Now on
to the review for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. This movie came out in
2011. I don’t remember being too hype for it, but the movie delivered. The
acting is good. Shia Lebeouf returns but Megan Fox has been replaced (written
out lol). Dark of the Moon is a darker film than it’s 2 predecessors…much more
so!
This is
a long movie; well over 2 hours. The pacing isn’t that great in the first half
at all. The 2nd half is action packed however…maybe too packed lol.
I absolutely love the long intro. It shows how the space race was in response
to a mysterious alien ship crash landing on the moon. The scene ends by going
into the eyes of Sentinel Prime, who I will talk about more later.
The
movie then shows Sam Witwicky and his new girlfriend…Carley. Basically Sam is
going threw it in this film. In Revenge of the Fallen he didn’t want to be a
part of the Transformers war. He told Optimus, “You won’t give me a day in
college.” In this film he wants to prove he can help. Carley is hot but I don’t
like her character as much as Megan Fox’s. She seems too cookie cutter to me.
His parents are back albeit they have a smaller role this time. They help take
Same on job interviews…
It
turns out Optimus and his autobot brethren have been helping Nest to assist in “Human
problems while all the while waiting for our true enemies return.” And the Decepticons
do indeed return. In Revenge of the Fallen, the Decepticons took a major ass
wupping. I’m assuming this movie is about 4 year later. Megatron and company
have a cooked up a grand scheme…which involves Sentinel Prime. But they kind of
need Optimus Prime’s Matrix to revive Sentinel Prime. I also must note the
Transformers start using weapons that aren’t always a part of their bodies.
Cool huh? It’s a trend that keeps up in 4&5 too.
The
story is really good I must admit, and im not going to all of its details here.
Basically Sam gets a job finally at this company that does contracting for NASA….wink
wink. He learns that Decepticons are using humans also. He warns the movie’s
dick/a-hole character Charlotte. That’s right the a-hole character in this
movie is a woman. She basically tells him to f*** off. She says he’s a
messenger not a hero. This pisses off Sam and Carley. I found it funny that Charlotte
doesn’t like to be called “mam”. It’s hilarious.
The
movies first half has some really strong character development. It turns out
Carley’s boss, Dylan is the “Point human opp for the decepticons”… which you
learn about halfway through the movie. Speaking of that halfway point, it’s
really good. You kind of start thinking that there’s 2 prime’s so how could
Megatron and company stand a chance? I mean Optimus alone can make mince meat
of Megatron…and then you have Sentinel Prime…well Sentinel is the key to the
Decepticons plans. He basically defected back in the battle of Cybertron…but he
pretended to still be an Autobot. Sentinel is a beast and he kills Ironhide
right away and takes the space pillars. The decepticons plan to use the pillars
to create a space bridge to bring Cybertron to earth.
Next it’s
the movies 2nd half, “Hostile take over time” is dope. Optimus
briefly fights Sentinel. And he loses! But Sentinel doesn’t kill Optimus. The
Decepticons then take over Chicago….Yeah kinda weird that they’d pick that
city. They start killing humans too. Its savage! This ends up not really making
much sense though, because they planned on using a human slave labor force to
rebuild Cybertron….Before this happens however there is a scene where you think
the Autobots have all been killed when they are ordered to leave Earth by the
United Nations. It’s an emotional scene….even though you know they couldn’t have
been beaten like that.
Sam
teams up with former Nest member, Epps and some military guys to rescue Carley
who is being held hostage by Dylan in Chicago. The group goes to Chicago to see
the carnage. Epps tells Sam “I’m sorry but it’s over.” Sam doesn’t listen and
says he will find Carley alone if he has to. The group is attacked by a
Decepticon ship…but the ship is shot down by big boi himself, Optimus Prime,
who says, “We will kill them all.” It turns out the Autobots were never in their
ship when it was blown up by StarScream.
There is
an awful lot of action after that point. The scene is really just one big ass
scene really. It lasts like 40-45 minutes. It’s not boring and its well paced.
Eventually humans send reinforcements to Chicago…Optimus fights and kills this
powerful Decepticon named Shockwave who rides this giant worm like vehicle. Sam
does end up rescuing Carley early on after they get to Chicago. He also kills
StarScream with a prototype bomb an autobot gave him. It’s a funny scene and I was
happy to see that annoying Decepticon die.
Eventually
Optimus gets his rematch against Sentinel Prime. Sentinel is just a f***ing
beast of a fighter. I don’t think Optimus was holding back either…Sentinel uses
his shield to block Optimus’ sword and axe and counter with his own sword. I
have to assume Sentinel was stronger than the Fallen character from the last
movie. While the battle is unfolding Megatron is just sitting there looking at
Cyberton. Carley walks up to him and says he’s nothing more than “Sentinel’s
bitch”. Megatron acts like he’s going to attack her but then I guess he
realizes it’s true so he goes on the offensive against Sentinel.
Sentinel
is about to kill Optimus but before he can deliver the final blow, Megatron
fires on Sentinel with his gun. Megatron says, “THIS IS MY PLANET” as he knocks
off Sentinel’s helmet. It seems Megatron is the king of the cheap shots!
Megatron then says, “We need a truce, all I want is to be back in charge.
Besides who would you be without me Prime?”. After that Optimus says, “Time to
find out..” and he absolutely wrecks Megatron. He literally takes his axe and
rips Megtron’s spine out through his head…oh my f***ing god! Lol. Optimus then
makes short work of the traitor Sentinel Prime who can’t defend himself.
By then
the battle is over. The decepticons are pretty much done…or are they? Sam reunites with Carely. Bumblebee(who I am just now mentioning lol) suggests the
two get married by dropping rings and singing the here comes the bride song.
Optimus says that there will be calms between storms but the day will never
come that they forsake the earth.
Overall,
I feel this is a great movie. I feel it could have been better if Sam’s parts
of him looking for a job etc were cut down. There’s a lot going on in this
movie. I guess it begs the question what if this had been a 3rd and
final Transformers movie? Well im glad they made more as Age of Extinction was
good and The Last Knight was even better!
Verdict: 8.8/10