Transformers Dark of the Moon

Before you get into the review for TRANSFORMERS DARK OF THE MOON, you may want to have a refresher course on

TRANSFORMERS
http://kartikr.blogspot.com/2011/06/transformers.html

and

TRANSFORMERS : REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
http://kartikr.blogspot.com/2011/06/transformers-revenge-of-fallen.html

Director           Michael Bay

Cast                 Shia LeBouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Patrick Dempsey, Leonard Nimoy, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Kevin Dunn, Julie White,

Year                2011

Genre              Sci Fi, Action

Now that’s what you call a partnership!!! We are talking about Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.  And the reason I am gushing over this is because of the common sensical approach to making sequels which most people seem to have forgotten.  Retain the director for all parts!!!! The same reason why an X Men turns out to be average is the reason why Transformers turns out to be executed with a significant amount of consistency.  By now, Bay knows the concept of The Transformers so well that making one more would be a mechanical effort – almost robotic.  One may argue that it gets boring for audiences but it would be quite contrary.  A person who knows the concept inside out would be able to experiment equally well and do justice to the end product.  On the other hand, someone who comes in fresh not only may struggle to do justice but also be working under the pressure of the performance of the previous movies.  I take X Men as a classic example because it is just obvious.  The last 3 directors have failed to get X Men upto the level that Bryan Singer took it to.

Transformers : Dark of the Moon, in all honesty has one of the corniest build ups that I have seen in cinema to date.  It starts off on the premise that the mission to put man on the moon wasn’t driven by some desire to see the moon but more so because of an alien aircraft crashing into it.  This was way back in the 60s.  It also puts forward that the Russians could not get man on the moon but did get a camera which got some good shots of this space craft.  The last corny part was that the Chernobyl disaster was caused by Aliens.  Once we get these trivial parts of the build up out of the way, the movie picks up pace.  And how.  The space craft is actually an Autobot craft designed and piloted by the legendary Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy) and the mission is initiated to retrieve the aircraft.  It leads to the discovery of 5 pillars but when Sentinel awakes he informs the team that there were hundreds of these pillars.  No wonder that Megatron is interested in the entire concept.  Probably his last chance to take control of Earth or Cybertron.

Like the previous 2 movies, this one too is nearly 2.5 hours and the first 30 minutes is quite wasted in the long build up.  As mentioned earlier, it does pick up pace but I personally believe that neither of the movies deserved more than 90 minutes of overall time.  That Michael Bay can hold your attention for so long is credit to his directing capabilities.  Also, I wonder what was the need to end the relationship that Sam (Shia Le Bouf) had with Mikaela (Megan Fox) and replace it with the fresh and “amazingly hot but don’t know whats wrong with her face” Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – don’t get me wrong folks, I think she is hot alright but was there a need to change the eye candy as such. Didn’t quite understand the reason.  Overall, entertaining and as good as the first part, Transformers Dark of the Moon is a must watch @ 7 on 10

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi543989017/.