Monday, November 07, 2011

Pass the Popcorn: Transformers - Dark of the Moon

Michael Bay does it again. And by IT, I mean make another convoluted action movie that lacks heart. Transformer 3 is packed full of action, but the constant barrage of metal pounding effects strips away any room for actual story. Fifty minutes in and you still don't know what the main conflict is going be.

It's really too bad because Shia LeBeouf's character is fun and witty. There's just nothing beyond that. Newcomer Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks good on screen but even all of her curves fall flat. And I love Bay's obsession with women in white clothes. Like in Transformers 2, he has his leading lady in white during 30 minutes of climatic fighting. Everyone else ends up covered in blood and dirt, yet her coat remains pristine.

Overall, the movie was long, loud, and forgetful. 

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