boom bang - bang boom - boom boom - bang bang - boom bang.

Rating: 1/10 (28 September 2011)

I'm not a Michael Bay basher. In fact I found some of his movies such as The Rock, Armageddon or The Island to be very decent - if outlandish - action movies with great cast and great cinematography.
But the Transformers series is a torture to watch and the latest episode, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, is the worst of all.
While the idea of mixing transformers with space exploration and moon program was intriguing, it was not exploited enough in an otherwise story-free screenplay that goes from nowhere to nowhere in 2 1/2 hours. Let me summarize the plot: boom bang - bang boom - boom boom - bang bang - boom bang.
With such an amazing material even the good cast (Malkovitch, McDormand) can only go so far. As for non-actor Labeouf he still mixes up shouting and acting. Give him a beautiful and surprisingly decent Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and he can't for a second make us believe in a love story. Patrick Dempsey plays his character the same way he plays any character - charming but without any depth or believability - but I'm sure it won't bother his female fans.
Even the special effects are boring and the sound effects are totally annoying - and nothing is new or original it was already seen and heard in the previous 2 movies.
While I don't see anything wrong with cashing easy money for the old days and while I understand that this movie was aimed at young boys happy enough to see their favorite toys on screen, they still deserved better. They deserved a 1 hour 30 minutes movie packed with action, driven by a story and special effects that feel special.