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Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. When a mysterious event from Earth's past erupts into the present day it threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Trans... read more read more...formers alone will not be able to save us. -- (C) Paramount

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PG-13, 2 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Michael Bay

Release Date: June 29, 2011

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  • scottgreen96
    March 25, 2012
    scottgreen96
    A third transformers makes life better, well done to Micheal Bay. Strong action sequences and some powerful scenery makes you forget that Megan Fox left.
  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
    fb1463751009
    Let me get this out of the way, I've hated every single Transformers movie. The franchise has built its identity through the spectacular visuals and action it has. Dark of the Moon is not much different; literally, everything is shot and planned to be a treat for the eyes. Doesn'... read moret sound bad but when the movie has a horrible screenplay, bad pacing, sourly unappealing humor, and a no-namer casted just for her looks, it destroys the movie. I've gotta admit: The action is intense and well shot; Michael Bay has always had a good eye for action (cause he's been doing it his whole damn life). Even looking at this movie from strictly a B-movie standpoint, it fails to deliver entertainment throughout the movie. What I will say though is that Dark of the Moon is the best of the 3. The action is much easier to follow and is much more entertaining. Plus, it isn't as forgettable as Revenge of the Fallen.
  • aquateen2
    January 22, 2012
    aquateen2
    Why does everyone buy into this loud, annoying head banging drivel. Megan Fox and Shial laBeouf are not good actors. Plain and Simple. Neither is her replacement. Plain and Simple. Robots fighting robots isn't a coherent plot. Plain and friggin simple. I would definetely compare ... read moreDark of the Moon easily to Pirates of the Caribbean 4. What Pirates and Transformers have in common is that they are both never ending franchises and their films are made, or should I say designed as if they were brought to life on mechanical conveyer belts. The reason why this movie is similar to Pirates 4 is because it attempts to create a storyline but fails miserably because of a simple run out of ideas to follow it's predecessors. Which is then replaced by ungodly, noisy and annoying action sequences that go on from here to China. Pirates 3 was just an unethically long pile of crap. Transformers 2 was just as bad. Transformers 3 much like Pirates 4 with its predecessor. Better...but still so bad.
  • Tomassgringo
    January 20, 2012
    Tomassgringo
    OMG!!! Robots fighting, fighting and fighting is not a story! I did enjoy Megan Fox's absence!
  • itsjustme2004
    January 16, 2012
    itsjustme2004
    AAAAWE! What happened to all the comedy in these films? There were some giggles, but much, much less than the other movies. Apparently, that was a big part of my draw. My husband enjoyed the action of it all...me not so much. I could not tell the difference between the good machi... read morenes, and the bad in the battle scenes for the most part. Too much of that for me, I guess. I am disappointed.
  • cosmo313
    January 15, 2012
    cosmo313
    This is the third, and (let's hope) final film in the live-action Transformers series. I mean, sure, the Transformers are cool, but I can only take or want so much of this stuff, and this isn't really great cinema, even for loud, expensive, action spectacle standards. As far as m... read moreovies that are loud, stupid, and annoying go, this one ranks pretty high.

    The story this time is yet again centered around the Autobots and Decepticons duking it out for control of a a mystical device that has the power to destroy Earth as we know it. Enough already. Isn't there any other sort of plot they can come up with for these movies? Oh yeah, and once again mankind gets thrown in the middle, with the government playing another crucial role involving coverups and secrets, and that sort of thing. This time however, the Apollo 11 moon landing is involved, and the great Buzz Aldrin does his legacy no favors by making a brief appearance.

