Review: Transformers – Dark of the Moon
I was warned but then, me being me; I watched it anyway.
Honestly, the movie does start off on a promising note. It co-relates the plot to the Apollo Moon Missions and I really can’t believe how they managed to get Buzz Aldrin (the second man to walk on the moon) to be a part of this one. The previous iterations of this franchise weren’t in 3D for a reason; Michael Bay didn’t like it. However owing to the commercial appeal of 3D cinema, they decided to go with it for this one.
To me, this movie is more like an expensive ad for a few companies – they’ve already ruined it by making the previous movies into a General Motors =Transformers gig. In this one, everyone uses computers by Lenovo and weirdly, Cisco keeps popping up here and there. The American Defence Contractor Northrop Grumman also features in a few shots.
Most of the characters from the earlier films return to this one. Mikaela aka Megan Fox’s Character doesn’t and she’s replaced by a no-talent British blonde by the name Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Shia LaBeouf plays an equivalent of a mentally challenged chimp that’s got a medal from Obama. The only two actors worth mentioning are probably John Malkovich and John Turturro who reprises his role as Seymour Simmons. The Transformers are nut cases (literally) and go about their usual let’s-wreck-a-city spree. I have no idea why Ken Jeon (Mr.Chow from Hangover) is in this movie and why he does his similar see-my-underwear Hangover routine.
Technically, this film is brilliant. It is shot by Amir Mokri (Fast and the Furious) and the way some of the historic scenes are recreated and modern-day Chicago is destroyed is phenomenal. The CGI and SFX guys have really put in a lot of work on this one. However, I had a huge problem with Steve Jablonsky’s soundtrack to the movie. He might be Hans Zimmer’s prodigy but the guy flicks music from Requiem For a Dream and Inception in bits and pieces. And then there is that one song (in this case Iridescent) by Linkin Park without which any Transformers movie is incomplete. I feel all of Linkin Park’s songs are about the world coming to an end or Japan. Michael Bay re-uses scenes from his previous film The Island (see the video below).
Final notes? Well, Michael Bay should stop making robot flicks! Rosie Huntington-Whiteley makes Megan Fox’s performances in the previous two films look like Oscar-winning performances. No matter what I do or say, this movie may be pathetic but it will rake in tons of money and a lot of folks will update their FB statuses saying “Fucking awesome flick!” I silently disagree as I end this review while I overhear this group of kids discussing how awesome this movie is for a second-time watch right in front of me. What is this world coming to?
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