TRANSFORMERS DARK OF THE MOON

[LordVankar44]

I just saw the movie today in 3D and it was awesome. It is the best of the three movies. I would give it the following out of 10:

Special Effects: 10/10 (No green screen was used in this movie)
Character Development: 5/10 (But who cares. It's all about the robots)
Plotline: 8/10 (Some may find it hard to follow, but just open your mind and let it sink in)
3D: 7/10 (The best time to see it in 3D is the last hour. There are several scenes during the movie where there is no real 3D aspect. In comparison to the 3D of the Avatar movie, I would say Avatar still wins)
Sam's new squeeze: 7/10 (I thought she acted better than Megan Fox)
Overall: 7.5/10 (If it wasn't for Sam Witwicky's mom and dad and the fact that the lead female hardly got dirty during the battles, I would have given it a 10/10)

So that is my take on it. If you like watching the robots beating the crap out of each other, then this is the movie for you. In some ways it is better than Battle: Los Angeles.

[chris]

way to ruin it for me!!!

yea going to check it out tomorrow, will see if it lives up to the hype, worth the 5 bucks extra to see in 3d?

[LordVankar44]

Well you may have seen it by now but it is not really worth it seeing in 3G. If the whole movie had the impression of 3d it would have been worth it. Bit I guess we will see what your thoughts are after you see it

[chris]

just saw it in 2D, i quite enjoyed it, thought it was well done, a tad rushed but much better then the 2nd

[LordVankar44]

How did you think it was rushed? I would have thought the 2 1/2 hr length would be too long. I was glad it was that long. At least I get my money's worth out of it. Not like paying $12.50 for a movie that is only 1 1/2 hrs long and feeling you want more out of it, or it was crap.

[chris]

rushed in the sense that they really did not do any character development. decent plot. i liked it just could not get behind the characters

[relm]

I cant believe people liked this movie. If they would have cut out the annoying hag, the idiot lunatic that has been in all 3 and the dull and boring job search the movie would be great. The Transformers were awesome the action seens were great! To much of the dull human crap remove 40min from the movie and it is epic.

[chris]

Yes the idiot lunatic annoyed me to no end, they could of axed both those guys and the movie would of been a lot better, even if the ship crashed and someone casually mentioned them as the probable cause, just get them off the screen....

As to the hag, are you referring to the mother? i liked her, she does a good job.

and this is coming from a guy who thinks jarjar made another movie great.

[LordVankar44]

The problem with these movies and others like them is that they try to do character development but usually fail because of SFX and/or rushing to get to the final battle. Why does there always have to be a final battle? Why not have several battles throughout a movie, like Saving Private Ryan. The battles throughout that movie was what kept me interested. Even Battle LA did not mince words too much and got right into the conflict as soon as possible.
The directors, of course, are trying to cater to all audiences by at least applying some sort of character development/storyline/plot, etc, so they can get the most of out their money. Otherwise, it would only be the sci-fi fans seeing the movie (nothing wrong with that either) and they could not earn as much as they like.
Even the movie Aliens (1986), was a great sci-fi, but it did not win an Oscar or much in anything, but it did appeal to the sci-fi fan, and kept the character development to a minimum. It's a war. there is no time for character development in a two hour movie, unless you do it over a series of movies. I thought Lord of the Rings movies did great in that aspect.
So that is my rant on the subject.