it comes to a smashdown between Optimus Prime and Megatron, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Transformers 3 is unlikely to change any minds regarding the franchise. The brilliantly cut trailer makes it look like this might be the first entry into the series to tell a compelling story, but that hope is dispelled fairly early in the proceedings. It should be remembered that Bay's movies, with their high energy action sequences and top-of-the-line special effects, always translate into good trailers and TV commercials.… Expand

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nahtan1244Jan 30, 2016

Ok so it is much better than it't's previous movie the god awful transformers revenge of the fallen but not quite as good as transformers 1. I decide to give this movie a chance because i thought what could be worst than revenge of theOk so it is much better than it't's previous movie the god awful transformers revenge of the fallen but not quite as good as transformers 1. I decide to give this movie a chance because i thought what could be worst than revenge of the fallen. I was surprised but at the same time let down. While the acting and story were a step up from the previous movie and optimums primes father was a nice touch this movie is still very forgtable… Expand

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FuturedirectorApr 25, 2016

Transformers III: Dark of moon shows thrilling and shocking visual-effects, that doesn't work correctly with the original sequels. It also has unremarkable action and not enough thriller for keep teen and adult viewers in shock. It's betterTransformers III: Dark of moon shows thrilling and shocking visual-effects, that doesn't work correctly with the original sequels. It also has unremarkable action and not enough thriller for keep teen and adult viewers in shock. It's better to don't listen to the bad and ignorant audiences.… Expand

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Thatonenerd2187Jan 19, 2017

While it is more watchable than revenge of the fallen, it still has some of the same problems. The story and it's characters are actually more interesting than the previous 2 installments, but it's execution isn't that good, with it onceWhile it is more watchable than revenge of the fallen, it still has some of the same problems. The story and it's characters are actually more interesting than the previous 2 installments, but it's execution isn't that good, with it once again focusing on the human characters than the transformers. While the transformers do get more screen time than revenge of the fallen, it's not enough to make it more compelling. The human side of the story is just as dull as the other two, but somewhat better. Once again the special effects are pretty good, and the final act of the movie has an action packed end to it. Even though I don't care about the characters, I still enjoyed watching the final battle in Chicago.The humor in this movie is toned down a bit, but when it shows up, it attempts the same jokes as the other two movies, which isn't good. Overall, while it is better than revenge of the fallen, the story, characters, and overall structure of the film doesn't work, and I wouldn't really recommend it.… Expand

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MonkiReviewsJun 30, 2017

I liked the first two a lot, but this one wasn't great. The story was weaker than the rest, the whole first hour wasn't good. The CGI and acting were great, as always. The ending was full of action, which saved this. The boss fight felt toI liked the first two a lot, but this one wasn't great. The story was weaker than the rest, the whole first hour wasn't good. The CGI and acting were great, as always. The ending was full of action, which saved this. The boss fight felt to easy though. It is worth a watch overall.… Expand

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Dragonfly44Jul 19, 2017

One of the better Transformers movies, Dark of The Moon boasts epic action scenes and undeniably wonderful graphics that makes the subpar almost everything else forgettable while watching

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CoreGamer1408Dec 16, 2018

My thoughts on this sequel is literally the same copy/paste opinion of the last sequel. I think is really for die hard fans only of this version of this Transformers universe. Everyone else only really needs to watch the first movie for sureMy thoughts on this sequel is literally the same copy/paste opinion of the last sequel. I think is really for die hard fans only of this version of this Transformers universe. Everyone else only really needs to watch the first movie for sure and move on. This sequel doesn't improve on the series in any real meaningful way.… Expand

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ErikTheCriticSep 30, 2018

A slightly better film than its awful predecessor. It focuses more on the Transformers this time around, but its plot is still incoherent.

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Logan12345Jan 9, 2019

The first half can basically be seen as Lenovo's advertising film. Each person in this rich company in the film has a Lenovo computer, which is very funny. Yili shuhua milk entered into the lines. Not just pictures, but lines. Does this milkThe first half can basically be seen as Lenovo's advertising film. Each person in this rich company in the film has a Lenovo computer, which is very funny. Yili shuhua milk entered into the lines. Not just pictures, but lines. Does this milk develop well in the international market? Why do we have to pay so much money? Take a little restraint. It's too dramatic.… Expand

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Huhan12345Jan 10, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In Transformers: Dark of the Moon, there aren't too many robotic fights, but there are too many advertisements and Chicago has been exploded a lot. By the way, it's a pity that Michael Bay doesn't make porn movies. I thought Megan in the first two parts had been exaggerated, and it turned out that... I had made a mistake. Finally, give the advertiser a suggestion, be reserved, don't let adds appear so frequently, they really affect my watching movies.… Expand

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TronmegaMay 21, 2019

One of my guilty pleasure movies. It has great visual effect and scale, but plot was messy, characters were just wasted such as the ironhide, shockwave, soundwave, starscream, megatron and sentinel that who has potential to be a great.One of my guilty pleasure movies. It has great visual effect and scale, but plot was messy, characters were just wasted such as the ironhide, shockwave, soundwave, starscream, megatron and sentinel that who has potential to be a great. Eventhough there are so much problems, i like it. But definetely not a good movie.… Expand

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Legit_LeeApr 5, 2020

i think i would **** wheelie in the ass not gonna lie. i mean look at that thick ass.

