by C P
Just when I thought I couldn’t get enough explosions, Michael Bay graces me with the next installment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. In this blasterpiece (see what I did there?), we are introduced to a plethora of new Autobots and Decepticons,explosions, and the epic voice of Leonard Nimoy. I guarantee* you will enjoy this movie a million times more than the second Transformers film.
Minor Spoilers Ahead: Beware!
The start of film brings us to the Space Race and first moon landing, where this artfully spliced scene of old, real footage and new footage reveals that Buzz and his pals were really sent to the moon to investigate a mysterious crash on the dark side of the moon. Low and behold they find an Autobot craft full of inoperable crew and a secret item that I will not reveal. Flash forward and we are in Sam Witwicky’s (Shia LeBeouf – Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) apartment and take advantage of the 3D aspects of his new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whitely, in her first acting role). Sam is struggling for a job while his lady seems to have a dream one. Just when you think he gets a break, his new job was given to him by ulterior motives of a later revealed character. The plot thickens and brings the Autobots to Chernobyl where old Autobot technology is found, revealing a sinister plot. What comes next? Lots of battle sequences – all of them badass!
The acting of the film is taken up a notch compared to the last one, but there are still plenty of those cheeseball moments and quotes. But what is the most enjoyable and enticing in this film is the plot. It is definitely full of twists and turns that catch you off-guard when you least expect it. And of course, there is Leonard Nimoy’s voice acting for Sentinel Prime, which is very very pleasurable to listen to, but immediately makes me remember that he was the voice of Galvatron in Transformers: The Movie and makes me angry at my youth being bastardized by Michael Bay. Remember those terrible racist sounding Autobots from the second film? Well, they’ve been replaced by an equally annoying group called the Wreckers (thankfully, they aren’t in much of the movie).
Overall, the movie successfully sets and maintains an exciting plot. The special effects are pretty awesome, but then crappy when you start to compare the rest of the explosions to fluffy fireworks (trust me, you’ll see it, too). The screaming acting is what you would expect from the Transformer franchise: yelling, longing gazes, screaming, shooting guns, and some more yelling (I still enjoy it). So seriously, if you liked the first Transformers, could tolerate the second and can ignore the fact that they aren’t anything like the original animated series, then you will LOVE this film.
ComicsOnline gives Transformers: Dark of the Moon 4 out of 5 Robots in Disguise.
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