Monday, July 4, 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 1 smile

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is a prime example of a lousy movie yet it’s going to make beaucoup bucks. Summer audiences obviously like lots of CGI and brainless mayhem. No thinking involved. You can’t accuse director Michael Bay of being subtle as the good Autobots battle the evil Decepticons. In fact, the climatic battle goes on forever. And don’t get me started about the acting. Shia LaBeouf, again as Sam Witwicky, sleepwalks though most of the movie or shrieks like a girl when he’s in danger and his new girlfriend, British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, can’t act at all, but that’s supposed to be okay because she’s not there for her acting ability. There’s a lot of hype going around about how good the 3D is, but after seeing this movie in 3D, I feel cheated. “Transformers 3” falls way short of the bar set by James Cameron in Avatar. At 2 hours and 34 minutes, this movie goes on forever; I was grateful when it ended. 7/1/11

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This "Transformers" follow-on is among the worst films I have ever seen and Shia LaBeouf is the worst actor I have had the miafortune to witness this year.

I could see no benefit at all wi the addition of 3D except to raise ticket prices.

This is a really bad film, SKIP IT!!