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eTurkeyJan 28, 2012

The good news is that "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is better than its predecessor. The bad news is that it entrusts to heavily on CGI, the people acting is below average and it is far to long. This isn't Ben-Hur. Although DotM isn't asThe good news is that "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is better than its predecessor. The bad news is that it entrusts to heavily on CGI, the people acting is below average and it is far to long. This isn't Ben-Hur. Although DotM isn't as good as the original film its storyline, voice acting and musical score is simply devine. Perhaps the biggest criticism I have for this movie is how different it is compared to the previous features. This flick sometimes feels like a massive military advertisement for the United States Goverment.… Expand

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quaritchMar 31, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The CGI's good, but what i hate with this movie is its cliche plot, narration, and bad jokes. However, the action scenes are cool to watch.. My opinion, this is the best Transformers film (It's bad, i know. But the first and second movies are way worse than this.)… Expand

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gracjanskiFeb 10, 2022

And again the characters are so bad written, some are even annoying, especially Frances McDormand as Mearing, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Carly and Ken Jeong as Jerry Wang. The action and visual effects are great, but this time the lastAnd again the characters are so bad written, some are even annoying, especially Frances McDormand as Mearing, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Carly and Ken Jeong as Jerry Wang. The action and visual effects are great, but this time the last battle is a bit too long. In contrast to the first 2 movies this time there are a lot of logical holes and errors in physics. And the political correctness...again: us military propaganda and feminist scenes. The first movie was the best, because Steven Spielberg helped, now it is only Michael Bay.
There are some more good things in the movie: the bad humour from the 2nd part is gone. And the store about the moon landing is funny.… Expand

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pur__0_0__Aug 18, 2021

I often heard a lot about the Transformers movies and how they went from bad to worse. But I never understood how a franchise that's making so cool trailers can possibly be bad. I had even watched the first two movies and liked them more thanI often heard a lot about the Transformers movies and how they went from bad to worse. But I never understood how a franchise that's making so cool trailers can possibly be bad. I had even watched the first two movies and liked them more than the average ratings. Dark of the Moon, however, answered my question. Little did we know that this was the part where the eventual downfall of the franchise will begin. And trust me when I say this, I really wanted to like this movie. Only if the pesky humans gave me a chance to do so.
The movie, once again, starts with Autobots saving the world from Decepticons. But then one of them gets caught by the bad guys. To be honest this, THIS is the very problem of the movie. We have come to watch Transformers for the big CGI fights, not to see the conflicts of humans and robots. Because I believe I'm speaking on behalf of all the people when I say this, but if there's ever a conflict between humans and Autobots, we will any day prefer the Autobots, even if they are wrong.
The CGI of this movie is amazing. This is one thing Michael Bay is really good at (other than the explosions of course). I really like to watch the Transformers turn into sports cars and drive across long distances all the while fighting the Decepticons. The thing is, however, it's literally the only reason why I watch Michael Bay's Transformers movies. I don't watch it to see how Sam enters the gents restroom and someone else who comes in thinks he's in a cubicle having sex with another man. Nor am I interested in seeing Sam's parents trying to be funny because let's get real, they're not.
The acting of this movie is also terrible. Though I'd give it some extra points for completing Sam's arc, I'd also deduct some points for not showing Mikaela. She was the only human character I was interested in looking at ^_^. Even the Transformers act in a very campy manner. The villain of this movie looks like a discount version of The Fallen. And as usual the fight later shifts to Optimus Prime and Megatron, making the villain, once again, completely useless.
There's not a single thing for which I'd want to rewatch this movie. It only stands among a sloppy series, plus it's the part where the franchise starts failing until Bumblebee came to rescue, so there's absolutely no reason to watch it. It's so forgettable I had to watch Honest Trailers and Cinemasins just to remember what happened in it. And even then I couldn't remember half the things.… Expand

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MrPajamasMay 18, 2022

The second part was much weaker for me, and the third part was unfortunately even worse. I thought Sam's storyline was boring. The absence of Megan Fox doesn't help either. The only thing that pulled the film along was the action, of course.The second part was much weaker for me, and the third part was unfortunately even worse. I thought Sam's storyline was boring. The absence of Megan Fox doesn't help either. The only thing that pulled the film along was the action, of course. It was unreal, though. I'd say a lot more explosions compared to the previous installments. In short, the film doesn't let you breathe from a certain point on and when you want it to, it's over. I mean, compared to the previous films, which concluded the plot nicely, the ending here didn't seem to me to be very good, I would even say a little bit cut off, as if there was still something missing. What to add. An action movie with a capital A without a deeper plot. If you're looking for explosions at every corner, you probably won't go wrong. For others, I'd rather not recommend it and give another action spectacle with a better story a chance. For me, an above average film.… Expand

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CRoger013Dec 28, 2020

This movie is mediocre! I don’t hate the dark of the moon! But revenge of the fallen, age extinction, and the last knight are terrible! The first transformers movie and bumblebee (2018) are great!

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DunyGMar 8, 2021

I thought the movie was fine, in my opinion it was too long and I think that it could have used less money if it was shorter. I know some people liked how it focused more on the humans, but to be honest I didn't like it and I think almostI thought the movie was fine, in my opinion it was too long and I think that it could have used less money if it was shorter. I know some people liked how it focused more on the humans, but to be honest I didn't like it and I think almost every human in this movie is written badly. I don't know how Starscream died in such a stupid way and how can Optimus Prime get stuck on wires if he has a sword? I mean, do the writers want me to believe that Optimus wasn't around for twenty minutes because he got stuck on wires? I did have fun though.… Expand

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Kostas_SpirouDec 29, 2021

I wish there was more action because the movie starts weak with a lot of dumb dialogue, but some fights in the second half are honestly great.

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liamexeFeb 8, 2023

In conclusion, watch it if you only want to witness 3D, robots, attractive chicks, and explosions. If you watch movies to see a good tale with developing characters and to get some cinematic value. This is nothing new.

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SuperbaDMIkeJun 15, 2022

This movie isn't better than any transformers movies cause they suck but it takes boring amount of time but has it's decent goods.

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