An improvement over the 1st and 2nd films, with dazzling special effects and emotional atmosphere

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2012)

Dark of the Moon began very strongly in rewriting history of the 1969 Apollo 11 spacecraft landing on the Moon and adding more to Cybertron's history. The special effects and soundtrack are very impressive. There were extremely amazing scenes including where Sam and Carly are falling down a building before the Driller attacks them. However, one weakness of the film is that, similar to Revenge of the Fallen, the Autobots do not have enough characterization. Dino, Ratchet, and the Wreckers were the least seen. Optimus actually was brutal and violent, he just killed off Megatron when he was offering a truce, didn't Optimus say in the 2007 movie, "You left me no choice brother..."??, well he DID have a choice, a good one, and he said no! This film concentrated on getting the audience extremely angry at the villains except for Megatron and Starscream. That's a great way to develop a villain's presence in the movie, though not always the only way. Sentinel is hated very much for killing Ironhide, Dylan is more like a princess story villain rather than a science fiction villain as he kidnapped a girl wanting to marry her and the hero has to stop him. This has actually helped boost the characterization of humans in the film, as in Revenge of the Fallen the human cast was very uninteresting.
This film is seriously underrated and more people need to give this movie a chance. The script is not horrible at all, it was written in acceptable manner to be suitable with the special effects.