    Here's the thing about this movie: I think I kinda like it more than the second (which isn't saying much), but even then, the movie still finds a way to be the longest entry and still be guilty of some of the same crimes, even though it slightly downplays them. What I mean is, the film is unnecessarily long ,and filled with way too much filler. If all of the stuff going on during the first 90 minutes (primarily the stuff just involving the human characters) were heavily condensed to just bullet points and heavily trimmed up, I'd be a lot happier. There's no reason for this, or the other two films to be somewhere near the 150 minutes mark. Unless of course the exposition is actually good stuff and well done, but that's not really the case. Also, the plots are just ridiculous, and the humans aren't really that necessary. At least Bay gives limited screen time to Sam's parents. They're still painfully dull and unfunny, but at least they're hardly in it. That goes for the rest of the unfunny comic relief. It seems like there is less of it this time around, but even then, it still sucks and is unnecessary. Especially the stuff involving Ken Jeong. He should know better. So should Malkovich. And McDormand. Although I kinda wanna give her a pass because she does have one or two moments I sorta liked, but still. It's painful seeing her waste her time here. Even Turturro who I don't mind giving a pass to seems even less necessary here than before. It's like they felt it wouldn't be the same without him, and that's just dumb.

    I don't feel like Megan Fox really added much to the first two other than some wooden acting and sex appeal, but it's really saying something when I prefer her to her replacement this time around: Little Miss Surprised Duckface, I mean Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Having a love interest for Sam isn't necessary either, so why the hell is she here? Why is most of the crap in these movies here?

    The racist autobot twins Skids and Mudflap are gone, which is nice, but are replaced by a Joe Pesci-esque bot and a Beavisish bot, and that's not much better. Also, why are the NASCAR autobots given Scottish accents? Sure, southern accents would be more obvious, but those would at least make sense. Also, I'm fine with Nimoy voicing Sentinel Prime, but those Star Trek references, especially one of the greatest lines ever, did not need to be egregiously forced in.

    The movie does do some stuff right, I will give it that. I mean, I am giving it 2 stars. From technical and effects standpoints, yes, the film is top notch, and it's impressive work. But some of the action is still messily edited. I didn't see it in 3D, but at least the film was bright, so that probably helped makes the 3D work halfway decently. There's one great dramatic moment that really showed the filmmaker displaying some balls, and it actually got me caring and invested in the movie, but of course, it's too good to be true and they ultimately pussy out with the sort of twist that makes forgiving audiences go wild when the reveal happens, so that doesn't help, but at least they started doing something good.


    At least he film does start to cut the crap and devote the last hour or so to balls out acton, but even that gets boring and stale fairly quickly, and the words boring and stale should not come up when duscussing constant scenes of explosions, massive urban destruction, and giant alien robots fighting one another. I shouldn't get bored dur ing a movie like this, but I did, and that's one of the biggest sins a film can commit in my eyes. I'll be hoenst and say i did enjoy the location shooting, and some of the action, but with no heart and soul, it's hard to care about anything in this movie. It didn't seem quite as excessive as the second, but maybe because it's still fresh in my mind. Regardless, you should just skip this one and pray that if another damn movie shoudl be made that whoever helms it will learn some restraint, subtlety, and nuance...even for a film about Transformers.

    Oh yeah, I didn't even mention the sexism, misogyny, jingoism, and racial stereotypes (without Skids and Mudflap). I don't have the strength to go into it right now. Just know that's it all there, and that the core audience will probably sadly just overlook it because hey, explosions! hot girl! cars!
  • FiLmCrAzY
    January 11, 2012
    FiLmCrAzY
    Pointlessly made, if you've seen the first two then you have certainly seen this one!
  • SirPant
    January 3, 2012
    SirPant
    Shia LaBeouf was quoted as saying that 'We dropped the ball on the last one, next time we're really upping our game'. So now he's a liar as well as an annoying actor. I have referred to Megan Fox as a blow-up doll before but Rosie Huntington-Whiteley surpasses her dramatically. I... read moref you pause any of her scenes, look close and you can see a valve sticking out of her neck with a tiny 'Keep away from naked flames' label attached. So again, all women are portrayed as sex objects - or are they? No, Frances McDormand has joined the cast to smash any misconceptions that these films are sexist - Mrs McDormand plays a nagging headmistress type instead, so pats on the back all round there. Seriously though, Frances McDormand what are you doing? John Turturro what are you doing? John Malkovich what are you doing? Getting paid very well I hope! Ok, so here is something I liked about the movie. I liked the whole moon story and getting Buzz Aldrin to play himself was a great move. I also liked Leonard Nimoy as the voice of Sentinel Prime although the Star Trek puns wore very thin very quickly. I hated everything else but then it's pretty much the same as the two previous films and I hated them also.
  • stuartb1234
    December 16, 2011
    stuartb1234
    What a flippin mess! This is the first of the movies I have watched all the way through, purely because I am playing Football Manager at the same time. God awful shit! Acting - ZERO / Story - ZERO / Direction - ZERO / Special FX - 8/10
  • fb701560354
    December 15, 2011
    fb701560354
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon is so long that I lost interest about half-way through. I still can't tell the difference between the good and evil robots and the ones that were supposed to be funny actually annoyed me. The script is cringe-worthy and lacking in depth, but the a... read morecting is marginally decent and the special effects are impressive. Dark of the Moon is an over- long, loud, flashy movie that gave me a headache and left me feeling nothing.

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Critic Reviews

Anthony Lane
July 18, 2011
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

The third outing for a herd of toys that should have stayed in their boxes. Full Review

Christopher Orr
July 1, 2011
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic

Despite its manifest improvements, there is something so sour and unpleasant about the new film that it left me almost nostalgic for the innocent idiocies of its predecessor. Full Review

John Anderson
July 1, 2011
John Anderson, Wall Street Journal

At 157 minutes, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" isn't just a movie. It's a sentence. Full Review

Richard Corliss
June 30, 2011
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

For good or ill, Bay is the soul of a new machine, the poet of post-human cinema, the CEO of Hollywood's military-entertainment complex. Full Review

Dana Stevens
June 29, 2011
Dana Stevens, Slate

Marveling at its grotesque gigantism doesn't make this two-and-a-half-hour-long movie any less dull. Full Review

Michael Wilmington
June 29, 2011
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Reader

If you're going to make a movie in which some of your stars are animated toys and much of downtown Chicago is reduced to rubble, this is the way to do it: shamelessly, with no expense spared and no cl... Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
June 29, 2011
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

One can argue that summer is built for spectacle. Now if only it could be truly spectacular, too. Full Review

Tom Charity
June 29, 2011
Tom Charity, CNN.com

It's a lousy movie, but at least it's a lousy movie with a serviceable story, killer CGI and an action climax that goes on forever (at least an hour). Full Review

Peter Travers
June 29, 2011
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Watching Transformers: Dark of the Moon makes you die a little inside. Is this the future of movies? God help us! Michael Bay, you've done it again. Full Review

Tom Long
June 29, 2011
Tom Long, Detroit News

OK, I'll admit it -- this is hard -- the big silly thing is sort of great. Full Review

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    • Optimus Prime: In every war, there are calms between storms. There will be days when you loose faith in some of us, days when our allies turn against us, but the day will never come if we forsake this planet and its people.
    • Laserbeak: What... did you say... to Witwicky?
    • Jerry Wang: Oh, shit... [pulls two guns out and points them at Laserbeak]
    • Jerry Wang: Who wants some chicken dinner now, bitch? Huh? 'Cause somebody messed with the wrong Wang today!
    • Sergeant Epps: It's over. I'm sorry, but it's over.
    • Sideswipe: Whoa, little mexican standoff we got here.
    • Sentinel Prime: I bring you Cybertron, your home, and still you choose humanity.
    • Optimus Prime: You were the one who taught me, freedom is everyone's right.
    • Sam Witwicky: The whole thing has been a set-up since the beginning! The Decepticons wanted Optimus to find Sentinel because he was the only one who could revive him.
    • Charlotte: But we have the space bridge...
    • Sam Witwicky: Mearing, you have 5 pillars- I just learned they that have hundreds! You're doing exactly what they wanted you to do! What do you need me say to you? The decepticons are coming for Sentinel?
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